Marie-Denise Douyon

Marie-Denise Douyon
Born 1961 (age 5354)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Nationality Canadian
Education Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
Known for Painting, Illustration, Graphic Design

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 but fled the Duvalier regime with her parents in 1964, and eventually settled in Morocco in 1966.[2] She completed a visual arts degree at the Fashion Institute of Technology of New York in Manhattan, New York City.[3] After Jean-Claude Duvalier fell from power in 1986, Douyon returned to Haiti.[2] 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.[4] 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.[5] In 2004, her work was shown at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.

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.[5]

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

References

  1. "Expositions". Marie-Denise Douyon. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 Short Bio on the visual artist Marie-Denise Douyon
  3. "Works by Marie-Denise Douyon". Galerie d'art Viva Vida. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. Marie-Denise Douyon, Passages Canada
  5. 1 2 "Marie-Denise Douyen". Black in Canada: The New Narrative. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  6. 1 2 Exhibitions, marie-denisedouyon.net
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