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Isaac Julien

Isaac Julien emerged in the 1980s as a filmmaker, and is now a film and video installation artist of international renown. His early works such as Looking for Langston (1989), a documentary about the Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, revolve around the formation of black and gay identity. More recent projects include the nine-screen film installation Ten Thousand Waves, a sweeping, non-linear look at Chinese rural culture and mythology.

Julien, who is based in Britain, has been shortlisted for the Turner Prize (2001). He has had solo shows at the Pompidou Center in Paris (2005), MoCA Miami (2005), and the Kerstner Geselleschaft in Hanover (2006), and has participated in the Venice, Sydney, Gwangju, and New Orleans Biennials.
Born 1960
Hometown London, England
Lives and Works London, England
Education
Les Entrepreneurs de L'Audiovisuel Europeen (EAVE), Brussels (Post-Doctoral), 1989
BA Fine Art Film, University of the Arts London- Central St. Martins School of Art, London, England, 1984
Permanent Collection

Tate Modern, London, England
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC

Representing Galleries

Victoria Miro Gallery, London, England
Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Metro Pictures Gallery, New York, NY
Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia

SHOWS

Ron Mandos

Miami
Dec 04 2019 - Dec 08 2019

Galerie Ron Mandos at UNTITLED ART, Miami Beach 2019

Victoria Miro


Sep 23 2016 - Nov 05 2016

Protest
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Articles

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A Critical Guide to Experimental Film

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Chris Kraus on the Ambiguous Worth of Art School
Chris Kraus on the Ambiguous Worth of Art School

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9 Artists to Watch This November
9 Artists to Watch This November

From a maestro of hypnotic film installations to one of Modernism's least understood radicals, these artists have got it going on this month.

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