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Yolène
Legrand
was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and resides in New York. Although
she originally pursued a business career (she has a Master’s degree
in Finance and was an international banker for many years) her artistic
interest has always remained strong. She eventually enrolled at
the Art Students League of New York where she studied anatomy and
figure drawing with the late Kay Hazelip and oil painting with noted
colorists Peter Homitzky and Leatrice Rose. She also attended David
Leffel portrait painting workshop. She is now a recognized international
artist and muralist. Ms. Legrand taught art at the Brooklyn Museum
and at other educational institutions. Various corporations, individuals
and other organizations collect her paintings.
Select Solo Exhibitions:
The Museum at the Broward County African-American Research Library,
2010
The Durst Organization Wall Show, Manhattan 2010
The City Club of Washington DC, 2009
Haitian Embassy, Washington DC, 2009
New York Public Library, East 67 Street
Branch, 2009
Columbia University Russ Berrie Medical
Science Pavilion Gallery 2007/8
Hampton Bays Public Library Art Gallery,
L.I. 2006
University College Art Gallery, Fairleigh
Dickinson University, NJ 2006
Wellfleet Public Library Art Gallery, Cape
Cod 2006
Dennis Public Library, Dennisport, Cape
Cod 2004
Manhattan Borough President's Office Gallery,
Municipal Building, NY 2004
Colgate-Palmolive Salute to Haiti 2003
L'Alliance Francaise de Miami 2002
Shea Stadium, New York, NY 2000
101 Hudson Street Gallery, Jersey City,
NJ 2000
L'Alliance Francaise of Washington DC, 1999
Hamilton Landmark Gallery, NY 1999
L'Alliance Francaise de Miami 1996 &
1998
Treasure Room Gallery - Interchurch Center
1998
New York Public Library - Countee Cullen
Branch 1996
Verve Art Gallery, Leuven, Belgium 1996
Carlos & Rita Morales Gallery, NY 1995
The Living Room Gallery - Saint Peter's
Church, NY 1995
Columbia University - La Maison Francaise
Gallery 1995
Select
Group Shows:
Taiwan Center International Pastel Artists
Invitational, NY 2010
Asociacion de Pintores Pastelistas, Spain 2009
American Museum of Natural History, NY
2008
Salon International du Pastel, Giverny, France 2008
Manhattan Borough President's Office Gallery, 2008
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 2007
Salon International du Pastel, Normandy, France 2007
Gallery 744, Newark, NJ 2006
Taiwan Center, New York 2006
Makeready Press Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2006
Dorsey Gallery, NY 2005
Nicole Gallery, Chicago, Ill 2005
Pen & Brush Club Juried Exhibition
2004 & 2005
Bread & Roses Gallery, NY 2004
National Art Club, Juried Exhibition:
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 2004
Grace Baptist Church Gallery, Mt Vernon,
NY 2004
American Museum of Natural History,
New York, NY 2004
Latin American Art Museum,
Miami, FL 2004
Health Sciences Gallery, Long Island
University, Brooklyn, NY 2004
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park, New
Orleans, 2003
Vanderbilt Gallery, Nantucket, Mass 2002
& 2003
Salmagundi Club, NY Juried Exhibition 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003 - 2008
Kenkeleba Gallery/National Black art show
2002 to 2009
Moon Child Fine Arts Gallery, NY 2001
Newport Art Museum, RI
"Wet Paint" 2001
Wilmer Jennings Gallery @ Kenkeleba 2001
Simbi Art Gallery, NY 2000
Aljira "National 5"
Juried Exhibition, Newark, NJ 1999
Musee du Pantheon National Haitien,
Haiti (MUPANAH) 1999
Consulat General de La Republique d'Haiti
a NY 1999
Nabisco Corporate Gallery, NJ 1999
Krasdale Corporate Gallery, NY 1997/1998
Art of the Americas Gallery, Piermont, NY
1997
HBO Corporate Gallery, NY 1996
Art Students League of New York 1992-1996
Sea Bell Gallery, Virginia 1995
Reviews
Mentions and Accolades:
Caribbean Life,9/30/09
(read article)
Harlem New Group, 3/23/09
Wayne
Today, NJ 8/24/06
New York Times (L.I. Edition)
8/12 & 8/26/06
New York Daily News Caribbeat 8/6/06
Newsday.com 8/5/06
Hampton Bays Online 8/3/06
Hamptonsview/Hamptons Online 8/1/06
Provincetown Banner, June 22, 2006
The Cape Cod Voice, June 15-28, 2006
CapeCod.com, 6/23/06
New York Daily News Caribbeat June 2006
Cape Cod Today, June 2006
The Cape Codder, June 23, 2006
Tribes Magazine Fall 2005 - Front
& Back covers
Haitian
Times, 3/15/00, 2/6/02 & 10/5/05
Caribbean Life 11/23/04
Amsterdam News 9/30/04
CaribNews 10/5/04
New York Beacon 8/26/04
The Cape Codder 8/20/04, 8/27/04
Cape Cod Times 8/20/04
Cape Cod Register 8/12/04
Caribbean Life 2/17/04
WNBC TV1/8/04
NY1 TV 1/7/04 (read
about it)
Newsday 1/8/04
The Miami Herald 9/13 & 10/4/02
Miami New Times 9/12 & 10/3/02
Miami Today 9/5 & 9/12/02
Who's Who in American Art 2002 & 2003
editions
Haitian Times 3/15/00 & 2/6/02
News-Leader, NJ 1/27/99
The Glen Ridge Voice 5/98
The Glen Ridge Voice 3/98
The Glen Ridge Paper 3/98
The Miami Herald 3/8/98
Miami New Times 3/12/98
Le Francophone International 3/11/98
The KIP Business Report 2/98
Caribnews 2/17/98
Miami Times 6/27/96
The Miami Herald 5/23/96
EXITO 5/22/96
Miami Today 5/16/96
Passe-Partout, Leuven, Belgium 1/17/96
Le Francophile 11/95
Memberships & Affiliations
Board First Vice President & Treasurer
of Audubon Artists, Inc.
Life Member of The Art Students League of New
York
Allied Artists of America
Pastel Society of America
Art du Pastel en France
Prizes
Winner of Elaine & James Hewitt Memorial
Award in Oil
Recipient
2005 L'Ouverture Business Award as Haitian-American
Proclamation
by the Manhattan Borough President at City Hall 9/27/04
Winner of LMCC Manhattan Community Arts Funds
Grant 2000
Studio:
32 Union Square East, #807, New York, NY 10003
212/ 253-6803
Artist
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