Portfolio
Selected portfolio from today until 2010
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Echoes of Time, 2024
An interactive art installation blending personal history, cultural memory, and contemporary reflection. The centerpiece Blue Self Portrait is a life-sized self-portrait crafted from an eclectic mix of materials, including wood, ceramic, acrylic paint, old sketchbooks, drawings, recycled lace, bricks, cigarette packs, plastic bags, and over 100 printed poems written in 2023 and 2024. 178cm height - my actual height.
The installation also features a series of 12 new paintings Lakay toujou n'an kè'm inspired by photographs of my family home in Haiti, created as a tribute to its resilience amidst the ongoing instability and uncertainties in the country. A huge painting as well Echoes of Time that stay and pass by.
An ongoing video installation Friends and Foes accompanies the work, comprising footage collected from 2013 to the present, shifting seamlessly between past and present in a looped reel displayed on a smartphone with headphones.
Other components include a projection of an evolving animation Drapo documenting the history and creation of the Haitian flag, alongside old drawings, sketchbooks, paintings, and various
recycled materials.
Together, these elements weave a multilayered narrative of identity, displacement, and the interconnection of personal and collective histories.
This installation was created as part of a six-month research project funded by the Canada Council for the Arts’ Explore and Create grant, which ran from April to September 2024. The work was developed and brought to life within my studio.
Lakay toujou nan kè’m, 2024
I carry home in my heart
Plaster, marker and acrylic paint on canvas for those 16”x20”. First five photos.
Marker and acrylic paint (and one other cut out reflective paper) on canvas for those 14”x11” (photos 6 to 12) and 10”x8” (remaining 2 photos).
This series consists of 14 paintings based on close-up photographs of spaces within my family home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It’s part of my final installation Echoes of Time for my 6 month research grant project that took place from April 2024 to end of September 2024.
As a painter, I often blend reality with fantasy, but this series pushed me to focus more on realism and intricate details. These works hold deep personal and emotional significance for me, especially in light of the ongoing gang violence and instability in Haiti.
The uncertainty surrounding when my parents will be able to return, when my siblings and I can visit again, or even whether we will lose the house entirely, weighs heavily on my mind.
The photos were taken during my stay from late 2020 to early 2021, in the midst of the Covid pandemic.
My mother designed the house, adding an additional layer of connection to these intimate portrayals.
Echoes of Time that stay and pass by, 2024
Acrylic paint and marker on unstretched canvas.
65”x111”.
Longest (time wise) and biggest painting to date..
April to June + final touches in September.
Part of my 6 months research grant project thanks to @canada.council ⚡️
funded by
L'Avni an pa pou demen, se Jodi a! (2024)
-The Future is not tomorrow, but Today! -
-L’avenir n’est pas demain, mais aujourd’hui!
Marker, acrylic paint, mirror paper, string, and gloss varnish on canvas. 65”x75”.
This is the results of my two month art residency at La Maison d'Haïti from February to March 2024. There's a total of 33 portraits of afro descendants.
Participants:
Laury-Layne Amanda Myrtild, Dorothy Mombrun, Ralph A. Maingrette, Myriam Brès, Marjorie Villefranche, Hakeem Forminvil, Scaryna Charles, Marina Mathieu, Melrick A. Jean-Philippe (Qauffee) and photographs from him.
Portraits of Black Artists: Série Ayisyen|Haïtian Series (2024)
Digital prints with marker on some of them.
Around 64”x56”in.
This selection of work is part of a yearly series done during February for Black History month that started in 2022. Every year I create 20 digital portraits of random afro descendants, artists, musicians, writers, chefs, etc as a way to celebrate them. The work is normally presented as a small animation of the portraits.
