Haitian artist Vanessa Craan is best known for her colorful and vibrant acrylic portraits. While her talent and passion manifested themselves from an early age, it was during her studies at La Escuela de Diseño Altos de Chavon in the Dominican Republic that her scope of work expanded to experimenting with various media. She explored…
Vanessa Charlot is a self-taught portrait and documentary photographer who began her art career while exploring the rural parts of Northern Haiti. She soon began to document intimate parts of everyday living in rural Haiti and amassed an impressive body of work that explores spirituality, socio-economic issues, and sexual intersectionality. Vanessa was born in Miami,…
Valerie Noisette is a Haitian-American artist who was born in Queens, New York on February 1st, 1982. She spent the majority of her life in Chicago, and later on moved to Miami to complete her studies in International Relations. Since she was a child, she always had a fascination with Haiti and knew that one…
Philippe Attie (b. 1986) is a contemporary realist artist living and working in Florida. Born in Seguin, Haiti, Attie began painting at the age of 12. By the time he was 16, he gained an apprenticeship with renowned artists, Ralph Allen, and later on, Richard Barbot. Under their direction, Philippe’s passion grew even stronger as…
Paul Claude Gardère was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1944 into a family of Haitian “elite.” In 1958, at age fourteen, he moved to New York City with his mother and brother, the beginning of his life as an immigrant in the United States. He studied at The Art Student League (1960-61), completed a Bachelor…
An emerging force in abstract expressionism, Haitian American painter, Patrick Eugène (b. 1984) challenges the social, cultural and societal expectations placed on and held by his contemporaries. Eugène’s work has been featured amongst the most promising new pioneers in contemporary art, garnering the praise of both critics and esteemed collectors. Eugène’s work challenges the truncated…
Patricia Lafontant is a self-taught Haitian- American mixed media artist who lives and works in Washington DC. Her paintings, collages, wares and photographs pay homage to every day people of color. A native of Miami, Lafontant’s works contain warm and nuanced expressions, and vibrant colors. Her distinctive personal style expresses the complex spirit and atmosphere…
The works of self-taught artist Patricia Brintle are vibrant and remind the viewer of her native Haiti. Brintle’s approach to painting is varied; she does not follow any particular school but rather lets her rich culture guide her creative muse. Her paintings are infused with complex symbolisms that seem, at first glance, simple but reveal…
Natacha Thys is a Haitian-American, lawyer-turned-artist. After practicing human rights law for many years, she began painting in 2011 after a dream seeing her grandmother and flashes of color. She believes her grandmother and other ancestors provide a living presence in her deeply spiritual paintings. Her style suggests a reinterpretation and merging of color field…
Nadine Renazile is a contemporary abstract and mixed media painter. Her practice is informed by her multiple identities: Haitian, diaspora, New Yorker, traveler, and observer. Nadine’s work investigates these multiplicities while excavating ideas of displacement, memory, language, race, and class ambiguities. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Nadine currently lives and works in New York City. SELECTED…