b. 1964 in Besançon, France. Lives and works in Marseille, France.
Biography
Jean-Christophe Norman's multidisciplinary work explores the themes of time,
space and the body through works
based on writing. A lover of mountains and former professional climber, though now unable to scale the highest
peaks, Norman wanders for hours through cities with a piece of chalk, writing out texts from travel novels in a
continuous line. As a visual artist, he expresses himself through painting, photography and video, using overlay and
transfer techniques. In this way, he gives texts a dimension beyond that of the word, and translates into images the
narratives of works of literature that have provided him with incalculable support and inspiration.