French artist, pioneer in digital art and new media, advocate of sociological art and prominent in video art. He moved to Paris shortly after his birth, where before entering the world of video art and digital art he worked in the written press as a cartoonist and illustrator. His career as a video artist began in the late 1960s, becoming a pioneer in the use of video and the computer. In 1973 he participated in the São Paulo Biennial, where he won the Grand Prix for Communication for his body of critical and transgressive work. This event ended with the artist’s arrest at the hands of the Brazilian military regime. Following this, in 1974, his incisive defense of sociological art led him to create the Sociological Art Collective, together with artists such as Hervé Fischer and Jean-Paul Thénot, who also developed a manifesto that same year.

His work, over the years, has been adapted to new media and technologies, using digital networks such as the Internet to create them. He calls himself a “transmedia communication artist” and says that his work has a sociological background, an awareness on the part of the viewer and a critical and social character. He also stands out for creating interactive digital works and collaborating with digital platforms such as Second Life. His work aims to make a critical analysis of the art and society of his time.

The Fundació Suñol preserves a single work by the artist, entitled m² artistique, (1976). His work was exhibited in the foundation’s collective exhibition called ‘In three acts: Twenty faces and three multitudes’ in 2021-22.