13475: carrieart: News from the Carre Art Collection (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: carrie_haitianart@dnetwork.net

Broward County Commission Libraries Division presents Haitian Art Exhibit at Main Library BROWARD COUNTY, FL.

"Cross Currents: Haitian Art in the Diaspora",
an exhibit of works by eight Haitian artists, will be on display November 2-30 in gallery six, on the sixth floor of the Main Library, 100 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale.

Presented by Emile Viard/Vie & Art Collections, the exhibit will feature paintings by

Fritzvelt Rourouss Antoine
Erns Turgo Bastien
Bermy Dorvil
Lucien Leconte
Vidho Lorville
Garry Mabour
Arlene Magloire
Guy C.
Syllien.

A reception for the opening of the library exhibit will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. November 2 at the Main Library. The exhibit and reception are open to
the public free of charge.

Born in Miragoâne, Fritzvelt Rourouss Antoine is a self-taught artist who paints, draws, creates collages and graphics, and restores art. Described as neo-expressionism, his art has been displayed in exhibitions including the Xe Salon International d'art Contemporain sur la Musique, Saint-Barthélemy
d'Anjou (2000), the Musée de la Vigne et du Vin, Saint-Lambert du Lattay (1995), the Ecole Nationale des Arts, and the Institut Française d'Haiti (1986-1991). He has served as the decorator for the Folkloric Ballet Company in Haiti. studied at the Ecole National des Arts (ENARTS).

A native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Erns Turgo Bastien is a painter, sculptor and art teacher. His art, considered constructivism, has been exhibited in the Old School Square Cultural Arts Center, Delray Beach, FL (2001), the College of the Bahamas, Nassau (2000), the African and Caribbean
Arts Festival, St. Louis, MO (1995), the Heritage Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA (1994), and the Alliance Française, Toronto, Canada (1993).

Bermy Dorvil was born in Dondon and is skilled in painting and art restoration. His art is a blend of naturalism, primitive and naïve art, which he studied in 1978 at the Philomé Obin School, Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. Since 1980, Bermy has exhibited his works in solo and group shows in the United States, Holland, France, Germany, Venezuela, Spain and Haiti.

Lucien Leconte was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He is the founder and artistic director of La Galerie Lezard in Dakar. Described as an artist in the abstract expressionism and neo-expressionism styles, he has displayed works in exhibitions including shows at the Milagro Gallery, Delray Beach, FL (2000), the Synergy Gallery Creative Center for the Arts and Humanities, West Palm Beach, FL (2000), the Bank of Central West Africa, Senegal (1999), ART/MUR at the Charles DeGaule Airport, Paris (1997), the White Chapel Gallery, London (1997), the House of Culture of Pria, Cape Verte (1995), and the M.A.N. Gallery, Cameroun (1994).

Born in Carrefour, Haiti, Vidho Lorville paints, teaches art, and creates sculptures and multimedia collages. His style is described as neo-realism. He
holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Ecole National des Arts (ENARTS), Haiti. He has presented solo exhibitions at Wyndy Morehead Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA (2002), the Porche West Gallery, New Orleans, LA (2001), Le Centre d'Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (2001), and has participated in a group exhibition at the Tebo Touche d'Art, Pétion-Ville, Haiti (1998).

Garry Mabour studied at the Ecole National des Arts (ENARTS). His style is defined as both surrealism and abstract. His collective exhibitions include the Gathering of Kuumba, Delray Beach, FL (2002) and ENARTS Institut Français d'Haiti, Musée de Pantheon (Mupana), Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and he
presented a solo exhibition at the Musée de Pantheon. Mabour has taught art as a professor at ENARTS and participated in the realization of the monument Capois-la-Mort au Champ de Mars in Port-au-Prince.

A self-taught artist born in New York, Arlene Magloire moved to Haiti in 1983. She returned to New York in 1991 and took art classes with John Goodman at Queens College. After she began painting professionally, she returned to Haiti and continued studying on her own. Exhibitions of her work have
included: The Botanical Gardens, Linz, Austria(2002), Le Meridien Restaurant, Hollywood, FL (2002), Goldsmith College?University, London,
England (2002), 2nd Ibiza International Competition, Ibiza, Spain (2002), Condor Arts, Linz, Austria (2002), Poço da Vila Art Gallery, Figueira da Foz, Portugal (2000), a private solo show in Untermeitingen, Germany (1999) and the Touche d'Art Gallery, Pétion-Ville, Haiti (1996).

Born in Gonaïves, Guy C. Syllien started drawing and painting at ten years old by imitating some of the Haitian masters. He studied at the College
Canado Haïtien, Metropolitain d'Haiti Eftec in Haiti, and later moved to Miami and enrolled in Miami?Dade Community College. He continued his
education as a student of visual arts at the New World School of the Arts, and became a professional artist. He has exhibited at the Universal Studio,
Miami, FL (2002), the New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL (1999), Rara's Studio, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (1985) and Fete du Drapeau, Gonaïves, Haiti (1980).

For more information, call 954-357-7464. or Emile Viard 305-652-3144


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