Justin French (b.1988) is a self taught photographic artist and director. Justin French’s diverse work is a personal reflection of historical resonance and world building. Consistently exploring the human condition, proprietary mythos, and classical portraiture. While visually arresting, his emotive work seeks to examine philosophical polity across a range of subject matter. Beginning in Red Hook Labs (2017) and having contributed work to the Historic Royal Palaces he has shown in group exhibitions at Saatchi Gallery, Recontres d’Arles, Fotografiska, Musée de beaux-arts, and clients include The New York Times, Vogue (US/UK), Netflix, Guinness, The Sunday Times, Dazed, Acne Paper, Rolling Stone, Ford Foundation, The Joyce Theatre, Nike, Balmain, Labrum, SoHo House, Mercedes Benz, Goldman Sachs, Levi’s, Michael Kors, Tommy Hilfiger, Louis Vuitton, Area NYC, Khaite NY..
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LECTURES
Apple, Photo Lab: Behind the Image with Justin French, Apple Store, Regent Street, London UK. 2019.
Black Portraiture[s] IV: The Colour of Silence, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 2018.
EXHIBITIONS
Crown to Couture, Historic Royal Palaces, Kensington Palace. 4 April 2023 to 29 October 2023.
The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion, Curated by Antwaun Sargent
Saatchi Gallery, London 2022-2023.
Sarasota Art Museum, Sarasota, Florida 2023-2024.
Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco 2022-2023.
Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden 2022.
Musee de beaux-arts, Le Locle, Switzerland 2022.
Detroit Art Institute 2022.
Cleveland Museum of Art 2022.
Tasweer Photo Festival, Doha, Qatar 2021.
Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France 2021.
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore 2021.
Bunji Place, Melbourne, Australia, 2020.
Aperture Foundation, New York, NY. October 2019
Diversify Photo: A New Gaze. PDN PhotoPlus Expo, New York, NY October 2018.
D'Avila | Topophilia, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY. 2018.
Labs New Artists - Red Hook Labs, Brooklyn, USA July 2017.
The Unwilling Martyrs, Le Chapeau Rose and Skin Series - Galerie Number 8. Brussels, Belgium 2016.
PROJECTS
Crown to Couture, Kensington Palace, April 4 2023. Print. Exhibition. 2023.
Black Mary: A Film by Kahlil Joseph, Commissioned by The Tate Modern. London, GB. 2017.
Shadow Play: A Film by Kahlil Joseph, Commissioned by The New Museum. New York, NY 2017.
Black Skin, Shibori Masks (w/ Najee Wilson) 2017.
The Unwilling Martyrs (w/ Ib Kamara) 2016.
HONOURS
British Fashion Council New Wave Creative 2022.
Dazed 100, 2021.
Luxembourg Art Prize - Certificate of Artistic Achievement 2016.
