Michel Tabanou

Born in june 1953 at Antananarivo – Madagascar – live in Fontenay-sous-Bois, France. Studied Architecture in Paris. Actually President of The Immanence Art Center in Paris and deputy mayor of my town.

Curator of artist books exhibitions as a collector of Artist Books and founder of Archive Station – Paris : Documentary and heritage Background in visual arts, photography, sound, video and new medias. Also as Specialist of Robert Filliou ( my godfather ) I'm preparing the edition of correspondance between Robert Filliou and Roger Tabanou. Important and unpublished correspondance of the years of youth of the artist Robert Filliou, from 1944 to 1954.

Paints, collages, assemblages, photocompositions & objects.

Exhibitions in Paris, Köln, Bruxelles, Lille.

Collections : Paris, Köln, Boise, Idaho, Bruxelles, Varsovia, Lisboa, Düsseldorf,

Editor-Anything/Nothing editions-and illustrator of books and unpublished or rare texts by H. Michaux, T. Tzara, B. Cendrars, G. Ribemont-Debledes, M. Leiris, A. Césaire,...