Marie-Denise Douyon

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Marie-Denise Douyon
Born1961 (age 63–64)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
NationalityCanadian
Education Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City
Known for Painter, 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]

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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

Group exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ "Expositions". Marie-Denise Douyon. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 Kozinska, Dorota (1997-02-08). "From Haitian prison, a vision". The Gazette. p. 93. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 Marie-Denise Douyon, Passages Canada
  6. 1 2 "Marie-Denise Douyen". Black In Canada. 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. 1 2 Exhibitions Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine , marie-denisedouyon.net
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