BIOGRAPHIES ANDRE EUGENE CELEUR JEAN HERARD RONALD “CHEBY” BAZILE
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Andre Eugene
ANDRÉ EUGÈNE, Biography Born in 1959 in Port au Prince, Haiti
Group Exhibitions: 2010 June 2010 - The Sculptors of Grand Rue: André Eugène, Celeur and Cheby, GLORIAMARIAgallery, Milan, Italy 2009 Kreyol Factory, Parc de la Villette, Paris 2008 Le Vodou: Un Art de Vivre, Musée d’Ethnographie de Geneve, Switzerland 2007 Influences Caraibes, La Dynamo, Paris, France Vodou Riche: Contemporary Haitian Art, Glass Curtain Gallery, Colombia College, Chicago IL, USA Vodou Rezistans, The Foundry, London, UK Fete de la Sculpture, Institut Francais d'Haiti, P-au-P, Haiti 2006 The Sculptors of Grand Rue, The Foundry, London, UK Freedom Sculpture, Touring the UK, in collaboration with the International Slavery Museum, Liverpool Freedom Sculpture Launch, Musee d'Art Haitien, P-au-P, Haiti Galerie Boubon-Lally, The National Black Art Fair, , New York, USA Galerie Bourbon Lally, Outsider Art Fair, , New York , USA 4th Forum Transculturel d'Art Contemporain, Musee du Pantheon National Fete de la Sculpture, Institut Francais d'Haiti, P-au-P, Haiti 2005 Gallerie Bourbon-Lally, ARTE AMERICAS, Miami, USA Fete de la Sculpture, Institut Francais d'Haiti, P-au-P, Haiti Ecole des Beaux Arts de l'Ile de la Reunion, Ile de la Reunion 2004 KAFOU, Institut Francais d'Haiti, P-au-P, Haiti 3th Forum Transculturel d'Art Contemporain, Centre Culturel AFRICAMERICA P-au-P, Haiti Lespri Endepandan, Discovering Haitian Sculpture, Frost Art Museum at the Florida International University, Miami, USA 2003 Sculptures Urbaines, Banque Centrale de la Barbade, Barbade Musee de l'Independance, P-au-P, Haiti 2002 2th Forum Transculturel d'art Contemporain, Musee d'Art Haitien, P-au-P, Haiti Hotel de Ville, P-au-P, Haiti 2001 Baka, Monstres et Chimeres, Centre Culturel AFRICAMERICA, P-au-P, Haiti 2000 JAMA art fair, P-au-P, Haiti
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Celeur Jean Herard
CELEUR JEAN HÉRARD, Biography Born in 1966 in Port au Prince, Haiti
Group Exhibitions: 2010 June 2010 - The Sculptors of Grand Rue: André Eugène, Celeur and Cheby, GLORIAMARIAgallery, Milan, Italy 2009 PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti). Ghetto Biennale: A Salon des Refusés for the 21st century. November 28-December 18, 2009. Exhibition of collaborative and experimental work by Grand Rue sculptors and international participating artists. PARIS (France). Parc de la Villette. Kreyol Factory. April 7-July 5, 2009. Group exhibition. Included collaborative work by Jean Celeur, Andre Eugene, Yo-Yo Gonthier, and Mario Benjamin; Terry Boddie, et al. LONDON (UK). Haunch of Venison. Mythologies. March 12-April 25, 2009. Group exhibition of over 40 international artists. Included: Jean Celeur, Jacques Guyodo, Nicholas Hlobo, Hew Locke, Guy Tillim. 2008 GENEVA (Switzerland). MEG Musée d'Ethnographie de Geneve. Le Vaudou: Un Art de Vivre. December 5, 2007-August 31, 2008. 176 pp. exhib. cat., 120 color illus., photos by Johnathan Watts; interviews, article by Rachel Beauvoir-Dominique. Group exhibition. Included: new collaborative work by Guyodo, Andre Eugene and Jean Celeur, as well as hundreds of vaudou objects. [Exhibition organized in collaboration with the Fondation pour la preservation, la valorisation, et la production d'oeuvres culturelles haitiennes.] Also published in English lang. Ed. 2007 CHICAGO (IL). Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College. Vodou Riche: Contemporary Haitian Art. August 27-October 16, 2007. Group exhibition of art by Haitian-born artists who work within a social and political sensibility informed by Vodou. Curated by Neysa Page-Lieberman. A multimedia exhibition presenting painting, sculpture, photography, installation, video, textiles and assemblage. Included: Jean Celeur, Andre Eugene, Guyodo. LIVERPOOL (UK). International Slavery Museum. The Freedom Sculpture. A collaborative sculpture by Mario Benjamin, Jean Celeur, Andre Eugene, and Guyodo - Grand Rue Haitian sculptors. Commissioned for the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in the U.K. [Touring the UK. Venues include: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool, February 26-April 1; Stratford Circus Arts Centre, London, April 3-19; The British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol, April 23-June 11; The Eden Project, Cornwall, June 13-July 31; International Slavery Museum, Liverpool, August 23 onwards.] 2006 LONDON (UK). The Foundry. The Sculptors of Grand Rue. March 21-April 1, 2006. Group exhibition. Included: Jean Celeur, André Eugene, et al. Invitation card. PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti). Musée du Pantheon National Haitien. 4th Forum Transculturel d'Art contemporain. Group exhibition. Included: Jean Celeur, Andre Eugene, et al. 2005 PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti). Institut Français d’Haiti. Fete de la Sculpture. Including: Jean Celeur, Andre Eugene, et al. 2004 MIAMI (FL). Frost Art Museum, Florida International University. Lespri Endepandan: Discovering Haitian Sculpture. September 10December 5, 2004. 95 pp. exhib. cat., biogs. of all artists. Text by Donald Cosentino; curated by Elizabeth Cerejido. Significant exhibition of over 50 pieces of Haitian steel drum and forged iron sculpture spanning over five decades, as well as contemporary mixed media sculpture. Artists include: Georges Liautaud, Pierrot Barra, Elodie Barthélemy, Gabriel Bien-Aimé, Murat Brierre, Mario Benjamin, Patrick Boucard, Jean Herard Céleur, Edouard Duval-Carrié, André Eugene, Frantz Jacques, Serge Jolimeau, Joseph Louisjuste, Camille Jean Nasson, Barbara Prézeau, Michel Sinvil, Eddy Steinhauer, Lionel St-Eloi, and Patrick Vilaire. Sq. 8vo (9 x 9 in.), wraps.
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti). Centre culturel AfroAmerica. 3rd Forum Transculturel d'Art contemporain. Group exhibition. Included: Jean Celeur, Andre Eugene, et al. PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti). Institut Français d’Haiti. Kafou Marassa. Group exhibition. Included: Jean Celeur, Philippe Dodard, Andre Eugene, Gesner Armand. 2003 BRIDGETOWN (Barbados). Central Bank of Barbados. Sculptures Urbaines. Group exhibition. Included: Jean Celeur, Andre Eugene, et al. 2002 PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti). Musée d'art haitien. 2nd Forum Transculturel d'Art contemporain. Group exhibition. Included: Jean Celeur, Andre Eugene, et al. 2001 PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti). Centre culturel AfroAmerica. Baka, Monstres et Chimeres. Group exhibition. Included: Jean Celeur, Andre Eugene, et al. 1999 PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti). Maison du Tourisme. Group exhibition. Included: Jean Celeur, Andre Eugene, et al.
