Born in 1940, Jean-Paul Goude began work as an illustrator in Paris during the early 1960s. During the 1970s he became art director at Esquire magazine and since then he has worked with numerous influential magazines, as well as producing works for CHANEL and other famous brands throughout the world. Active in a wide range of fields, including photographer, graphic designer and film director he is also well-known for collaborating with renowned artists like Grace Jones. His major solo exhibitions include ‘Goudemalion’ at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 2012 and ‘So Far So Goude’, at the Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea in Milan in 2016. In Japan, he participated in the Image-Makers ‘21_21 DESIGN SIGHT’ group exhibition in 2014 and is currently holding his first Japanese retrospective at the KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photo Festival from April 2018.