MY NAME IS JEANDRÉ ELI JOSÉ (HE/THEY), I’M A TRANSDISCIPLINARY ARTIST WHO MOVES BETWEEN AND MERGES PERFORMANCE ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, VISUAL ART AND WRITING. THE MISSION OF MY WORK IS TO SHINE LIGHT ON TOPICS THAT ARE NOT GIVEN ENOUGHT SPACE AND ATTENTION WITHIN OUR SOCIETY, SUCH AS MORTALITY & GRIEF, SEXUAL & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DISCRIMINATION & VIOLENCE AGAINST LGBTQ+ PEOPLE, AMONGST OTHERS.

TRANSFORMATION IS A KEY WORD IN BOTH MY PRACTICE AND MY LIFE. WE ARE TAUGHT THAT EVERYTHING IS LINEAIR BUT NATURE IS FLUID, CONSTANTLY TRANSFORMING, ADAPTING, LEARNING, REFLECTING, REFORMING AND SO AM I,  AS A PERSON AND AS AN ARTIST. EACH WORK AND TOPIC ASKS AND DESERVES A DIFFERENT MEDIUM AND IT’S OWN APPROACH. THE RED THREAD TROUGHOUT MY WORK IS ITS MISSION, ITS QUESTIONING OF SYSTEMS AND CUSTOMS, ITS POETRY AND ITS INTENSITY.