Serge Jolimeau

Serge Jolimeau is a Haitian metal sculptor born in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti in 1952. Renowned artists such as Georges Liautaud, Murat Brierre, the Louis-Juste brothers, and Gabriel Bien-Aimé were also from this same village.

Biography

Jolimeau was an apprentice under Seresier Louis-Juste after high school, and joined the Centre d’Art, Haiti, in 1972 where he met his mentor Murat Brierre. He stands out with Gabriel Bien-Aimé as one of the most gifted metal sculptors (traditional sculptural art of carved metal, particularly from steel drums, inaugurated in Haiti by Georges Liautaud) of his generation. Jolimeau's stylization and fantastic complexity, grounded in voodoo inspiration, tends to produce works giving the impression of a metal lace. In 2009, Jolimeau along with Micah Ramil Remy and Toyin Folorunso were artists selected by Bill Clinton to create commemorative works for the Clinton Global Citizen Awards as part of the Clinton Global Initiative. His artwork has been exhibited internationally since 1979. Jolimeau has participated in the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market annually since 2005.

Principal expositions 1979 - Kunst aus Haiti, Staatlichen Kunsthalle, Berlin 1992 - A Haitian Celebration: Art and Culture, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee 1995 - Masterworks in Haitian Art from the Collection of the Davenport Museum, Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport 1997 - Haitian Art: Twenty Years of Collecting at the Waterloo Museum of Art, Waterloo Museum of Art, Waterloo, Iowa 1998 - Caribe: Exclusión, fragmentación y paraíso, Casa de America y Museo Extremeno Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid 2000 - Island Delights: The Spirit and Passion of Haitian Art, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa 2004 - Lespri Endepandan: Discovering Haitian Sculpture, Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami 2008 - Off the Wall, Pan American Art Projects, Miami 2012 - Outside the Box, Pan American Art Projects, Miami

Public collections

Brooklyn Museum Crucifixion scene, 1981 Milwaukee Art Museum Démon, 1977 Spencer Museum of Art : Man and Goat See Goddesses Siren Winged Stag Figge Art Museum: Lasiren et la Bête Capricorne Croix Vaudou Crucifix Crucifixion Femme légère La Diablesse Le Démon Ailé Les Deux Sorcières Les Trois Hermaphrodites Rooster Mounting a Law Turtle Woman Waterloo Center for the Arts: Metamorphosis Sun and Birds Spirit Possession La Siren Papa Damballah and Aida Ouedo Crucifixion Crucifixion Siren Man and Horse Woman and Bird Bird and Horse Angel and Bird Male Figure Merbird Horse and Fish Sirene Mounted Figure Sirene Mother Angel and Child