Marie-Denise Douyon

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]

Marie-Denise Douyon
Born	1961 (age 63–64) Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Nationality	Canadian
Education	Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City
Known for	Painter, Illustrator, Graphic Designer

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]