This installation was part of a group show Dekabès curated by Black Arts Movement Is Not Dead
List of names of portraits for the exhibition (In no particular order except of the date of completion):
-part 3- (2024):
1) Marvin Ali
2) Qauffee
3) Fanella
4) Wendy -Alexina Vancol
5) Sanba sikatris
6) Claudette Dessources
7) Val Bah
8) Naïka Champaïgne
9) Amanda Préval
10) Kathleen Charles
11) Vivardy Bède Boursiquot
12) Stanley Février
13) Olivier Stainvil
14) Laurena Finéus
15) Corine B
16) Ronald Mevs
17) Pierre Raymond Dumas
18) BASTIK -Anick Jasmin
19) Ericka Alneus
20) Clairobuscure
+21) Matsah
-part 2- (2023-24):
The portraits have been retouched in 2024
22) Kanis
23) Patrick F. Henry
24) CP Simonise
25) Syana
26) Chris Morning
27) Esther Calixte-Béa
28) Naderson Saint Pierre
29) Laurenee Gauvin
30) Miss Chris
31) Clovis-Alexandre Desvarieux
32) Caroline Douville
33) PierreMarie
34) Marie Hélène Cauvin
35) Jerico
36) Michaëlle Sergile
37) Arthur Zamor
38) Stéphane Martelly
39) Olivier Vilaire
part 1- (2022-24):
The portraits have been retouched in 2024
40) Jean-Michel Basquiat
41) MALICIOUZ
42) BZ -Bénédicte Zamort
43) Manuel Mathieu
44) Samdi
45) Mïns
46) OliGa - Olivier Arsene Ganthier
47) Kïan Alexandre/ Marie Falone Jean
48) Trez Vital
49) Josepha Dumas
+ Extra portraits (book covers and more) between 2019 - 2023
50) Kettly Mars - "Kettly Mars et ses Bredjenn"
51) Margaret Papillon - "Margaret Papillon la douce et marginale"
52) Yanick Lahens - "Yanick Lahens de l'Occupation américaine au parti des Démunis"
53) Lyonel Trouillot - "Lyonel Trouillot et si la vie était une œuvre"
54) Anthony Phelps- "Best of" Anthony PHELPS"
55) Syto Cavé - "Syto Cavé où l'âme soeur"
56) Georges Anglade - (livre de Pierre Raymond Dumas à venir)
Portraits of Black Artists, 2022-present
A series of digital portraits of black people from different origins, professions, ages as part of an on-going short animation for Black History month. This series started on February 2022 in order to celebrate black people around the world. I randomly select people through my instagram that I know, who I've come across at some point in life, who I look up to, who are referred to me etc... in no particular order or title.
My goal is to show that we are all equal and we are here, present, and need to be heard, seen, and acknowledged. Individually we are unique and together we are one.
Portraits of Black Artists (Part 3), 2024
This is my series of 20 (+1) digital portraits that I’ve done in February 2024. This time I decided to add the person’s art, work etc in the background and play more with my style. This is part of a series of short animations I have started in 2022 to celebrate black people, Haitians, and Métis of different ages and professions. I started exploring with animation and digital art around that time. I usually randomly select people I know, met once, heard about, etc… This is in no particular order.
List of artists:
#1: Pierre Raymond Dumas @padreramondumas
#3: Olivier Stainvil @olivierstainvil
#4: Fanella @fanellaaaaaaa
#5: Clairobscure @cl4ire0bscure
#6: Vivardy Bède Boursiquot @vivardy
#7: Claudette Dessources @chezkanasuk @claudettedessources
#8: Naïka Champaïgne @naikachampaigne
#9: Qauffee @qauffee @qauffeegraphy
#10: Wendy-Alexina Vancol @wendyalexina.v
#11: Laurena Finéus @laurenafineus
#14: Stanley Février @stanleyfevrier
#15: Amanda Préval @amandapreval
#16: Marvin Ali @itsmarvinali
#17: Corinne B @enirok.er
#19: Matsah @_siropmiel_
#20: Ronald Mevs (rest in peace - 2023)
#11. Kat @katlapoete
Portraits of Black Artists (Part 2), 2023
Digital drawing|Animation|Illustration.
The portraits where done digitally on my phone using an airbrush on #Flipaclip on February 2023. 1×1
In 2023 for black history month I have done a Part 2 of Portraits of Black Artists (2023) by focusing also on performers, DJs, writers, curators, photographers, musicians etc...
The portraits are drawn in no particular order or status.
Cheers to all of you, hope you enjoy, hope you stay inspired all throughout.
No matter your journey, keep going after your dreams!
1) Kanis @kanis
Original
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
2) Patrick F. Henry @patrick_f._henry
Original
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
3) CP Simonise @cpsimonise
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
4) Pierre Kwenders @pierrekwenders
5) Syana @syanabarbi3
Original
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
6) Chris Morning @chrismorning01
Original
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
7) Esther Calixte-Béa @artist_esie
Oiginal
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
8) Naderson Saint Pierre @oursols
Original
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
9) Laurenee Gauvin @artlaurea
Original
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
10) James Oscar @jamesoscarjr
Original
11) Miss Chris @chrismarlot
Oiginal
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
12) Clovis-Alexandre Desvarieux @clopix
Original
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
13) Caroline Douville @erzu.lie
Original
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
14) PierreMarie @pierremarie.co
Original
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
15) Marie Hélène Cauvin @cauvinmariehelene
Original
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
16) Jerico @__jerico_____
Original
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
17) Michaëlle Sergile @michaellesergile
Original
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
18) Arthur Zamor @arthurzamor
Original
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
19) Stéphane Martelly @stephanemartelly
Original
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
20) Olivier Vilaire @oski.awoyo
Original
Retouched for Dekabès' Haïtian series selection
Portraits of Black Artists ✊🏿 (Part 1), 2022
For black history month, this week I decided to tackle a series of portraits in order to celebrate various black artists ✊🏿 and to explore some more (though I think we should always be celebrated)...
