Patrick Eugène
Patrick Eugène is an American painter. His work depicts figures in domestic settings and addresses themes related to Haitian and Haitian-American life.
Early life and education
Eugène grew up in New York as the child of Haitian immigrant parents. As a teenager he participated in a Haitian students' club and later traveled to Haiti. He has no formal art training.Career
Early abstract work (2016)
Eugène's early work was abstract and included found materials. His 2016 series Deconstruction, shown through the Brooklyn Arts Fellowship, addressed gentrification in East New York, Brooklyn, with works titled Affordable, Negro Removal, 2016, and Sorry I Stole Your Garden.Figurative work (2020–present)
Between 2020 and 2021 Eugène shifted to figurative work focused on portraiture. He participated in the Legacy Brothers residency and exhibited with Gallery 1957 in Accra, Ghana. His 2021 exhibition Where Do We Go from Here? took its title from a book by Martin Luther King Jr.Subsequent series include Solitude, shown by Mariane Ibrahim Gallery in Paris in 2024; 50 Pounds, addressing Haitian migration to the United States; and Nonm Chita . He maintains a studio at Atlanta's Goat Farm Arts Center and works on unprimed canvas using brush and rag.
In 2025 Eugène participated in the Dior Lady Art project. His three reimagined Lady Dior handbags, titled The Pearl of the Antilles, referenced Haiti's landscape and were shown during Art Basel Paris.