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artist / curator

Isaac Julien

short biography

Isaac Julien (b. 1960, London), based in London, is the founder of 'Sankofa Film and Video Collective' and co-founder of 'Normal Films'. He studied at St Martin's School of Art, London and received the Kaiserring Goslar 2022.
Film, video, installations

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collection/s

Arts Council Collection, London CCS BARD Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson Ellipse Foundation Art Centre, Alcoitao Frac Ile-de-France / Le Plateau Paris Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin JULIA STOSCHEK FOUNDATION DÜSSELDORF MUSAC Leon Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal Visual Arts Center Helga de Alvear Foundation, Cáceres Zabludowicz Collection, London Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town
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galleries

Helga de Alvear, Madrid ° Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco Metro Pictures Gallery, New York Sketch London Two Rooms, Auckland Yvon Lambert - Paris
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  • current exhibitions
  • exhibition archive

solo exhibition

Isaac Julien. What Freedom Is To Me

23. Sep 2023 14. Jan 2024
K20/K21 - Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen '
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group exhibition

Channeling

23. Sep 2023 11. Feb 2024
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
exhibition page
  • 07. Feb 11. Jun
    Sharjah Biennial 15 - 2023 Sharjah Biennial
  • 28. Jan 29. May
    Isaac Julien: Lina Bo Bardi—A Marvellous Entanglement Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • 08. Oct 29. Jan 2023
    Verleihung des Kaiserrings Goslar 2022 an Isaac Julien Mönchehaus-Museum, Goslar
  • 28. May 30. Sep
    Isaac Julien, Abdias Nascimento, Jaime Lauriano, Arjan Martins, Laura Belém Inhotim Centro de Arte Contemporanea, Brumadinho
  • 23. Nov 13. Mar 2022
    DIVERSITY UNITED The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
  • 15. Sep 12. Dec
    NOTHINGTOSEENESS – Leere/Weiß/Stille Akademie der Künste, Berlin
  • 29. Jul 10. Oct
    Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour Scottish National Galleries, Edinburgh
  • 29. Jul 20. Aug
    Edinburgh Art Festival 2021 Edinburgh Art Festival
  • 11. Jun 09. Jan 2022
    Sweat Haus der Kunst, München '
  • 09. Jun 19. Sep
    DIVERSITY UNITED Kunsthalle Berlin
  • 20. Mar 23. Jan 2022
    So wie wir sind 3.0 Weserburg Bremen
  • 16. Oct 17. Mar 2021
    Masculinities: Liberation through Photography Gropius Bau, Berlin
  • 01. Oct 31. Oct
    European Month of Photography 2020 EMOP European Month of Photography Berlin
  • 24. Sep 28. Feb 2021
    Isaac Julien. Lina Bo Bardi. Un meraviglioso groviglio MAXXI Rome
  • 12. Sep 10. Jan 2021
    Risquons-Tout WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels
  • 29. Feb 27. Sep
    Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
  • 07. Nov 25. Oct 2020
    Two Together Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town
  • 23. Oct 26. Jan 2020
    When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art ICA Boston
  • 18. Oct 06. Jan 2020
    Liebe und Ethnologie HKW - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
  • 03. Feb 27. May
    Isaac Julien - Western Union: small boats ARoS Aarhus
  • 20. Jan 17. Feb
    ISAAC JULIEN. Paradise Omeros Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
  • 01. Dec 11. Feb 2018
    Isaac Julien. Playtime Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC), San Francisco
  • 28. Apr 20. Aug
    The Restless Earth (La Terra Inquieta) Triennale Milano
