Michel Bouvet (born 1955 in

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) is a French

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and

poster artist ''Affichiste'' is the French word for a poster artist or poster designer, a graphic designer of posters. Etymology The name first appeared around 1780, but with a different meaning. It meant one involved in a poster's production and distributi ...

. He is professor of visual culture at ESAG Penninghen (

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Biography

Bouvet studied and graduated at

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Science ...

(ENSB-A). His design influences include

Fernand Léger Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (; February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a French painting, painter, sculpture, sculptor, and film director, filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism (known as "tubism") which he gradually ...

Raymond Savignac Raymond Savignac, often just abbreviated to "Savignac", was a French graphic artist famous for his commercial posters. He was born on November 6, 1907 in Paris, and died on October 30, 2002 in Trouville-sur-Mer (Calvados), aged 94. His work is dis ...

André François André François (9 November 1915 – 11 April 2005), born André Farkas, was a Hungarian-born French cartoonist. Life He was born in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary (now Timișoara, Romania), He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest ( ...

and Roman Cieslewicz. His posters are very often the result of a mixture of techniques (photography, collage, sculpture, painting), which gives them a highly poetic graphic dimension. He has won many national and international design awards in

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Since 2002, he designs the

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for the

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. He has been the curator of several international graphic design exhibitions. He is a member of

Alliance Graphique Internationale Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) is a club of the world's leading graphic artists and designers. There are 527 members from 43 countries. Its members have been collectively responsible for the identity design of most of the world's top co ...

(AGI).

Honors and awards

* Lenica Prize, 18th International Poster Biennial in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

, 2002 *

Alphonse Mucha Alfons Maria Mucha (; 24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939), known internationally as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, best known for his distinctly stylized and decorat ...

Prize, 22nd

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International Graphic Design Festival, 2006

Exhibitions

*1991: ''Long Live the Poster'', Lalit Kala Akademi, National Academy of Art,

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

*1994: Third International Biennial of Poster in

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*1995: 38th DDD Gallery Exhibition (Japan) *2001: The 2nd International Poster Exhibition, Ningbo (

) *2005: ''Michel Bouvet Plakaty Posters'', National Museum in Poznan, curated by Irena Przymus (

) *2008: ''Arrivage, affiches récentes de Michel Bouvet'', Centre Culturel Français,

Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, indus ...

(

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) *2009: 16th Biennial

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International Invitational Poster Exhibition *2010: ''Carteles de Michel Bouvet'', Sala de exposiciones Riviera del Mar Salinas & Alliance Française,

Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...

(Ecuador) *2011: Manzana Uno, Santa Cruz de la Sierra (

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) *2012: ''The Typo in All its Forms'', Gobelins School of the Image (Paris)

Curator

* 2006: 9 Women in Graphic Design,

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, deputy curator

Conference and jury

*2005: CAFA Central Academy of Fine Arts (

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), China *2007:

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International Poster Design Award *2008: Chicago International Poster Biennial Jury Exhibition *2009: The 9th International Poster Triennial in Toyama, Museum of Modern Art (Japan) *2010: Agidies International Design Week,Agldeas Program

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

(Australia) *2010: Positive Posters International Annual Exhibition (Melbourne)

References

*''Michel Bouvet (Vision of Design)'' by Jianping He, Page One () *''East-Coast West-Coast : The Graphic Designers in United States'' () *''Michel Bouvet'' by Gillian O'Meara & Alain Le Quernec ()

Notes

External links

*A Conversation with Michel Bouvet
La Lettre de la photographieMichel Bouvet's Official Website
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