Sir Isaac Julien, RA (b.1960) is a critically acclaimed British artist and film-maker. In 2018, Julien joined the faculty at the University of California Santa Cruz, where he is Distinguished Professor of the Arts and leads the Moving Image Lab together with Arts Professor Mark Nash.

Current and recent international solo exhibitions include Isaac Julien: What Freedom Is To Me, Tate Britain, London, 2023; Lina Bo Bardi: A Marvellous  Entanglement, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2023; Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2022; MAXXI, Rome, 2020–1;  Lessons of the Hour, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, 2022–3; McEvoy Foun-dation for the Arts, San Francisco, 2020–1; Once Again…(Statues Never Die), Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, 2022; Western Union: Small Boats, Neuberger Museum, New York, 2020; Looking for Langston, Tate Britain, London, 2019; Playtime, LACMA, Los Angeles, 2019.Julien is the recipient of the 2016–17 James R. Brudner ’83 Memorial Prize, the Royal Academy of Arts Charles Wollaston Award 2017, and a Goslar Kaiserring Award in 2022. He was made a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday  Honours 2017 and granted a knighthood as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Honours List in 2022. 

Isaac Julien’s connection to Artpace began when he was chosen for the Fall 1999 residency, during which he produced The Long Road to Mazatlán (1999), a work that earned him a Turner Prize nomination in 2000. Isaac is an Emeritus member of Artpace’s Board of Directors and served on the board from 2004-2010. We are delighted to honor Isaac Julien and celebrate his life, art, and 27-year history with Artpace San Antonio.