Pauline Curnier Jardin (b. 1980, Marseille, France), lives in Amsterdam and Berlin

Artist and performer Pauline Curnier Jardin is known for her eccentric and theatrical films and installations, many of them made in collaboration with dancers, performers, and costume and set designer Rachel Garcia. The films are based on allegoric narratives, reimagening historical events of characters through stylised and often improvised sequences. Her entertaining and mesmerizing installation Grotta Profunda Appronfundita (2017) was included in the 57th Venice Biennale. Curnier Jardin has shown her works in Confort Moderne (Poitiers, 2017), Tate Modern (London, 2017), IFFR (Rotterdam, 2017), Performa (New York, 2015), Fondation Cartier (Paris, 2015) and MIT List Visual Arts Center (Cambridge MASS, 2014). She was recently nominated fort he prestigious Preis der Nationalgalerie in Berlin. The artist is represented by Ellen de Bruijne Projects (Amsterdam).

Image: Pauline Curnier Jardin, Grotta Profunda Appronfundita, 2017