JR

JR develops an artistic practice at the intersection of photography, public art, cinema, and civic engagement. For the past twenty years, he has conceived and executed large-scale projects and in-situ interventions in cities around the world. Whether it's installing collages on homes in a Brazilian favela (2008-2009), bringing participants together for a picnic on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border (2017), collaborating with hundreds of volunteers to create an optical illusion at the Louvre in Paris (2019), or orchestrating a walk around the immense image of a refugee child in the Sahara Desert (2022), his objective remains constant: to involve as many people as possible in the creative process, spark dialogue, and encourage dynamics of social transformation.