Jenna Marvin Presents PROPAGANDA, Artist’s First Solo Exhibition in Paris
Jenna Marvin, a performer and visual artist whose work explores the body as a site of transformation, identity, and power, presents her first solo exhibition in Paris, bringing together performance, visual art, and sculptural experimentation.
Opening on December 4, 2025 at Transfo – Emmaüs Solidarité, PROPAGANDA runs through February 7, 2026. The exhibition features a multidisciplinary body of work exploring identity, transformation, and the body as a site of cultural, political, and gender negotiation.
Born in 1999 in Magadan, Russia, Jenna Marvin investigates the body and its transformations through performance, visual arts, and sculptural experimentation. Her work addresses the instability of identity in an era of technological and biological change. The “dismantled” body is central to her practice, serving as a space where cultural, political, and gender tensions are expressed and reconfigured, paving the way for new forms of existence.
Jenna deconstructs traditional symbols of power, authority, and masculinity by introducing fragile, unusual, and striking figures. Her dramatic aesthetic draws on drag activist culture and the Viennese Actionism art movement, with themes of violence, fear, alienation, and despair incorporated into her creations. The expropriated, tortured, and humiliated body is both a central figure in her work and an instrument for reclaiming a chosen identity.
Performance is a key component of PROPAGANDA, with live actions on December 4 and December 6, bringing the exhibition to life. In addition, Jenna will present a performance at Fondation Fiminco, extending her multidisciplinary practice into another major contemporary art platform in Paris.
With PROPAGANDA, Jenna Marvin offers a body of work that explores the possibilities of transformation, identity, and the body, inviting audiences to engage directly with her experimental approach to performance and visual art.
Words: Sara Vukosavljevic