Some I personally know, some I've heard about in my surrounding and or recently discovered online, and some are considered famous...and I look up to everyone one way or the other.
This series is in no particular order and is not meant to be rated in any way.
The portraits are done digitally on my phone, on an animation app I've been exploring with for a few years now (drawing on the go, go )
Anyway, all this to say cheers to all of you, hope you enjoy, hope you stay inspired all throughout. No matter your journey, keep going after your dreams
I'll say this is part 1... Part 2 will come at some point... But I'm not sure when.
The artists are:
#1: Jean-Michel Basquiat
#2: Maliciouz
#3: Kehinde Wiley
#4: Busy.
#5: Jordan Brown
#6: Toyin Ojih Odutola
#7: David Durham 🕊️🌱🌠
#8: Kenturah Davis
#9: James Adebayo
#10: Bisa Butler
#11: Manuel Mathieu
#12: Simone Leigh
#13: Samdi
#14: Mïns
#15: OliGa
#16: Dada Khanyisa
#17: Eric Paulinor
#18 - #19: Kïan / Falone (faily makeup)
#20: Trez Vital
Home, after you (2024)
Marker and acrylic on wood. 47.5” x 7”in.
This painting is double sided.
The first photo is titled « after You» and second photo « Home ».
The Ending & The Beginning, 2023
Marker, acrylic, and carving on wood. 47.5"×7"in.
This painting is double sided. The first photo is The Ending and the second photo is The Beginning.
Face to Face, 2023
Marker and acrylic paint on canvas board. 12"×16"in.
(From one country to the next) 
Yellow Room, 2023
Acrylic on canvas. 24"×18" in
Playing a lot with symbolism in this one.
La Plaine, 2023
Marker, acrylic paint, and oil pastel on canvas. 24"×18" in.
Based on one of my favourite childhood memories in La Plaine in Haiti at my cousin's house where we would run day in and day out through cornfields and various types of trees and fields, playing around, playing hide and seek, enjoying the sun, enjoying life, soaking in our childhood... We would also swim in a water tank|well|pump|pool that we remembered as gigantic but really wasn't... My uncle and cousin used to ride their horse in a distance, coming and going...
This painting is an ode to those days and depicts parts of those memories.
This painting is an ode to my uncle, aunt, and cousins.
Haiti's Long Scream For Freedom
(Toussaint Louverture's Song For Independence), 2023
"I have undertaken to avenge you. I want liberty and equality to reign throughout St. Domingue" (Haiti's name at the time under French colonization).
Marker, acrylic paint, and oil pastel on canvas.18"×36" in.
This painting focuses on the Haitian revolution, highlighting the battle between St.Domingue and France which later led to the Haitian independence in 1804. Toussaint Louverture was captured and imprisoned at the Fort-de-Joux in France and under Jean Jacques Dessalines and Henry Christophe, Haiti continued the fight for independence. Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaimed the independence of Saint-Domingue, renaming it Haiti after its original Arawak name.
Full text reference:
"Proclamation of 29 August 1793
"Brothers and Friends:
I am Toussaint L’Ouverture. My name is perhaps known to you. I have undertaken to avenge you. I want liberty and equality to reign throughout St. Domingue. I am working toward that end. Come and join me, brothers, and combat by our side for the same cause""
(Reference: Document – Speeches and Letters of Toussaint L’Ouverture on the Haitian Revolution (1793–1800). Oxford University Press.)
Ki avni pou pitit nou yo? 2023
What future is there for our children?
Quel avenir pour nos enfants?
Marker, acrylic, and oil pastel on canvas.14"×18"in.
Go watch news about Haiti to stay up to date!
Nou pa ka viv la ankò (men gen espwa toujou),2023 🇭🇹
We can't live here anymore (but we still have hope)
Marker, oil pastel, and acrylic paint on mixed media paper.14"×17" in.
Currently many people are dying and have to move out of the country or move someplace else in Haiti - unable to stay home - to be safer, due to ongoing gang violence. During those tough times hope is still there, to keep going, to dream of more... To be free again...
