Isaac Julien
Biography
Isaac Julien (born 1960, London) is a British artist and filmmaker who now divides his time between London and Santa Cruz, California. Renowned for sumptuous multi-screen film installations and large-format photographic stills, he addresses themes of the African diaspora, migration, queer identity and the politics of landscape. Julien’s work is held by leading institutions such as Tate, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, Centre Pompidou and the Art Institute of Chicago, and is sought after by prominent private collectors. His feature film Young Soul Rebels won the Critics’ Week Prize at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival, and he was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 2001; in 2017 he was appointed CBE for services to the arts. Represented by galleries including Victoria Miro, his editioned video and photographic works regularly fetch six-figure sums at auction, giving him a liquid and robust market presence supported by ongoing institutional demand.