Jimmy Robert

Jimmy Robert was born in Guadeloupe (FR) in 1975 and currently lives and  works in Berlin. Robert was the subject of a mid-career survey at Nottingham Contemporary in 2020, which travelled to Museion, Bolzano and  CRAC Occitanie, Sète. Recent solo exhibitions include Frammenti, Thomas Dane Naples;  la musique dans la chambre, Künstlerhaus Bremen (2022);  The Hunterian, Glasgow (2021); La Synagogue De Delme, France (2018);  Museum M, Leuven (2017); Power Plant, Toronto (2013); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2012); and Jeu de Paume, Paris (2012). Robert’s performances have also been presented at Tate Britain, London;  MoMA, New York and Migros Museum, Zurich. His most recent performance ‘Joie Noire’ premiered in 2019 at KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin and travelled to Kaaitheater, Brussels. Ongoing solo exhibitions include Kunsthalle Baden-Baden in October 2022 and Moderna Museet, Malmo in Spring 2023.

Source: programme of the CND