JR
Artist Bio
Born in France in 1983, works in Paris and New York.Winner of the TED Prize in 2011.
Exhibitions
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
– „Project for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games“, in situ installations, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– „JR at the Louvre“, temporary installation, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
– Projet pour la Galerie des enfants, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2015
– „Ghosts of Ellis Island“, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong, China
– „A Survey Exhibition“, HOCA, Hong Kong Contemporary Art Foundation, Hong Kong, China
– „Uprising – An Inside Out project“, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, CAC Malaga, Spain
– „Unframed : La Voix du Nord“, Lille, France
– „DECADE. Portrait d’une génération“, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
– „JR“, Lazarides, London, UK
– „JR Black and White Night“, Nuit blanche, Toronto, Canada
– „JR’s Picture Show. 24 Frames per Second“, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
– „ELLIS“, Pop up exhibition & screening, Orchard Street, New York, USA
– „ELLIS“, Pop up exhibition & screening, Miami Design District, Miami, USA
– “ The Standing March“, COP 21 Project, JR and Darren Aronofsky, Paris, France
2014
– Au Panthéon!, Paris, France
– „Unframed Ellis Island“; permanent installation in Ellis Island, New York, USA
– „JR“, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
– „Close up“, Magda Danysz Gallery, Shanghai
– Power Station of Art Museum, Shanghai
– New York City Ballet, New York, USA
– Contemporary Art Museum, Dallas, USA
2013
– „JR“ Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA
– Permanent installation at Friche de Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
– „JR“, Watari Museum, Tokyo, Japan
– Inside Out Project, Times Square, New York, USA
– „The Wrinkles of the City“, Galerie Henrik Springmann, Berlin
2012
– „The Wrinkles of the City“, Action in Cuba, USA
– „Pattern“, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
– „Inside Out Project“, Action in Haïti
2011
– „Encrages“, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
– „Inside Out Project“, Action in Brooklyn, USA
– „The Wrinkles of the City“, Action in Los Angeles, USA
2010
– „Women are Heroes“, Galerie Henrik Springmann, Düsseldorf
– Elysee Museum / Images Festival, Vevey, Switzerland
2009
– „Women are Heroes“, Installation at Ile Saint-Louis, invited by Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, France
– „Women are Heroes“, Casa França Brazil, Rio di Janeiro, Brazil
– „Women are Heroes“, Action in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2008
– „Portrait of a Generation“, Installation at The Tate Modern, London, UK
– Installation, invited by The Rath Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
– „Women are Heroes“, Action in Brussels, Belgium
– „Women are Heroes“, Action in Slum of Kiberia, Nairobi, Kenya
– „Women are Heroes“, Action in Favela Morro Da Providencia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– „Women are Heroes“, New Delhi, Action in Jaipur, India
– „The Wrinkles of the City“, Action in Carthagene, Spain
2007
– „Face2Face“, Action in Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Ramallah and Separation wall / Security fence, Israel-Palestine
2006
– Installation, Paris Town Hall Square, Paris, France
– Installation, La Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris France
– Installation, Espace des Blancs Manteaux, Paris, France
2004
– „Portrait of a Generation“, Action in Les Bosquets ghetto, Montfermeil, Paris, France
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
– „Post No Bills: Public Walls as Studio and Source“, Neuberger Museum of Art, New York, USA
2015
– „Tu dois changer ta vie“, Tripostal, Lille, France
– „Open Source: Engaging Audiences in Public Space“, Philadelphia, USA
– „Bonjour la France“, Seoungnam Art Centre & Goyang Culture Foundation, Seongnam & Goyang, Korea, Curated by Sunhee Choi, Korea
2014
– „#Street Art, l’innovation au coeur du mouvement“, Fondation EDF, Paris, France
2013
– „L’amour atomique“, Palais des Beaux Arts, Dinard, France
– „Happy Birthday Galerie Perrotin / 25 ans“, Tripostal, Lille, France
– „Choices“, Magda Danysz, Shanghai, China
2012
– „Festival Images“, Photobooth installation, Vevey, Switzerland
– „The Wrinkles of the City“ Biennial of La Habana, Cuba
2011
– „Shanghai ! La tentation de l’Occident“, Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez, Bordeaux, France
– „Paris-Delhi-Bombay“, Photobooth installation at Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
– „Art In the Streets“, MOCA Museum, Los Angeles, USA
– „Emirati Expressions“, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
– „Les Rencontres d’Arles“, Arles, France
2010
– „Viva la revolucion : A dialogue with the Urban Landscape“, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA
– „Festival Images“, Elysee Museum, Vevey, Switzerland
– „The Wrinkles of the City“, Contemporary art Biennal, Shanghai, China
2009
– „Les Rencontres photographiques d’Arles“, Arles, France
2007
– Venise Bienniale, Arsenal , Venise, Italy
– FOAM Museum of Photography, Amsterdam, Netherlands
– „Les Rencontres Photographiques d’Arles“, Arles, France
2006
– „Clichy-sans-Clichés“ , Clichy-sous-Bois, France
– Milk, Saskatoon, Canada
– The Orphanage, Los Angeles
– 11 Spring, Mahnattan, New York, USA