Marie-Denise Douyon

Marie-Denise Douyon
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
NationalityCanadian
EducationFashion Institute of Technology, New York City
Known forPainter, Illustrator, Graphic Designer

Marie-Denise Douyon (born 1961 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is a Canadian painter, illustrator and graphic artist. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in Canada, the U.S., Europe and Africa.[1]

Life

Douyon was born in Haiti in 1961.[2] She fled the Duvalier regime with her parents in 1964, and eventually settled in Morocco in 1966.[3][2] She completed a visual arts degree at the Fashion Institute of Technology of New York in Manhattan, New York City.[4] After Jean-Claude Duvalier fell from power in 1986, Douyon returned to Haiti.[3] In the early 1990s, she was arrested, tortured and imprisoned by Haiti's military junta, but was released on February 7, 1991 as part of a general amnesty of Haitian political prisoners.[5] Since 1991, Douyon has lived and worked in Montreal, Quebec.[5]

Career

Douyon's work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in Canada, France, the United States and in the Caribbean.[6] In 2004, her work was shown at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris during a bicentennial celebration of Haitian independence.[7]

Douyon integrates found and discarded objects into her art to "reinforce a social collective consciousness" regarding global warming and consumer culture. Her work also references her multicultural identity and African heritage.[6]

Solo exhibitions

  • Verdun Cultural Center L'Art à Palabres, (Montreal, 2005)
  • Galerie "Aux Trois Mailletz", L'Art à palâbres (Paris, 2003)
  • Galerie "Aux Trois Mailletz", L'Art à palâbres (Paris, 2002)
  • Maison de la culture Rivière-des-prairies (Montreal, 2002)
  • Festival International de la poésie Galerie Nationale de Dakar (Dakar, 2000)
  • Château Morange (Saint-Denis, Réunion, 2000)
  • Festival d'été de Vancouver (Vancouver, 1998)
  • Galerie d'art d'Outremont (Montreal, 1998)
  • Galerie Céline Allard (Toronto, 1996)[8]

Group exhibitions

  • Black National Fine Art Show, Gallery Bourbon-Lally (Pétion-Ville, Haiti, 2005)
  • Inter American Development Bank (Washington, DC, 2004)
  • L'Art à Palabres, UNESCO Head Office (Paris, 2004)
  • Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien (Port-au-Prince, 1999)[8]

References

  1. ^ "Expositions". Marie-Denise Douyon. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b Kozinska, Dorota (1997-02-08). "From Haitian prison, a vision". The Gazette. p. 93. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  3. ^ a b Short Bio on the visual artist Marie-Denise Douyon Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Works by Marie-Denise Douyon". Galerie d'art Viva Vida. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. ^ a b Marie-Denise Douyon, Passages Canada
  6. ^ a b "Marie-Denise Douyen". Black in Canada: The New Narrative. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  7. ^ Williams, Dawn P. (2006). Who's Who in Black Canada 2: Black Success and Black Excellence in Canada: A Contemporary Directory (Second Printing 2007 ed.). Toronto: D.P. Williams & Asscociates. pp. 122–123. ISBN 978-0-9731384-2-9. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  8. ^ a b Exhibitions Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, marie-denisedouyon.net