Sergine André


Sergine Andre, born in the Artibonite region of Haiti, is an artist who has lived and worked in Brussels since 2010. Her paintings express an identity that straddles two worlds. Her imagination draws from both the magical-spiritual tradition of her home region and the Haitian artistic avant-garde and in her paintings she brings together contrasting themes such as life and death, light and shadows.
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Biography

Following technical art training at the Ottawa School of Art in 1997, she won a prize with the Institut Français and the opportunity to work at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris as a guest artist. In 2006, she participated at the Johannesburg Bag Factory in South Africa and in 2011 at the 54th Venice Biennale.
In her art, Sergine draws heavily from childhood, living deep in the countryside of the Artibonite region of Haiti. This was a rural world where there was little electricity, ties to the land were intimate, nature was omnipresent and the rustling of trees or the vivid night skies evoked a spirit world, simultaneously both troubling and serene. Her art conveys those otherworldly feelings and sensations which others do not easily perceive.
Recurring themes are the invisible restlessness, the afterlife and the joy of living. Her work is also powerfully informed by a searching curiosity and continuous exploration of the world in which we live.
Her work has been exhibited in North America, the Caribbean, various cities in Europe as well as in Johannesbourg, South Africa.

Exhibitions

Prizes and awards

Videos

  • , Portrait/Interview with Sergine Andre, Haiti Inter, 2022, Interview with Sergine Andre James Noel / Maksaens Denis, 2016
  • directed by Laurence Magloire
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Publications

  • Creation Plastique d'Haiti, Carlo A. Celius, Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, 2023
  • Artist's Monograph One Voice Dialogue, Sergine Andre, CIDIHCA Editions, Montreal, 2022, 2nd Ed, CIDICHA France, 2023.
  • Cover illustration for 'Casseus!' album by Fareed Haque,, Fareed Haque, Wahdude Music, Chicago, 2023
  • Art review "IntranQu'illites" 5th edition on Eros, Ed. Passagers des Ventes, Paris, France, 2020
  • UNESCO Courier 'Welcome to the Anthropocene', UNESCO Publications, Paris, France, 2018.
  • Thomas C. Spear, 'Lettre à Sergine', in "Le Serpent à plumes pour Haïti", Ed. Le Serpent à Plumes, Paris, France, 2010
  • "Haïti:avant l'orage", Frankettiene and Olivier Beytout, Éditions Riveneuve, Paris, France, 2010.
  • "", Le Courrier ACP-EU, Brussels, January/February 2008"", Dieuvela Etienne, Le Nouvelliste, Haïti, 2003
  • "", Jobnel Pierre
  • "", Gary Victor, Le Matin, Haïti"Haïti anges et démons", Ed. Hoëbeke / La Halle Saint Pierre, Paris, 2000
  • ″'Titouan en Haiti'″. Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2003
  • "Carnets de Voyage II", Titouan Lamazou, Ed. Gallimard, Paris, 2000,
  • Cover illustrations of works by Gary Victor: "A l'Angle des Rues Parallèles" et "Le Diable dans une Tasse de Thé à la Citronelle". Ed. Vents d'ailleur, France
  • , 1997