Isaac julien biography

Isaac Julien is a Turner prize-nominated artist and filmmaker and a recipient of The Royal Academy of Arts Charles Wollaston Award appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in

Julien creates multi-screen film installations and photographs that incorporate different artistic disciplines to create a poetic and unique visual language.

Born in in London, he is one of the most prominent figures at the intersection of media art and cinema today. While studying painting and fine art film at St Martin’s School of Art, from which he graduated in , Isaac Julien co-founded ‘Sankofa Film and Video Collective’, in which he was active from –

Julien’s debut film Looking for Langston garnered the artist a cult following.

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The acclaimed documentary-drama explores author Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance. The film joined Tate Britain collections in and was exhibited as part of the museum’s collections display. Early works also include