Installation view, JR, Migrants, Mayra, Picnic across the Border, Tecate, Mexico – USA, 2017 © JR JR © JR Details:b. 1983, Paris Read More JR’s communal and collaborative practice promotes civic discourse across the globe through large-scale photographic interventions and digitally collaged murals.JR uses photographs, murals, films, videos, and other multimedia works to address socio-economic and political issues. His work—which he refers to as “infiltrating art,” a term descriptive of its ubiquity and ability to reach an audience beyond those who visit museums—has been installed across the globe, from the streets of Paris to the favelas of Brazil and the border between the United States and Mexico.Begun in 2011, his Inside Out project has allowed over 260,000 people worldwide to obtain photographic portraits that JR’s team prints as large black-and-white posters. He encourages participants to paste them up in common spaces, adding their images to the public sphere. JR has directed short films including Les Bosquets (2015) and ELLIS (2015), as well as the feature documentary Faces Places (2017), co-directed with Agnès Varda and nominated for an Academy Award.In 2018, JR collaborated with TIME magazine on The Gun Chronicles: A Story of America, creating a magazine cover, video mural, and interactive website which included an exhibition at Pace Gallery in October of 2018. Read More Installation view, JR, Mind the Gap, 2017, Chateau La Coste, France © WE ARE CONTENT(S) JR, GIANTS, Kikito and the Border Patrol, Tecate, Mexico - U.S.A., 2017 © JR Installation view, JR, Tehachapi, Daytime, U.S.A, 2019 © JR JR, The Gun Chronicles: A Story of America, USA, 2018, Saint Louis, Washington, Dallas, USA © JR JR, The Chronicles of San Francisco, USA, 2018, Mural detail © JR Exhibitions View All Past East Palo Alto Charter School 2022 Art Showcase Apr 18 – Apr 24, 2022 Palo Alto Past JR Eye to the World Jun 4 – Jul 3, 2021 London Past JR Tehachapi Jun 4 – Aug 20, 2021 New York Past JR The Chronicles of San Francisco – Sketches Feb 6 – Mar 24, 2019 Palo Alto Journal View All Exhibitions Our Artists in Venice Apr 23, 2022 Artist Projects JR Launches NFT Project in Solidarity with Ukraine Mar 22, 2022 Museum Exhibitions JR's "Chronicles" Travels to The Brooklyn Museum Sep 30, 2019 One-Artist Exhibitions Close JROne-Artist Exhibitions JR One-Artist Exhibitions DatesBorn 1983, ParisLives and works in Paris and New York City2021JR: Chronicles, Groninger Museum, Groninger, The Netherlands, November 20, 2021–June 12, 2022.JR: Cairo Pyramids Installation, Pyramids of Giza, Cairo, Egypt, October 21–November 7, 2021.JR: Contretemps, Perrotin Tokyo, Japan, October 1, 2021–November 2021.JR: Tehachapi, Pace Gallery, Library, 540 West 25th Street, New York, June 4–August 21, 2021.JR: Eye to the World, Pace Gallery, London, June 4–July 3, 2021.2019JR: Patamar, Galeria Nara Roesler, Rio de Janeiro, November 22, 2019–February 19, 2020.JR: Chronicles, Brooklyn Museum, New York, October 4, 2019–May 3, 2020.JR: The Chronicles of New York City: Sketches, Perrotin, New York, September 11–October 26, 2019.JR: The Chronicles of San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 23, 2019–April 27, 2020.JR: Le Secret de la Grande Pyramide, Napoleon Court, Musée du Louvre, installed on March 29, 2019.JR: The Chronicles of San Francisco – Sketches, Pace Gallery, Palo Alto, California, February 6–March 24, 2019.JR: Unveiling, Perrotin, Seoul, January 17–March 23, 2019.2018JR: MOMENTUM. la mécanique de l'épreuve, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, November 11, 2018–February 10, 2019.JR: Horizontal, Perrotin, New York, June 28–August 17, 2018.JR: Amor Fati, J1 Hangar, Marseille, France, March 14–May 13, 2018.JR: Regards, eleven metro stations controlled by Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP Group), Paris, 2018.JR: GIANTS - Body of