The art installations of Bousier-Mougenot are investigations into sound-space and presence, often using altered perceptual states of affective suspension and lateral comprehension. While trained formally as a composer-musician he worked ten years in composition within the contemporary dance world. He has become subsequently a major international artist who has a developed a uniquely individual view of the relationship and possibilities that pertain between sound and objects. In using domestic materials, sound equipment, and musical instruments as objects (things in the world), as well as video loops, he has created sound installations that he calls hiscorps sonore (sonic body) works, which lead the viewer towards a unique set of individual sensory installation experiences. Representative artist for the french pavillon at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015 and past Marcel Duchamp Prize finalist, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot presented his work in major exhibitions by leading museums and galleries internationally, including solo exhibitions at the Barbican Centre (London),Hangar Bicocca (Milan), La Maison Rouge (Paris), Pinacoteca do Estado (Sao Paulo), FRAC (Reims), Chagall Museum (Nice), and a group exhibitions including Art & Music: Search for New Synethesia, Museum od contemporary art, Tokyo, 2012; French art Today, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2011; My Paris - Collection Antoine de Galbert/ The French Scene, me collectors room, Berlin, 2011; 21st Century: Art in the First Decade, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2010; and the 3rd Moscow Biennale, Moscow, 2009. His works are presented in important collections such as MONA FOMA (Australia), The Marieluise Hessel Collection (USA), Domaine de Chamarande, (France), Collection agnès b., (France), Centre Georges Pompidou, (France), The Museum of Old and New Art, (Australia), The Israel Museum (Jerusalem), The San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, (USA), The Fonds National d’Art Contemporain (France), FRAC Lorraine, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, La Maison Rouge (Antoine de Galbert), (France), Collezione Finstral, Bozen (Italy), Collection Gilles et Marie- François Fuchs, Bourg-en-Bresse and Caldic Collection, Wassenaar (Netherland).
Lives and works in Sète, France.