In Conversation: Isaac Julien with Alex Farquharson

Sir Isaac Julien, RA (1960) is a critically acclaimed British artist and filmmaker. He is a Distinguished Professor of the Arts at the University of California Santa Cruz where he leads the Moving Image Lab together with Arts Professor Mark Nash.

Current and recent international solo exhibitions include Isaac Julien, Tate Britain, London, UK, 2023; Lina Bo Bardi, A Marvellous Entanglement, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA, 2023; Lessons of the Hour, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Virginia USA, 2022-23; Once Again… (Statues Never Die), Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, USA, 2022.

Julien is the recipient of The Royal Academy of Arts Charles Wollaston Award 2017, and a Kaiserring Goslar Award in 2022. He was granted knighthood as part of the Queen’s Honours List in 2022.

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