Publications and Productions 2009 GORDON, LEAH (Dir.) The Sculptors of Grand Rue. In: Raw Vision 65 (Winter 2008-9), color illus. Article on the work of three found-object ("recycled" materials) sculptors in Port-au-Prince, Haiti: André Eugène, Frantz Jacques Guyodo and Jean Hérard Celeur. The author is the director of a documentary film by the same title.] 2008 GENEVA (Switzerland) MEG Musée d'Ethnographie de Geneve. Le Vaudou: Un Art de Vivre. December 5, 2007-August 31, 2008. 176 pp. exhib. cat., 120 color illus., photos by Johnathan Watts; interviews, article by Rachel Beauvoir-Dominique. Group exhibition. Included: new collaborative work by Guyodo, Andre Eugene and Jean Celeur, as well as hundreds of vaudou objects. [Exhibition organized in collaboration with the Fondation pour la preservation, la valorisation, et la production d'oeuvres culturelles haitiennes.] Also published in English lang. Ed. 2005 GORDON, LEAH (Dir.) Atis-Rezistans: the Sculptors of Grand Rue (Video). Documentary. Grand Rue is the main avenue that runs north-south through downtown Port-au-Prince. At the avenue's southern end, is a close-knit community with a historical tradition of arts, crafts, music, and religious practice, the members of which draw on the refuse of the nearby car repair district and other materials to create powerful mixed-media sculpture. Features: Jean Herard Celeur and André Eugene. NTSC-VHS. Color; sd.; 35 min. 2004 MIAMI (FL). Frost Art Museum, Florida International University. Lespri Endepandan: Discovering Haitian Sculpture. September 10December 5, 2004. 95 pp. exhib. cat., biogs. of all artists. Text by Donald Cosentino; curated by Elizabeth Cerejido. Significant exhibition of over 50 pieces of Haitian steel drum and forged iron sculpture spanning over five decades, as well as contemporary mixed media sculpture. Artists include: Georges Liautaud, Pierrot Barra, Elodie Barthélemy, Gabriel Bien-Aimé, Murat Brierre, Mario Benjamin, Patrick Boucard, Jean Herard Céleur, Edouard Duval-Carrié, André Eugene, Frantz Jacques, Serge Jolimeau, Joseph Louisjuste, Camille Jean Nasson, Barbara Prézeau, Michel Sinvil, Eddy Steinhauer, Lionel St-Eloi, and Patrick Vilaire. Sq. 8vo (9 x 9 in.), wraps. 2000 DENIS, MAXENCE (Dir.). E Pluribus Unum (Film). Documentary film on two contemporary Haitian sculptors Sergine Andre [a.k.a. Djin] and Jean Celeur who have transformed their homes in a poor Haitian neighborhood into works of art. In Creole. Directed by Maxence Denis. VHS-NTSC: color; sd; 22 min.
Ronald “Cheby” Bazile
RONALD “CHEBY” BAZILE, Biography Born in 1980 in Port au Prince, Haiti
Group Exhibitions: 2010 June 2010 - The Sculptors of Grand Rue: André Eugène, Celeur and Cheby, GLORIAMARIAgallery, Milan, Italy September 2010 - Grand Rue Artists of Haiti, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany 2009 PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti). Ghetto Biennale: A Salon des Refusés for the 21st century. November 28-December 18, 2009. Exhibition of collaborative and experimental work by Grand Rue sculptors and international participating artists. 2007 PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti). Institut Français d’Haiti. Fete de la Sculpture. Including: Jean Celeur, Andre Eugene, et al. 2006 LONDON (UK). The Foundry. The Sculptors of Grand Rue. March 21-April 1, 2006. Group exhibition. Included: Jean Celeur, André Eugene, et al. Invitation card. PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti). Musée du Pantheon National Haitien. 4th Forum Transculturel d'Art contemporain. Group exhibition. Included: Jean Celeur, Andre Eugene, et al. 2005 PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti). Institut Français d’Haiti. Fete de la Sculpture. Including: Jean Celeur, Andre Eugene, et al. 2004 PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti). Centre culturel AfroAmerica. 3rd Forum Transculturel d'Art contemporain. Group exhibition. Included: Jean Celeur, Andre Eugene, et al.