Isaac Julien

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Yishan Island, Voyage (Ten Thousand Waves), 2011. Endura Ultra photograph, 47.24 x 62.99 in (120 x 160 cm). MP 94

Isaac JulienTen Thousand Waves

March 18 – April 30, 2011

Isaac JulienWESTERN UNION: Small Boats

October 26 – November 17, 2007

Isaac JulienLooking for Langston

April 15 – May 20, 2006

Isaac JulienTen Thousand Waves

March 18 – April 30, 2011

Isaac JulienWESTERN UNION: Small Boats

October 26 – November 17, 2007

Isaac JulienLooking for Langston

April 15 – May 20, 2006

Isaac JulienBaltimore

October 25 – November 29, 2003
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Video # 3(group show)

Fundació Palma Espai d'Art - Casal Solleric, Spain
April 25 - June 8, 2013
www.casalsolleric.com (Spanish only)

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The Insides are on the Outsides(group show)

Casa de Vidro and SESC Pompeia, São Paulo
April 5 - June 2, 2013
www.sescsp.org (Spanish only)

Bio Isaac Julien

www.isaacjulien.com

Filmmaker and installation artist Isaac Julien was born in 1960 in London, where he currently lives and works. His multi-screen film installations and photographs incorporate different artistic disciplines to create a poetic and unique visual language. His 1989 documentary-drama exploring author Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance titled Looking for Langston garnered Julien a cult following while his 1991 debut feature Young Soul Rebels won the Semaine de la Critique prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Julien’s work is held in collections that include: Tate, London; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC. His most recent film Ten Thousand Waves premiered at the 2010 Sydney Biennale and has gone on to be exhibited at venues throughout the world. Julien has participated in the Venice Biennale (2009); the 7th Gwangju Biennial, South Korea (2008); Prospect 1, New Orleans (2008); and Performa 07, New York. He has had one-person exhibitions at: the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Boston (2011); L’Atelier Hermès, Seoul (2011); Kunstnernes Hus. Oslo (2011); The Bass Museum, Miami (2010); Helsinki Festival, Kunsthalle Helsinki (2010); Museum Brandhorst, Munich (2008); Kestnergesellschart, Hannover, (2006) Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2005); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2005); and Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2005).

Art Review (2010)

Artforum (2010)

Modern Painters (2008)

Bomb (2007)

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