Jimmy Robert
Born in 1975 in Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe
Video artist, author, sculptor, and choreographer, Jimmy Robert has many talents which he uses in the creation of works often conceived as composite ensembles (video, sculpture, dance) where each element echoes the others. His sources of inspiration are varied, from the Nouveau Roman to feminist and queer movements. He draws on these references to feed his reflections on communication, absence, borders, and alienation. As the bearer of its own history, language is neither neutral nor universal. It is this specificity that interests the artist so deeply.
Born in 1975 in Saint-Claude, Jimmy Robert received the Andrei & Nicholas Tooth Travelling Scholarship in 1999, the Follow Fluxus – After Fluxus scholarship in 2009, and the AIMIA/AGO Photography Prize in 2016. He lives and works in Berlin.
