Jean Hérard Celeur was trained as a sculptor by his brother. At first he was involved in more traditional sculpture but gradually his work became more subjective. His most powerful piece to date is in the permanent collection of the Frost Art Museum. The work evokes the horsemen of the Apocalypse, three skulls crown three skeletal equine contraptions made from motor-bike chassis’, the central figure thrusting a massive thick wooden carved phallus. The piece is bristling with menace, anger and a dark sexuality evoking the triple tragedies of AIDS, political oppression and poverty. ‘My work has social aspects, intellectual aspects and represents the people's demands for change. I live in the reality that deals with poverty everyday which informs my work all the time.’ |
Born in 1966 in P-au-P, Haiti
celeurjeanherard@yahoo.fr
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 | Fete de la Sculpture, Institut Francais d'Haiti, P-au-P, Hait |
| 2006 | 4th Forum Transculturel d'Art Contemporain, Musee du Pantheon National |
| 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 Riche, Colombia College, Chicago, USA |
| 2008 | MEG, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2009 | 2009 Mythologies, Haunch of Venison, London |
| 2009 | Kreyol Factory, Parc de la Villette, Paris |
| 2009 | Ghetto Biennale, Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| 2010 | Collectif Artistes Plasticiens, Dakar, Senegal |
| 2010 | 24 Month Meditation, Venice, Italy |
| 2010 | Gloria Maria Gallery, Milan, Italy |
| 2011 | Brown University, Providence, USA |
| 2011 | Agnes B, Paris, France |
| 2011 | XISM, Etnografiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2011 | Haitian Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale |
| 2011 | Ghetto Biennale, Port-au-Prince |
| 2012 | Rekouperasyon Art, United Nations, Port-au-Prince |
| 2012 | Sculpture Commission for ArtReach, Cultural Olympiad, UK |
| 2012 | In Extremis: Death and Life in 21st Century Haitian Art, Fowler Museum |
| 2012 | Haiti: Royaume de ce Monde, Martinique |
| 2012 | Kafou: Haiti, History & Vodou, Nottingham Contemporary, UK |
WORK IN COLLECTIONS
Permanent Collection of the Frost Art Museum at Florida International University
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