The Power Plant

Jimmy Robert

Jimmy Robert (born 1975, Guadeloupe, France) lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. Robert has received several international awards including the Follow Fluxus-After Fluxus Grant (2009) and the Andrei and Nicholas Tooth Award (1999). His work has been presented in several solo exhibitions and festivals including Kaaitheater, Brussels (2013); MCA Chicago (2012); Teatro Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro (2012); Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (2011); CCS Bard, New York (2011); Diana Stigter, Amsterdam (2011); South London Gallery (2010); Art Sheffield, UK (2010); Art: Concept, Paris (2010), Art Basel, Switzerland (2010); MoMA, New York (2009); CCA Kitakyushu, Japan (2009); Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow (2009); 5th Berlin Biennale (2008); Yokohama Triennale, Japan (2008); Gwangju Biennale, South Korea (2008); Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (2007); de Appel, Amsterdam (2007); ICA, London (2007); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2006); and Tate Britain, London (2004). Robert received a B.A. in Fine Art and Critical Theory from Goldsmiths College, London.