  • 22. Feb 30. Apr
    Isaac Julien: Playtime PLATFORM-L CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER Seoul
  • 05. Feb 26. Nov
    JAGUARS AND ELECTRIC EELS JULIA STOSCHEK FOUNDATION BERLIN
  • 04. Feb 30. Apr
    The Place Is Here Nottingham Contemporary
  • 15. Oct 15. Jan 2017
    Uncertain States – Künstlerisches Handeln in Ausnahmezuständen Akademie der Künste, Berlin
  • 19. Jun 18. Sep
    Making & Unmaking Camden Art Centre, London
  • 16. Apr 25. Sep
    The 1980s. Today's Beginnings? Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven '
  • 21. Mar 24. Apr
    FotoFest 2016 Biennial FotoFest Houston
  • 07. Nov 10. Apr 2016
    Walkers: Hollywood Afterlives in Art and Artifact Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria
  • 08. Oct 31. Jan 2016
    This is What Life is About DA2 Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca
  • 20. Jun 04. Oct
    Harmonie und Umbruch - Spiegelungen chinesischer Landschaften MARTa Herford
  • 09. May 22. Nov
    56. Venice Biennale 2015 - International Pavilion "All the World’s Futures" Venice Biennale
  • 14. Mar 18. Oct
    THE NEW HUMAN: YOU AND I IN GLOBAL WONDERLAND Moderna Museet Malmö
  • 15. Jan 14. Mar
    Isaac Julien . PLAYTIME Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid °
  • 06. Sep 11. Oct
    PLAYTIME. ISAAC JULIEN Galerie Ron Mandos, Rotterdam (closed)
  • 25. Nov 17. Feb 2014
    Isaac Julien. Ten Thousand Waves MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • 07. Nov 14. Dec
    Isaac Julien - PLAYTIME Metro Pictures Gallery, New York
  • 28. Sep 07. Apr 2013
    Open End Haus der Kunst, München '
  • 04. Sep 16. Dec
    Isaac Julien. Geopoetics SESC SAO PAULO
  • 24. Aug 02. Sep
    Copenhagen Art Festival 2012 Copenhagen Art Festival
  • 22. Jun 16. Sep
    Dreaming of a better life: Border Crossing BRANDTS Odense
  • 24. May 19. Sep
    Pink Caviar - New acquisitions 2009–2011 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
  • 16. Mar 20. May
    Unfinished Journeys National Museum of Norway, Oslo
  • 29. Feb 04. Mar
    Marrakech Biennale 2012 Marrakech Biennale °
  • 20. Feb 26. Aug
    La Triennale 2012 Palais de Tokyo, Paris
  • 11. Feb 03. Jun
    This Will Have Been: Art, Love, & Politics in the 1980s MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
  • 28. Oct 04. Mar 2012
    Isaac Julien. Ten Thousand Waves ICA Boston
  • 10. Sep 13. Nov
    Göteborg International Biennial 2011 Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art (GIBCA)
  • 19. Jul 25. Sep
    Move - Kunst und Tanz seit den 60ern K20/K21 - Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen '
  • 15. Apr 27. Nov
    ARS 11 KIASMA Helsinki
  • 30. Mar 31. Dec
    Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves Museum Brandhorst, München
  • 11. Feb 08. May
    Move: Kunst und Tanz seit den 60ern Haus der Kunst, München '
  • 18. Dec 25. Apr 2011
    21st Century: Art in the First Decade Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
  • 02. Dec 06. Mar 2011
    Isaac Julien / Creative Caribbean Network The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach
  • 03. Oct 09. Jan 2011
    Move: Choreographing You Hayward Gallery, London
  • 10. Sep 05. Dec
    Isaac Julien KIASMA Helsinki
  • 16. Jul 10. Oct
    Afro Modern. Journeys through the Black Atlantic CGAC Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela
  • 18. Jun 03. Oct
    fast forward 2. The Power of Motion ZKM | Karlsruhe
  • 04. Jun 12. Sep
    31. Bienal de Pontevedra 2010 Bienal de Pontevedra
  • 12. May 01. Aug
    Biennale of Sydney 2010 Biennale of Sydney
  • 27. Mar 12. Sep
    I LOVE YOU ARoS Aarhus
  • 05. Feb 05. Apr
    DESIRE Blanton Museum of Art, Austin
  • 29. Jan 25. Apr
    Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic Tate Liverpool
  • 23. Jan 21. Mar
    CUE: ARTISTS VIDEOS Vancouver Art Gallery
  • 12. Sep 08. Nov
    SOCIAL CRITICISM 1993-2005 - an art historical expose Kalmar Konstmuseum
  • 14. May 20. Sep
    EN TODAS AS PARTES / EVERYWHERE CGAC Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela
  • 27. Apr 14. Jun
    Isaac Julien: WESTERN UNION small boats Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
  • 01. Nov 18. Jan 2009
    Prospect.1 New Orleans Prospect New Orleans
  • 01. Nov 18. Jan 2009
    Prospect.1 New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans
  • 30. Oct 01. Feb 2009
    Isaac Julien. WESTERN UNION: Small Boats Museu do Chiado, Lisbon
  • 05. Sep 09. Nov
    Gwangju Biennale 2008 Gwangju Biennale
  • 30. Aug 02. Nov
    Derek Jarman. BRUTAL BEAUTY kuratiert von Isaac Julien Kunsthalle Zürich
  • 28. Jun 05. Oct
    Derek Jarman: Brutal Beauty Kunsthalle Wien
  • 21. Jun 20. Jul
    Videodance: works from the Centre Pompidou Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
  • 19. Jun 07. Sep
    The Cinema Effect: Part II Realisms Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
  • 31. May 07. Sep
    True Romance Kunsthalle zu Kiel
  • 01. Mar 04. May
    Print the Legend - The Myth of the West The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
  • 23. Feb 13. Apr
    Derek Jarman. BRUTAL BEAUTY Serpentine Galleries, London
  • 21. Feb 12. May
    True Romance Museum Villa Stuck, München
  • 31. Jan 29. Mar
    Multiplex Western Bridge, Seattle
  • 17. Jan 15. Mar
    Isaac Julien: Western Union: Small Boats Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid °
  • 22. Nov 02. Mar 2008
    FICTION VS. REALITE Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon
  • 17. Nov 19. Nov
    Best of KunstFilmBiennale Apeejay Media Gallery, New Delhi
  • 27. Oct 20. Nov
    PERFORMA07 PERFORMA New York
  • 05. Oct 03. Feb 2008
    True Romance Kunsthalle Wien
  • 21. Sep 06. Jan 2008
    Existencias MUSAC Leon
  • 15. Sep 11. Nov
    PORT CITY Arnolfini, Bristol
  • 10. Sep 11. Nov
    Isaac Julien BildMuseet, Umea
  • 07. Sep 04. Nov
    GENERATIONAL ISSUE CGAC Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela
  • 11. Aug 20. Oct
    Ghosts in the Machine SITE Santa Fe
  • 04. Jun 29. Sep
    Her(his)tory Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens
  • 23. Mar 06. May
    The Secret Public ICA London
  • 09. Mar 14. Apr
    3rd Auckland Triennial Artspace, Auckland .
  • 02. Mar 24. Mar
    Isaac Julien Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
  • 08. Feb 01. Apr
    Lights, Camera, Action: Artists Films for the Cinema Whitney Museum, New York
  • 14. Dec 25. Feb 2007
    Centre Pompidou Video Art 1965-2005 Museum of Contemporary Art Australia Sydney
  • 12. Nov 27. May 2007
    Wrestle CCS BARD Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson
  • 07. Oct 07. Jan 2007
    The Wonderful Fund Collection PALLANT HOUSE GALLERY Chichester
  • 07. Oct 26. Nov
    The Secret Public Kunstverein München
  • 24. Sep 04. Oct
    Höhepunkte der KunstFilmBiennale Köln KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
  • 20. Sep 10. Dec
    Video: An Art, a History, 1965-2005 Miami Art Central
  • 23. Jun 20. Aug
    Isaac Julien Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
  • 23. Jun 17. Sep
    50 Jahre / Years documenta 1955-2005 DA2 Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca
  • 16. Jun 09. Jul
    Rethinking Nordic Colonialism 4 VRn Veturitalli
  • 04. Jun 03. Sep
    Review: Collection Pierre Huber Le Magasin, Grenoble
  • 15. Apr 20. May
    Isaac Julien Metro Pictures Gallery, New York
  • 01. Apr 14. Apr