Sending my heart out to those in Haiti, those in between countries, and those who have left completely
An Ode to The Night Under The Blue Lune's Glow, 2023
12"× 26" in
Acrylic marker on black paper. Diptych.
Late night drawing|painting of a memory that came to me and knocked on my door.
Blakawout Limyè, 2023
Black Out Light
Marker, acrylic marker and paint, oil pastel and oil stick on canvas. 30"×30".
It's about the night life in Haiti, more precisely food/fruit/clothes merchants, still working after there's a black out and they have to light a candle to see...
I'm exploring with night landscapes...
Had a lot of fun with this one, I think it's done now
(There's still some elements of winter, I guess since it's winter here, but yeah mostly focused on Haiti from now on)
Up Up Up, You can see beyond
(even to the most hidden places that seem to be out of reach...) 2022
Acrylic and oil pastel on wood. 24"×48".
When I was a kid, living in Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince, Haiti... I used to spend a lot of time climbing my Kenep tree in my backyard... A way to past the day... to make up languages... To play around...to dream beyond having no electricity, when we did not have it... I would climb to eat Keneps and to also look beyond... To see what was happening around during the day and the night... I used to see people taking showers on the roof nearby, the Marchands selling fruits and all types of products up front... I used to hear the chanting and the drums at night and watch people dance around the fire before my mother came out to tell me not to look... I remember climbing my tree everyday, sometimes with my siblings, sometimes by myself, and for some reason the starlit night would always bring me to the ocean... Would always sing me to sleep... Would always remind me there's a world beyond, as much as a world close by...
Ps: slooowwwwly getting back into painting, though drawing will always be my first love.
(the days I decided to put all my feelings into my work... From the saddest to the happiest days - I've realized then that feelings are always passing by and we don't always have to make a home for them... We can free them into the air)
This painting came with a bit of rage and, I guess, love has always been a part of it?
Deep Into The Heart of The Ocean
(We are bound to get lost, to be found... Once again), 2022
Acrylic on canvas. 16"×20".
The Loose Knots Between Space and Time, 2022
Mixed-media (marker, acrylic paint, oil pastel, and oil stick) on wood. 36" × 60".
Sometimes in our head, we move from here, to there, smearing colours all over the place... And all around... Leaving our traces behind... Doing our best to move forward and to keep on dreaming... To keep on breathing... With an open heart..
And sometimes we build up walls so high that no one can get in... And even us, we cannot climb out... I've learned many times, the only way out is through... And that the light needs a shadow too... Only then, the colours can be set free... And the roads will lead you where you need to be... Where you need to grow...
Drawings in Montreal
An ongoing series of drawings that I started in 2020.
Boo! (when love comes to find you),2022
Oil pastel and marker on paper. 11×15 in.
Adding colours to the season!
Peek-a-boo, Pick-a-boo, 2022
Oil pastel and marker on paper. 11×15 in.
Adding colours to the season!
Ocean Moonlight Sky, 2022
Marker and colour pencil on paper. 11×15in
Stonger, Together, 2024
Marker and colour pencil on paper. 11×15in.
Walking Under The Moonlight to Clear My Mind, 2022
Marker on watercolour paper. 11.5" × 15".
Sometimes I wonder, can I walk all the way to the ocean?
From here, before the orange leafs melt away or become ice?
Sometimes I wonder can I walk endlessly without a destination?
I wonder where would I reach and how far before my body crumbles down?
Sometimes I wonder what else do I need to carry, if not myself?
What else is important enough to be the weight of life?
Sometimes I wonder where your mind takes you when you seek for peace?
I wonder to what rhythm does your heart play, does your heart sing?
Sometimes I wonder about you, about your journey, about how that shapes you into who you are today?
Sometimes I wonder, I wonder as I walk from here to there....
From nowhere as much as from everywhere....
Where and when does this walk lead me to a drawing?
To a painting of my own?
| Depiction of the past five years | Today I Walk With Peace.
Home - Still Life, 2022
Marker on watercolour paper. 11.5"×15" in.
The Cave We Build Sometimes For Ourselves - out of fear, 2022
Marker and colour pencil on watercolour paper. 11.5" × 15"in.
Behind, above, or deep into the cave... we can find the light and see the ocean dancing through...
Pieces of Here and There, 2022
Marker and colour pencil on watercolour paper. 11.5" × 15"in.
Playing around
In Between Realms and Seasons, 2022
(Notre-Dame Basilica's Aura Experience)
Marker on Paper, 11.5 x 15in.
This drawing is inspired by the Aura experience at Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal @aurabasiliquemontreal @momentfactory @troublemakers... It's a mixture of reality and dreams.
