
JR

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JR has the largest art gallery in the world. Thanks to his photographic collage technique, he exhibits his work free of charge on the walls of the whole world – attracting the attention of those who do not usually go to museums.
Originator of the 28 Millimeters Project which he started in and around Clichy-Montfermeil in 2004, continued in the Middle East with Face 2 Face (2007), in Brazil and Kenya for Women Are Heroes (2008-2011), the documentary for which was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 (Critics’ Week).
JR has created “Infiltrating art”. During his collage activities, the local communities take part in the act of artistic creation, with no stage separating actors from spectators. The anonymity of JR and the absence of any explanation accompanying his huge portraits leave him with a free space in which issues and actors, performers and passers-by meet, forming the essence of his work.
In 2011 he received the Ted Prize, giving him the opportunity to make a vow to change the world. He created Inside Out, an international participatory art project that allows people from around the world to receive a print of their portrait and then billboard it as support for an idea, a project, an action and share that experience.
In 2014, working with the New York City Ballet, he used the language of dance to tell his version of the riots in the Clichy-Montfermeil district. He created The Groves, a ballet and short film, the music for which was composed by Woodkid, Hans Zimmer and Pharrell Williams, and which was presented at the Tribeca Film Festival.
At the same time, JR worked in the abandoned hospital of Ellis Island, an important place in the history of immigration – and made the short film ELLIS, with Robert De Niro.
In 2016, JR was invited by the Louvre, whose pyramid he made disappear the with the help of an astonishing anamorphosis. The same year, during the Olympic Games in Rio, he created gigantic new sculptural installations throughout the city, to underline the beauty of the sporting gesture.
In 2017, he co-directed with Agnès Varda “Faces, Place”s, screened the same year in the official selection out of competition for the Cannes Film Festival. The film won the Golden Eye (for best documentary) and was nominated for a Caesar and an Oscar in the same category in 2018. He has received other awards around the world.
In 2013, the first retrospectives of JR’s work took place in Tokyo (at the Watari-Um Museum) and the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, followed by exhibitions at the Frieder Burda Museum in Baden Baden in 2014, and at the HOCA Foundation in Hong Kong in 2015. He exhibited in 2018 at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, and in 2019 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and the Brooklyn Museum.
JR is represented by Perrotin, PACE Gallery, Galleria Continua and Nara Roesler.
SEries


Australia - Homily to Country, 2021

Tehachapi, California (USA), 2019

Chroniques, 2017 - 2019

JR at the Louvre Museum, 2016-2019

Migrants, 2017

Giants, 2016 - 2023

The Wrinkles of the City, 2008-2015

Ballet, 2015

UNFRAMED, 2009-2014

Women Are Heroes, 2008-2014

Inside Out, 2011-2014

Face 2 face, 2007

Portrait of generation, 2006

Expo 2 Rue, 2000-2006

Déplacé.e.s, 2022

Australia - Homily to Country, 2021

Tehachapi, California (USA), 2019

Chroniques, 2017 - 2019

JR at the Louvre Museum, 2016-2019

Migrants, 2017

Giants, 2016 - 2023

The Wrinkles of the City, 2008-2015

Ballet, 2015

UNFRAMED, 2009-2014

Women Are Heroes, 2008-2014

Inside Out, 2011-2014

Face 2 face, 2007

Portrait of generation, 2006

Expo 2 Rue, 2000-2006

Déplacé.e.s, 2022

Australia - Homily to Country, 2021

Tehachapi, California (USA), 2019

Chroniques, 2017 - 2019

JR at the Louvre Museum, 2016-2019

Migrants, 2017

Giants, 2016 - 2023

The Wrinkles of the City, 2008-2015

Ballet, 2015

UNFRAMED, 2009-2014

Women Are Heroes, 2008-2014

Inside Out, 2011-2014

Face 2 face, 2007

Portrait of generation, 2006

Expo 2 Rue, 2000-2006
MultimEdia

Paper & Glue, 2021

Tehachapi Project – California, USA, 2019

JR at the Louvre Museum & The secret of the great pyramid, 2019

Inside out project , 2019

Faces Places, 2017

Kizito - Tecate, Mexico, 2017

The Standing March, 2015

"Les Bosquets" ballet - New York City Ballet, 2014

Ellis, 2014

The Wrinkles of the City - La Havana - Cuba, 2012

Women are Heroes, 2010

Women are Heroes, 2010

Women Are Heroes – Kenya, Kibera – Extract, 2010

Women Are Heroes Paris Exhibition, September 2009

Face2Face Project – Israël, Palestine, 2007

28mm Portrait d'une génération, 2004

Expo 2 rue, 2001-2004

Paper & Glue, 2021

Tehachapi Project – California, USA, 2019

JR at the Louvre Museum & The secret of the great pyramid, 2019

Inside out project , 2019

Faces Places, 2017

Kizito - Tecate, Mexico, 2017

The Standing March, 2015

"Les Bosquets" ballet - New York City Ballet, 2014

Ellis, 2014

The Wrinkles of the City - La Havana - Cuba, 2012

Women are Heroes, 2010

Women are Heroes, 2010

Women Are Heroes – Kenya, Kibera – Extract, 2010

Women Are Heroes Paris Exhibition, September 2009

Face2Face Project – Israël, Palestine, 2007

28mm Portrait d'une génération, 2004

Expo 2 rue, 2001-2004

Paper & Glue, 2021

Tehachapi Project – California, USA, 2019

JR at the Louvre Museum & The secret of the great pyramid, 2019

Inside out project , 2019

Faces Places, 2017

Kizito - Tecate, Mexico, 2017

The Standing March, 2015

"Les Bosquets" ballet - New York City Ballet, 2014

Ellis, 2014

The Wrinkles of the City - La Havana - Cuba, 2012

Women are Heroes, 2010

Women are Heroes, 2010

Women Are Heroes – Kenya, Kibera – Extract, 2010

Women Are Heroes Paris Exhibition, September 2009

Face2Face Project – Israël, Palestine, 2007

28mm Portrait d'une génération, 2004

Expo 2 rue, 2001-2004
BOOKS

Quel âge as-tu ?


The chronicles of New York City

The chronicles of San Francisco

Chronicles


Can art change the world ?

JR – GIANTS OG RIO

Momentum, la mécanique de l'épreuve

Inside Out

Wrinkles of the city - Des rides et des villes

Dans l’objectif de JR

The Ghost of Ellis Island

Unframed : Belle de Mai

Wrinkles of the City : Shanghai

28 millimètres

Artocratie en Tunisie

Women are heroes

FACE 2 FACE

Quel âge as-tu ?


The chronicles of New York City

The chronicles of San Francisco

Chronicles


Can art change the world ?

JR – GIANTS OG RIO

Momentum, la mécanique de l'épreuve

Inside Out

Wrinkles of the city - Des rides et des villes

Dans l’objectif de JR

The Ghost of Ellis Island

Unframed : Belle de Mai

Wrinkles of the City : Shanghai

28 millimètres

Artocratie en Tunisie

Women are heroes

FACE 2 FACE

Quel âge as-tu ?


The chronicles of New York City

The chronicles of San Francisco

Chronicles


Can art change the world ?

JR – GIANTS OG RIO

Momentum, la mécanique de l'épreuve

Inside Out

Wrinkles of the city - Des rides et des villes

Dans l’objectif de JR

The Ghost of Ellis Island

Unframed : Belle de Mai

Wrinkles of the City : Shanghai

28 millimètres

Artocratie en Tunisie

Women are heroes
