Camille Henrot (b. 1978, Paris, France) has engaged subjects and inspirations as diverse as ethnographic film, the zoetrope—a pre-film animation device from the 19th century that produces the illusion of motion—telephone hotlines, and ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging. She studied film animation at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in 2002 before spending brief periods assisting mixed-media artist Perre Huyghe working in advertising and making music videos, producing compelling works in a variety of mediums, including film, sculpture, installation, and painting. Her work reflects her interest in philosophy, literature, and anthropology, and her creative process often involves exhaustive research.

Henrot has had solo exhibitions at the ICA Milano (2023); Munch Museet, Olso, Norway (2023); National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (2021); Art Sonje Center, Seoul, South Korea (2020); Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2017); Musée d’Art Contemporain, Canada (2015–16); Westfälicher Kunstverein, Münster, Germany (2015); Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark (2014); New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2014); Baltimore Museum of Art (2014); New Orleans Museum of Art (2013–14); Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, France (2008). Her work has also been presented in several group exhibitions, including Une brève histoire de l’avenir, Musée du Louvre, Paris (2015); The Primitive in Us, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2015); Rare Earth, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary–Augarten, Vienna (2015); Before Our Eyes–Other Cartographies of the RIF, Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona (2014); Companionable Silences, as part of Nouvelle Vague, Palais de Tokyo (2013); L’artiste en ethnographe, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (2012); A Disagreeable Object, SculptureCenter, New York (2012). She also participated in the 11th Liverpool Biennial (2021), 9th Berlin Biennale (2016), 20th Biennale of Sydney (2016), 13th Biennale de Lyon (2015) and the 2nd Biennale du Bénin (2012). Henrot was awarded a Smithsonian Institute Fellowship Award, resulting in her film Grosse Fatigue (2013), for which she was awarded the Silver Lion award at the 55th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia (2013). She elaborated ideas from the film to conceive her acclaimed installation The Pale Fox (2014) at Chisenhale Gallery, London. Henrot was awarded the Nam June Paik Award in 2014, and the 2015 Edvard Munch award. She was also a finalist for the 2014 Hugo Boss Prize. In 2010, she was nominated for the Prix Marcel Duchamp award. She currently lives and works in New York.