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Made on the occasion of the exhibition "La Vie en Mouvement"at Perrotin, Shanghai, 2025
J.R., French, b. 1983, Paris
JR works at the intersection of photography, public art, filmmaking and social engagement. Over the last two decades, he has created monumental public projects and site-specific interventions in cities all over the world. Whether it be pasting on homes in a Brazilian favela (2008-9), hosting a picnic across the US-Mexico border fence (2017), working alongside 400 volunteers to create a trompe-l’oeil at the Louvre in Paris (2019), or organizing a procession around the enormous banner of a refugee child in the Sahara Desert (2022), JR seeks to involve everyone in the act of artistic creation, hoping to create conversations and drive social change.
He has exhibited his artworks and installations internationally, including the Kulturhuset Stadsteatern in Stockholm with his first exhibition « Déplacé.e.s » in the Nordic region (2024), at the Venice Biennale (2022), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2019), and the NGV Triennial (2020).
After opening at the Brooklyn Museum, USA (2019), his solo exhibition JR: Chronicles traveled to Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (2021), Groninger Museum, Netherlands (2021), Kunsthalle Munich, Germany (2022) and Lotte Museum, Seoul, South Korea (2023).
JR is also the director of four full-length documentaries: Women Are Heroes (2011); the Academy Award-nominated Faces and Places (2017), co-directed by Agnès Varda; the Emmy-nominated Paper & Glue (2021); and most recently, Tehachapi, which premiered at the 2023 Telluride Film Festival.
Signed in 2023.