JR

JR

JR (Juste Ridicule) is a French photographer and streetartist. He was born in February 1983 in Paris. JR is known for his oversized black and white photographs, so-called „Paste ups“, which he places as monumental posters on buildings, stairs and walls worldwide. JR is one of the most innovative representatives of international contemporary art and currently lives in Paris, likewise New York. To him the road is the greatest gallery in the world.

• In 2006 JR became generally famous for his illegal project „Portrait of a generation“ in France. He glued portraits of suburban thugs in huge formats onto the house walls of philistine-quarters in Paris. The project became „official“ when the City of Paris cased the „City Hall“ with JR's photographs. JR works at the various places and in different cultural and time-historical connections. Furthermore, the town's architecture and culture become the subject of his works.

• In 2007 he started the project „Face2Face“ and thus the largest illegal exhibition of this time. JR hung up oversized portraits of Israelis and Palestinians- face to face - in altogether eight cities and thereby received attention world-wide.

• In 2008 he began his travel to seven countries in three different continents for his film project „Women are Heroes “ by which he wants to defend the dignity of women. JR's Film has been nominated for the Camera d'Or in 2010.

• At the same time, he began the project „The Wrinkles of the City “, for which he purposely selected cities, which experienced a large change, like Cartagena in Spain, Shanghai, Los Angeles and Berlin.

• In 2011 JR won the TED Prize and on that very same year, he started the campaign „InSideOut“: an international art project, which offers people around the world the possibility to share their ideas of dividing projects and experiences with everyone by sticking their own portrait on a wall.