Work, Lazinc, London, January 12–February 28, 2018.2017JR: Mind the Gap, Château La Coste Art Gallery, Aix-en-Provence, France, installed in December 2017.JR: The Wrinkles of the City, Istanbul - Body of Work, Henrik Springmann, Berlin, November 4–25, 2017.JR: Kikito, Mexican/United States border, installed in September 2017.JR: Chroniques de Clichy-Montfermeil, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, April 2–13, 2017.JR: Projection Wrinkles of the City, Istanbul, Perrotin, Paris, March 16–May 13, 2017.2016JR: Project for the 2016 Rio Olympics, Rio de Janeiro, August 2017.JR: Au Louvre, Napoleon Court, Musée du Louvre, Paris, May 25–June 27, 2016.JR: Vous êtes ici, exposition-atelier à la Galerie des enfants, Centre Pompidou, April 16–September 19, 2016.2015JR: Ellis, Perrotin Pop-Up and Screening Space, Melin Building, Miami Design District, December 2–7, 2015.JR: Picture Show. 24 Frames per Second. Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, November 8–29, 2015.JR: Ellis, Perrotin Pop-Up and Screening Space, 130 Orchard Street, New York, October 24–November 8, 2015.JR: Crossing, Lazarides, London, October 16–November 12, 2015.JR: Black and White Night, Nuit Blanche, City Hall/Bay Street, Toronto, October 3, 2015.JR: DECADE. Portrait d’une génération, Perrotin, Paris, September 12–October 17, 2015.JR: Unframed: La Voix du Nord, Tri Postal, Lille, France, installed Fall 2015.JR: UPRISING - An Inside Out Project, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain, June 12–September 13, 2015.JR: A Survey Exhibition, Hong Kong Contemporary Art Foundation, March 15–April 12, 2015.JR: Ghosts of Ellis Island. An Unframed Project, Short Preview, Perrotin, Hong Kong, March 12–April 30, 2015.2014JR: Installation for the New York City Ballet’s Second Annual Art Series, David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, installed Winter 2014.JR: Unframed –Ellis Island, New York, installed in September 2014.JR: CLOSE UP, Magda Danysz Gallery, Shanghai, May 17–July 5, 2014.JR: CLOSE-UP SHANGHAI – A PROJECT BY JR, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, May 16–June 15, 2014.JR, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany, March 1–June 29, 2014.JR: Au Panthéon!, Pantheon, Paris, March 2014.JR: INSIDE OUT, Dallas Contemporary, January 11–March 9, 2014.2013JR: Actions, Lazarides and multiple sites across London, October 11–November 13, 2013.JR, Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 21, 2013–February 2, 2014.JR: Unframed Belle de Mai/Marseille, La Friche de la Belle de Mai, Marseille, France, installed in May 2013.JR: Inside Out New York City, Times Square, New York, April 22–May 10, 2013.JR: The Wrinkles of the City, Berlin, installation spanning more than fifteen buildings across Berlin, installed in April 2013.JR: Inside Out Project, Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, February 1–June 2, 2013.2012JR: Pattern, Perrotin, Hong Kong, September 18–November 10, 2012.JR: Inside Out Project, Port au Prince, Haiti, installed in January 2012.2011JR: Wall & Paper, Perrotin and The M Building, Miami, Florida, November 29–December 4, 2011.JR: Encrages, Perrotin, Paris, November 19, 2011–January 7, 2012.JR: Inside Out Project, Action in Brooklyn, New York, 2011.JR: The Wrinkles of the City, Action in Los Angeles, 2011.2009JR: Women are Heroes, Île Saint-Louis, Paris, 2009.JR: Women are Heroes, Casa França-Brasil, Rio di Janeiro, 2009.JR: Women are Heroes, Action in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2009.2008JR: 28 Millimetres: Women, Lazarides, London, October 3–November 14, 2008.JR: Portrait of a Generation, Tate Modern, London, 2008.JR: Installation, Musée Rath, Geneva, 2008.JR: Women are Heroes, Action in Brussels, 2008.JR: Women are Heroes, Action in the Slum of Kiberia, Nairobi, 2008.JR: Women are Heroes, Action in Favela Morro Da Providencia, Rio