PixelArt understands contemporary imagery as a contested territory

Rooted in the logic of occupation inherent to urban art,
his practice examines how cultural icons, public space and digital languages are appropriated,
fragmented and reinserted into new visual structures.
The pixel operates both as a minimal unit of information and as a gesture of symbolic conquest within an image-saturated culture
SPATIAL OPERATIONS

URBAN INTERVENTIONS

Public-space interventions where digital imagery becomes architecture, territory and collective memory.

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Since 2012, PixelArt has developed a series of urban interventions exploring how digital language can operate within public space.

Nicanor Parra tribute mosaic by PixelArt
Working through mosaic, stencil systems and large-scale pixel structures, these projects transform walls, surfaces and architectural contexts into unstable image territories where memory, technology and visual culture intersect.
pixelart streetartist paris The archive includes permanent mosaics, ephemeral street actions, fragmented stencil systems and process documentation developed across multiple urban contexts.
The archive includes permanent mosaics, ephemeral street actions, fragmented stencil systems and process documentation developed across multiple urban contexts.
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VISUAL SYSTEMS

ARTWORKS

Material structures translating digital logic into physical image systems.

Artworks Collection by PixelArt

Through pixel-by-pixel mosaic construction, plotting systems and repetitive construction methods, the works translate digital information into tactile material structures.

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Operating between abstraction, optical instability and fragmented cultural memory, the works transform pixels into material fields governed by rhythm, repetition and spatial perception.
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The archive includes mosaic systems, plotted drawings, experimental surfaces and process-based image constructions developed across multiple physical formats.
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SELECTED CONTEXTS

EXHIBITIONS & FEATURES

Institutional contexts, exhibitions and media features documenting the development of PixelArt’s contemporary visual practice.

Exhibitions PixelArt Paris with Fabio Rieti

A selection of exhibitions, publications and cultural contexts documenting the international development of PixelArt’s practice.

01 — PARIS (2019)

HOMMAGE À FABIO RIETI

Intergenerational dialogue between early urban mosaic practices and contemporary pixel-based systems.

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02 — PARIS

FRANCE 24 FEATURE

Media recognition surrounding contemporary pixel-based mosaic systems.

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03 — PARIS

RFI CULTURE FEATURE

Broadcast discussion examining memory, Paris and digital visual culture.

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04 — DROUOT — PARIS (2018)

DROUOT DISTRICT 13 ART FAIR

Early international presentation of the Autocensorship Systems series.

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05 — INTERVENTION — PARIS

SERGE GAINSBOURG HOUSE

Ephemeral mosaic intervention occupying one of Paris’ most symbolically charged urban surfaces.

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06 — FRANCE (2022)

MOSAÏQUE MAGAZINE

Recognition among the leading international contemporary mosaic artists.

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07 — BUENOS AIRES (2019)

MURVI INTERNATIONAL MOSAIC EVENT

Invited participation exploring optical instability through anaglyph systems.

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08 — PARIS (2019)

LE LAVOMATIC COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION

From unauthorized urban intervention to institutional inclusion within the Paris street art scene.

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09 — PARIS (2021)

ERBK GALLERY COLLABORATION

Integration into contemporary Parisian urban art networks following the post-pandemic reopening period.

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PERCEPTUAL LABS

RESEARCH FIELDS

Experimental systems investigating perception, fragmentation and the material behavior of digital images.

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Developed through mechanical repetition, optical instability and process-based image construction, these experimental systems examine how pixels can operate beyond representation — becoming structures of concealment, transfer, shadow, fragmentation and spatial perception.

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SYS-04 / Visibility systems and mediated desire

AUTOCENSORSHIP SYSTEMS

Using pixelation and mosaic structures as mechanisms of concealment, the series investigates voyeurism, censorship and mediated visibility through fragmented image systems oscillating between exposure and disappearance.

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Stencil Systems by PixelArt

SYS-05 / Fragmented stencil systems for urban image transfer

URBAN TRANSFER SYSTEMS

Developed through layered stencil fragmentation and aerosol-based reconstruction processes, the series explores how digital structures can be transferred into urban surfaces through repetition, registration and mechanical reproduction.

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SYS-06 / Light-activated pixel structures and optical presence

LATENT IMAGES

Constructed through thousands of precision incisions on paper surfaces, the series transforms each pixel into a physical shadow structure activated by light, viewing angle and spatial perception.

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NETWORKED IMAGERY

NFT SYSTEMS & DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

Post-digital image systems exploring ownership, circulation and symbolic appropriation through blockchain-based visual culture.

Between 2021 and 2022, PixelArt developed a series of NFT experiments translating his pixel-based practice into decentralized digital ecosystems.

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A crypto-art collection appropriating the visual grammar of early NFT culture through handcrafted pixel construction and symbolic reinterpretation.
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Blockchain extensions transforming original image matrices into collectible digital artifacts.
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Operating between crypto-native aesthetics, handcrafted pixel construction and conceptual appropriation, these projects expanded his investigation of how images circulate across technological, symbolic and economic networks.
The pixel as occupation
PIXEL-BASED SYSTEMS INVESTIGATING IMAGE PERSISTENCE, SYMBOLIC INVOCATION AND THE MATERIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF MEMORY.
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