Colette Lumiere, better known as Colette, is a multimedia artist known for her pioneering work in performance art, street art and the constructed photograph. Highly esteemed for her work exploring male female gender roles, her use of different guises and personas and for her soft fabric environments (often appearing as the central element) Colette’s influence in pop-culture were immediately recognized and which Jeffrey Deitch declared in 1981: “As Colette has become increasingly renowned in art circles, she has watched her ideas filter into the products of designers, decorators, and others in the commercial world.” Born in Tunis, Tunisia, she grew up in Nice, France before becoming a naturalized American citizen. Her work has been presented internationally including MoMA, The Whitney, the Guggenheim, Musee d’Art Moderne Paris, and others.