de Janeiro, 2008.JR: Women are Heroes, Action in Jaipur, New Delhi, 2008.JR: The Wrinkles of the City, Action in Cartagene, Spain, 2008.2007JR: Face2Face, Action in Tel-Aviv, Ramallah and Separation Wall / Security Fence, Israel-Palestine, 2007.2006JR: Installation, Paris Town Hall Square, 2006.JR: Installation, La Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, 2006.JR: Installation, Espace des Blancs-Manteaux, Paris, 2006.2004JR: Portrait of a Generation, Action in Les Bosquets Ghetto, Montfermeil, Paris, 2004. Group Exhibitions Public Collections Close JRGroup Exhibitions JR Group Exhibitions 2022This is Ukraine: Defending Freedom, Scuola Grande della Misericordia, Venice, April 23–August 7, 2022.2021Group Presentation, Pace Gallery, 510 West 25th Street, New York, March 13–April 24, 2021.2019Reflections, Gana Art Center, Seoul, November 1–January 5, 2020.Refuge, 21c Museum, Bentonville, Arkansas, October–September 2020.W|ALLS: Defend, Divide, and the Divine, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, October 5–December 29, 2019. Travelled to: The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, May 13, 2020–September 6, 2020.JR, Adrian Piper, Ray Johnson, Salong Berlin, Museum Frieder Burda, Berlin, April 25–August 5, 2019. Ensemble. Centre Pompidou, Paris, April 6–September 29, 2019.JR: Unframed Baden Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden Baden, Germany, April 6–September 29, 20192016Post No Bills: Public Walls as Studio and Source, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York, September 11–December 23, 2016.Still Here, A Decade of Lazarides, Lazarides, London, February 12–March 24, 2016.2015Tu dois changer ta vie, Tripostal, Lille, France, 2015.Open Source: Engaging Audiences in Public Space, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2015.Bonjour la France, Seoungnam Art Centre & Goyang Culture Foundation, Seongnam & Goyang, South Korea, 2015.Paris Holiday, Galerie Perrotin, New York, July 9–August 21, 2015.The Standing March, Assemblee Nationale, Paris, November 29–30, 2015.2014#Street Art, l'innovation au coeur du mouvement, Fondation EDF, Paris, 2014.G I R L, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, May 27–June 25, 2014.2013L'amour atomique, Palais des Beaux Arts, Dinard, France, 2013.Happy Birthday Galerie Perrotin / 25 ans, Tripostal, Lille, France, 2013.Choices, Magda Danysz, Shanghai, 2013.2012Festival Images, Photobooth installation, Vevey, Switzerland, 2012.The Wrinkles of the City, Biennial of La Habana, Cuba, 2012.Art & Toys - Collection Selim Varol, Me Collectors Room, Berlin, 2012.2011Shanghai ! La tentation de l'Occident, Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez, Bordeaux, France, 2011.Paris-Delhi-Bombay, Photobooth installation at Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2011.Art in the Streets, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2011.Emirati Expressions, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2011.Les Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France, 2011.2010Viva la revolución: A dialogue with the Urban Landscape, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 2010.Festival Images, Musée de l'Elysée, Vevey, Switzerland, 2010.The Wrinkles of the City, Contemporary Art Biennale, Shanghai, 2010.EuroTrash, Lazarides, Los Angeles, June 9–June 27, 2010.Terminal 5, Lazarides, London, October 8–November 18, 2010.2009Les Rencontres photographiques d’Arles, Arles, France, 2009.Stages, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, July 16–August 8, 2009. JRPublic Collections and Permanent Installations JR Public Collections and Permanent Installations Château La Coste Art Gallery, Aix-en-Provence, FranceEllis Island, New YorkLa Friche de la Belle de Mai, Marseille, FranceThe Museum of Modern Art, New YorkSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California