GEORGE JACOTEY

Visual arts

GEORGE JACOTEY

Georges Jacotey (b. 1987) is a performance and digital media artist with a film and theatre background. In his practice, he approaches issues of queer representation and the unrelenting cultural hegemony of the West. He has exhibited his work in international festivals and biennales, such as 3hd Festival (Berlin), Manifesta 11 (Zürich), Critical Hedonism (Barcelona), NU Performance Festival (Tallinn), Antagon (Helsinki) and dgtl fmnsm (Dresden); and in the context of exhibitions and screenings in numerous institutions and art spaces, including: Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center (Buffalo, NY), La Capella (Barcelona), Festspielhaus Hellerau (Hellerau, Germany), Pleasure Dome (Toronto), Athens Museum of Queer Arts (Athens), etc. He has been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS (2021).

St. Georgiana Del Pepe, Slayer of Dragons, 2018

St. Georgiana Del Pepe, Slayer of Dragons, 2018

Daddy must die, 2017

Daddy must die, 2017

Epic aphroditus Lana Del Pepe (Days of War, Nights of Love), 2016

Epic aphroditus Lana Del Pepe (Days of War, Nights of Love), 2016

FAUST, 2019

FAUST, 2019

Rarest millennial aphroditus Pepe caught on cam, 2018

Rarest millennial aphroditus Pepe caught on cam, 2018