ANDRÉ EUGÈNE

Andre Eugène is the progenitor of the Grand Rue movement.

Eugène started out as a house builder, but influenced by the creative energy of his neighbourhood he started to learn traditional sculpting in wood. ‘There was always something happening in our neighbourhood, the carnival band, Pep Samis, many sculptors and Vodou all around. This made me begin the life of an artist.’ Eugène’s work became increasingly influenced by contemporary Haitian artists such as Nasson. Eugène fused the fetish effigy with an apocalyptic MTV futuristic vision. Much of his work is figurative using human skulls for heads and imbued with a bold sense of irony, sexuality and humour.

Born in 1959 in P-au-P, Haiti

Group Exhibitions:

1998 JAMA art fair , P-au-P, Haiti
1999 Maison du Tourisme, P-au-P, Haiti
2000 JAMA art fair, P-au-P, Haiti
2001 Baka, Monstres et Chimeres, Centre Culturel AFRICAMERICA, P-au-P, Haiti
2002 Hotel de Ville, P-au-P, Haiti
2002 2th Forum Transculturel d'art Contemporain, Musee d'Art Haitien, P-au-P, Haiti
2003 Sculptures Urbaines, Banque Centrale de la Barbade, Barbade
2003 Musee de l'Independance, P-au-P, Haiti
2004 Sculptures Urbaines, Banque Centrale de la Barbade, Barbade
2004 Lespri Endepandan, Discovering Haitian Sculpture, Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, USA
2004 3th Forum Transculturel d'Art Contemporain, Centre Culturel AFRICAMERICA P-au-P, Haiti
2004 KAFOU, Institut Francais d'Haiti, P-au-P, Haiti
2005 Ecole des Beaux Arts de l'Ile de la Reunion, Ile de la Reunion
2005 Fete de la Sculpture, Institut Francais d'Haiti, P-au-P, Haiti
2006 Fete de la Sculpture, Institut Francais d'Haiti, P-au-P, Haiti
2006 4th Forum Transculturel d'Art Contemporain, Musee du Pantheon National
2005 Gallerie Bourbon-Lally, ARTE AMERICAS, Miami, USA
2006 Galerie Bourbon Lally, Outsider Art Fair, , New York , USA
2006 Galerie Boubon-Lally, The National Black Art Fair, , New York, USA
2006 Freedom Sculpture Launch, Musee d'Art Haitien, P-au-P, Haiti
2006 Freedom Sculpture, Touring the UK
2006 The Sculptors of Grand Rue, The Foundry, London, UK
2007 Fete de la Sculpture, Institut Francais d'Haiti, P-au-P, Haiti
2007 Vodou Rezistans, The Foundry, London, UK
2007 Vodou Riche, Colombia College, Chicago, USA
2007 Influences Caraibes, La Dynamo, Paris, France
2008 MEG, Geneva, Switzerland

2009 Kreyol Factory, Parc de la Villette, Paris