Marie-Denise Douyon Explained
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] 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.
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.
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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Expositions. https://archive.today/20150309231635/http://www.marie-denisedouyon.net/francais/parcours/expo.html. dead. 9 March 2015. Marie-Denise Douyon. 8 March 2015.
- News: Kozinska. Dorota. 1997-02-08. From Haitian prison, a vision. 93. The Gazette. 2020-09-01.
- http://marie-denisedouyon.net/anglais/parcours/parcours.html Short Bio on the visual artist Marie-Denise Douyon
- Web site: Works by Marie-Denise Douyon. Galerie d'art Viva Vida. 8 March 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402175141/http://www.vivavidaartgallery.com/index.php/en/art-gallery/artists/marie-denise-douyon. 2 April 2015.
- http://passagestocanada.com/fr/profil-histoire/?histoire=84 Marie-Denise Douyon
- Web site: Marie-Denise Douyen. Black in Canada: The New Narrative. 8 March 2015.
- Book: Williams . Dawn P. . Who's Who in Black Canada 2: Black Success and Black Excellence in Canada: A Contemporary Directory . 2006 . D.P. Williams & Asscociates . Toronto . 978-0-9731384-2-9 . 122–123 . Second Printing 2007 . 22 June 2024.
- http://marie-denisedouyon.net/anglais/parcours/expo.html Exhibitions
