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Paul Claude Gardère (1944, in Port au Prince, Haiti – 2011, in New York City) was a Haitian-born, Brooklyn-based[1] visual artist whose work explored "post-colonial history, cultural hybridization, race, and identity, in and beyond the Haitian diaspora."[2] Gardère's work has been widely exhibited throughout the United States, including at institutions such as the Studio Museum in Harlem,[3] the Figge Art Museum,[4] Lehigh University,[5] Pomona College Museum of Art,[6] and the Jersey City Museum,[7] and is included in a number of prominent institutional collections,[8] including that of Thea Museum of Modern Art in New York,[9] the Studio Museum in Harlem,[10] the Brooklyn Museum,[11] the New Orleans Museum of Art,[12] Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,[13][14] The Milwaukee Art Museum,[15] the Figge Art Museum,[16] the Columbus Museum,[17] the Beinecke Library at Yale University[18] and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University.[19]

Education

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Gardère studied at the Art Students League of New York from 1960 to 1961, where he worked with Charles Alston,[20] and at Yale University summer school of music and art in 1966. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture in 1967.[21] He earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from Hunter College in 1972.[22] He was an Artist-in-residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem,[23] the Jamaica Arts Center, Long Island University, and completed a 5-month residency at Monet's Gardens[24] in Giverny, France on a grant from the Lila Acheson Wallace Foundation.[25] Reflecting on his time at Giverny, Gardère has said, "Gardening is an apt metaphor for global colonialism."[26]

Background

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Gardère was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1944. He emigrated to New York City in 1959. While studying at Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture in New York, he developed a personal style that blended "Haitian regionalist ideas, painting styles, and cultural symbols" with "the larger aesthetics of Modern art".[21] His work is heavily informed by "religious and mythological symbolism,"[21] which he saw "as a way of metaphysical bridge building between cultures, drawing inspiration from the Old Masters and European Catholicism as well as Haitian regionalism and Vodou."[21]

Select exhibitions

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  • 2017 "Goudou Goudou", Skoto Gallery, New York, NY[27]
  • 2012-2016 "Restoring the Spirit: Celebrating Haitian Art," Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA,[28] Pomona College Museum of Art[29]
  • 2011 "Haitian Art Excerpts: From Renaissance To Diaspora," Kresge Gallery, Berrie Center, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ[30]
  • 2008 "Multiple Narratives II", Skoto Gallery, New York, NY[31]
  • 2007 "Diaspora: Multiple Narratives", Lehigh University, Zoellner Main Gallery, Bethlehem, PA[5]
  • 2001 "Marks of the Soul," Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL[32]
  • 1999 "Recent Works, 1995-1998," Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ[21]
  • 1998 "Kongo Criollo," Taller Boricua Gallery, New York, NY[33]
  • 1997 "The Work of Haitian Artist Paul Claude Gardère," Le Centre d’Art and Le Musee d’Art Haitien, Port-au-Prince, Haiti[21]
  • 1987 "Paul Claude Gardère," Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY[34]

Select awards and residencies

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  • 1998 Joan Mitchell Foundation Award for Painting[35]
  • 1993 Lila Acheson Wallace / Arts International Residence at Giverny, France[25]
  • 1993-94 Artist-in-Residence, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus[36]
  • 1991 New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship[37]
  • 1989-90 Artist-in-Residence, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York[38]

References

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  1. ^ "The New Yorker Magazine, Paul Gardere". The New Yorker.
  2. ^ "Biographical information on the website for Paul Gardère Studio".
  3. ^ Studio: The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine, Fall 2018 / Winter 2019
  4. ^ "Restoring the Spirit, Celebrating Haitian Art, Exhibition Website".
  5. ^ a b "Exhibition Website".
  6. ^ "Exhibition Website".
  7. ^ "Paul Gardère at Jersey City Museum," Art in America, Exhibition review by Reagan Upshaw, January 2000
  8. ^ "CV on Artist's Official Website".
  9. ^ "Acquisition Letter on Artist's Official Website".
  10. ^ "Acquisition Letter on Artist's Official Website".
  11. ^ "Acquisition Letter on Artist's Official Website".
  12. ^ "Acquisition Letter on Artist's Official Website".
  13. ^ "New York Public Library Collection Online".
  14. ^ "Acquisition Letter on Artist's Official Website".
  15. ^ "Milwaukee Art Museum 2014 Annual Report Page 28 Acquisitions: Paul Gardère, Once Upon a Time, 2002". 2015.
  16. ^ "Figge Art Museum Collection Online".
  17. ^ "Columbus Museum Collection Website".
  18. ^ "Beinecke Library Collection Online".
  19. ^ "Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Collection Online".
  20. ^ Fenstermaker, Will. "Paul Gardère's Syncretic Modernism". Independent Art Fair. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  21. ^ a b c d e f "Cooper Union Alumni Page". 19 November 2017.
  22. ^ "Artist's Official Website".
  23. ^ "Studio Museum in Harlem Artist Residency List". 3 April 2017.
  24. ^ "Jersey CIty Museum Catalog Interview with the artist".
  25. ^ a b Pierre-Pierre, Garry (8 April 1995). "Profile of the artist in the New York Times". The New York Times.
  26. ^ Fenstermaker, Will. "Paul Gardère's Syncretic Modernism". Independent Art Fair. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  27. ^ "Exhibition Website".
  28. ^ "Exhibition Website".
  29. ^ "Exhibition Catalogue" (PDF).
  30. ^ "Published Press Release for the Exhibition on the University's Website".
  31. ^ "Exhibition Website".
  32. ^ "South Florida Sun Sentinel Newspaper Exhibition Review". 10 May 2001.
  33. ^ Cotter, Holland (13 November 1998). "New York Times Review". The New York Times.
  34. ^ "Exhibition Website".
  35. ^ "Joan Mitchell Foundation Online".
  36. ^ "Artist Profile on Africanah". 2 December 2017.
  37. ^ "New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship Online".
  38. ^ "Studio Museum in Harlem Residency List". 3 April 2017.
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