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Marie Charles Jean Marie is an artist who lives and works inthe region called LaValle Jacmel. It lies on the outskirts of the southern coastal city of Jacmel, long recognized as an artistic hub in Haiti. His work has been featured in exhibitions in Port Au Prince and Jacmel. His paintings can be seen hanging in middle-of-nowhere hotels and houses in the hills surrounding Jacmel. A respected member of his community, Jean Marie has devoted his life to teaching the youth in LaValle. Having lost his humble studio in the recent earthquake, Gemey continues to teach children to make ‘artizana’ from the Haitian peet plant, which when dried closely resembles hemp. He creates unique accessories and figurines in a style that is all his own, and he is committed to sharing his talents with the youth of his community. His dream is that the young people in LaValle learn to support themselves. His painting style is largely intuitive expressing an indicative Haitian style in its brightness and color, but lacking the naiveté that is often associated with Haitian art. Following in the footsteps of renowned Haitian artist Tiga Garoute, Jean Marie (A.K.A. Gemey) obscures traditional Haitian imagery and frees them from their typical meanings. While sharing an aesthetic with so-called folkart from the region, Gemey is not presenting a vision of Haitian culture, but a view from the inside looking out at the world, artistic or otherwise. Download pdf of Bio with photos
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Marie Lamour Rose Marie Lamour is a painter living in Jacmel, Haiti. Her small two-room apartment in Jacmel was recently destroyed in the earthquake as was the FOSAJ school of art where she created most of her work. A treasure to her hometown, Rose Marie represents a growing (yet all too small) class of self-empowered women in a country that has suffered a long history of sexism and oppression. Despite, having lost a sister in the earthquake Rose Marie has continued pursuing her art with steadfast Rose Marie’s work provides a panoramic view of Haitian life. She reveals the magic of Haitian culture from the pastoral beauty and tranquility of the countryside to the spiritual depths of Haitian Vodou. Having only discovered painting in her mid twenties, Rose Marie’s particular style reflects her youthful curiosity coupled with a nuanced perception of her own rich and perplexing cultural roots. Rose Marie’s work is perhaps the most traditional in the exhibition, yet her range of subjects and her fluidity of style set her apart from many artists in the country. Like a dream at the edge of waking, her paintings reflect a world that teeters between paradise and hell with every moment. Download pdf of Bio with photos
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Prince Luc is an artist from Jacmel Haiti. He began working at the FOSAJ School of art, located on the beach right next to the port. He has since become one of the foremost artists among the organization of artists and a strong mentor to his peers. In the Earthquake he saw the destruction of FOSAJ along with much of his work, and the collapse of his house, where he lived alone with his two-year-old daughter Samara. Jean Luc has continued his work with young people in Jacmel. He volunteers at the Art Creation Foundation For Children, a local foundation that provides Jacmel’s youth an opportunity not only to express themselves, but to do it astutely and creatively with skill and training. Jean Luc’s work has been shown throughout Haiti and in exhibitions in the U.S. and France. His work communicates a vision of Haiti that is at once chaotic and monstrous, yet arresting in its brightness. While thematically, his work is disjointed and conflicting, it is the precision with which he commits these ideas onto the canvas that makes his work so visually striking. Jean Luc’s world is one of shear beauty in the midst of indelible dysfunction and his art stands as a poignant response Download pdf of Bio with photos
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