    A Short History of Performance IV Whitechapel Gallery, London
  • 24. Mar 25. Nov
    Rethinking Nordic Colonialism NIFCA, Helsinki
  • 10. Mar 13. Mar
    SCOPE New York 2006 SCOPE NEW YORK
  • 03. Feb 23. Apr
    Making History Tate Liverpool
  • 18. Nov 15. Jan 2006
    Guangzhou Triennial 2005 Guangzhou Image Triennial
  • 03. Nov 21. Nov
    PERFORMA05 PERFORMA New York
  • 19. Oct 24. Oct
    KunstFilmBiennale 2005 Köln Kunstfilmbiennale Köln
  • 14. Oct 12. Nov
    Isaac Julien Victoria Miro, London
  • 05. Oct 05. Nov
    multiplo 2 multipli, molteplici, moltiplicati” N.O. Gallery, Mailand
  • 01. Oct 15. Jan 2006
    The Wonderful Fund Collection Marrakech Museum / Fondation Omar Benjelloun .
  • 10. Sep 10. Nov
    Tirana Biennale 3 Biennale Tirana
  • 16. Aug 25. Sep
    LONDON IN SIX EASY STEPS ICA London
  • 15. Jul 23. Oct
    Isaac Julien True North MAK Center, Los Angeles
  • 25. May 15. Aug
    Isaac Julien Centre Pompidou Paris
  • 07. May 11. Jun
    Isaac Julien / Mircea Cantor Yvon Lambert - Paris
  • 30. Apr 27. Jun
    25 Jahre Sammlung Deutsche Bank Deutsche Guggenheim - Berlin
  • 08. Apr 15. Sep
    Coleccion Helga de Alvear Museo Extremeno e Iberoamericano, Badajoz
  • 01. Apr 21. Aug
    EMERGENCIAS MUSAC Leon
  • 01. Apr 29. May
    3’ CGAC Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela
  • 17. Dec 31. Jan 2005
    Isaac Julien video des monats #1 // about Kunsthalle Wien
  • 20. Nov 23. Jan 2005
    Isaac Julien GL Strand, Copenhagen
  • 16. Oct 25. Nov
    Spread in Prato 2004 Dryphoto, Prato
  • 07. Oct 16. Jan 2005
    Utopia Station Haus der Kunst, München '
  • 30. Sep 02. Jan 2005
    3’ Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
  • 25. Sep 24. Oct
    Aarhus Festival of contemporary Art 2004 AARHUS FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART
  • 17. Sep 15. Nov
    Black Atlantic HKW - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
  • 22. May 31. Oct
    Busan Biennale 2004 Busan Biennale
  • 13. May 30. Jun
    Isaac Julien Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid °
  • 07. May 07. Jun
    6. Dak´Art 2004 Biennial of Dakar
  • 17. Mar 12. Sep
    Die Neue Kunsthalle III: materiell - immateriell Kunsthalle Mannheim
  • 10. Mar 30. May
    Whitney Biennial 2004 Whitney Biennial, New York
  • 27. Feb 17. May
    Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image New Museum, New York
  • 13. Feb 18. Apr
    3. berlin biennale 2004 berlin biennale '
  • 23. Jan 07. Feb
    Isaac Julien Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (closed for renovation)
  • 23. Nov 24. Jan 2004
    UTOPIA STATION Sindelfingen Galerie Stadt Sindelfingen
  • 14. Nov 25. Jan 2004
    Art, Lies and Videotape Tate Liverpool
  • 09. Nov 14. Dec
    Love / Hate Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal
  • 12. Sep 02. Nov
    24/7: Wilno - Nueva York Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius °
  • 09. Sep 11. Oct
    Isaac Julien Victoria Miro, London
  • 03. Jun 03. Aug
    Independence South London Gallery
  • 10. May 22. Jun
    FATE OF ALIEN MODES Wiener Secession
  • 16. Nov 30. Mar 2003
    FUTURE CINEMA ZKM | Karlsruhe
  • 12. Sep 12. Oct
    Les Enfants du Paradis Yvon Lambert - Paris
  • 31. Jul 04. Aug
    5. Werkleitz Biennale 2002 Zugewinngemeinschaft Werkleitz Festival, Halle
  • 08. Jun 15. Sep
    documenta 11 documenta Kassel
  • 07. Nov 20. Jan 2002
    Turner Prize 2001: Martin Creed Tate Britain, London
  • 22. Sep 22. Oct
    Isaac Julien & Javier de Frutos: Cinerama South London Gallery
  • 07. May 30. Jun
    Raw Victoria Miro, London
  • 12. Oct 12. Dec
    2. Johannesburg Biennale 1997 Johannesburg Biennale
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