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.

Life

Douyon was born in Haiti in 1961. She fled the Duvalier regime with her parents in 1964, and eventually settled in Morocco in 1966. After Jean-Claude Duvalier fell from power in 1986, Douyon returned to Haiti. Since 1991, Douyon has lived and worked in Montreal, Quebec. In 2004, her work was shown at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris during a bicentennial celebration of Haitian independence.

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.

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)