Last updated: 26 October 2026
R.I.P. Germain is the Luton-born artist whose photographs, films, performances and installations look at Black experience, history and culture. Here you will find our take on his work, where he has shown, the ICA lithograph you can buy for £100, and the edition we feature.
Our take on R.I.P. Germain
Germain works across photography, performance, essays, video, sound and objects, and his installations are deliberately crowded. “I’m a maximalist, so my installations usually have multiple, complicated components,” he told AnOther in 2022. “Storytelling is the context for the work I make.”
He won the ICA’s Image Behaviour award in 2021, which led to his first short film, mew, and then to a solo show at the ICA in 2023. Time Out named him in its Future of London Art series the same year.
The best way to own an R.I.P. Germain right now is the ICA’s A1 lithograph, Cracky Blackz’s Genie, at £100. Sales help fund the ICA.
R.I.P. Germain: the essentials
- Born in Luton, and based in the UK, according to the ICA.
- Works across photography, performance, essays, video, sound and object-based work, looking at Black experience, history and culture.
- Won the ICA Image Behaviour award in 2021; his first short film, mew, premiered at the ICA in 2022.
- Had solo shows at Peak, Cubitt and V.O Curations in London, Two Queens in Leicester, the ICA, Goswell Road in Paris and SculptureCenter in New York.
- Represented by Cabinet, Vauxhall, London.
- Featured in Time Out’s The Future of London Art in October 2023.
R.I.P. Germain exhibitions
- Anti-Blackness Is Bad, Even The Parts That We Like, Cabinet, 132 Tyers Street, London SE11, 14 March to 10 May 2025.
- “Jesus Died For Us, We Will Die For Dudus!”, ICA, London, 22 February to 14 May 2023.
- No new show has been announced.
Where to buy an R.I.P. Germain print
There is one edition on sale, and no books yet:
- Cracky Blackz’s Genie, 2023, £100: a lithograph, 84.1 x 59.4 cm (33.1 x 23.4 in), A1, edition of 100 with a signed certificate, from the ICA shop. Collection from the ICA is free. See our Cracky Blackz’s Genie page.
R.I.P. Germain prints and editions on CoolCuration
R.I.P. Germain FAQs
Can I buy an R.I.P. Germain print?
Yes. The ICA sells his A1 lithograph Cracky Blackz’s Genie (2023), an edition of 100, for £100.
Which gallery represents R.I.P. Germain?
Cabinet, in Vauxhall, London, which held his solo show in spring 2025.
What did R.I.P. Germain win?
The ICA’s Image Behaviour award in 2021, which funded his first short film, mew.
Where is R.I.P. Germain from?
Luton. He is based in the UK.
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Main image: R.I.P. Germain, 2023. Photo: Jess Hand for Time Out. Cropped and framed by CoolCuration. Exhibition dates and prices last checked: 26 October 2026.
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