A transdisciplinary visual artist, Michel Paysant is particularly interested in collaborative and cooperative practices in art. For many years, he has been creating installations that build bridges between art, craftsmanship, science, technology, and both new and cutting-edge technologies (the Inventariums series, Nusquam, etc.).

Passionate about both classical and experimental drawing, he develops numerous research projects with scientific teams — such as the DALY project (Drawing with the Eyes in cognitive science), OnLAB in nanotechnology, and Digital Calligraphy in robotics — as well as research projects connected to traditional techniques (glasswork in the PTPM project Technical Thought, Magical Thought, weaving in Basket Case, ceramics in La Céramique Comme Expérience, and others).

Open, poetic, polyphonic, and polysemic, his installations aim to foster a dialogue between the world of art and surrounding worlds — by reflecting on the organization of techno-aesthetic systems.

For over 30 years, Michel Paysant has exhibited his work in major museums — including the Centre Pompidou, Louvre Museum, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris), Centraal Museum (Utrecht), Zentrum Paul Klee (Bern), MUDAM (Luxembourg), Galleria d’Arte Moderna (Bologna), Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales (Montevideo), National Gallery of Zimbabwe (Harare), MACBA (Buenos Aires), Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, National Museum of Riyadh, and UCCA (Beijing) — as well as in art centers such as Brooklyn Bridge Space / Creative Time (New York), Mercer Union (Toronto), David Roberts Art Foundation (London), Bétonsalon (Paris), La Synagogue de Delme, FRAC Picardie, and various galleries.