ALEXANDRA ANTOINE
Haitian-American, based in Chicago, IL
Education
2014 BFA with an Emphasis in Art Education, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2010 Associates Degree in Fine Arts, Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL
Film/Television Projects
2015 ‘Ms. Helen’s Bookstore’ Mural, “Chi-Raq” Directed by Spike Lee
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Remembering for those to come | Zansèt yo di nou pwotege, pa bliye ak evolye, boundary, Chicago, IL
Nou La, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL
2017
Diaspora/Dyaspora, Rootwork Gallery, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibitions
2021
Gastropoetics, FLXST Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Just Above My Wall, (To The Right), Southside Community Art Center, Chicago, IL
Assotto’s Child at the Altar, Haitian American Museum of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2020
Ten x Ten 2020, Homeroom Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019
Patterns, Process, Prints, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Art After Dark Unplugged, Outer Space Studios, Chicago, IL
You’re Welcome, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
2018
Iconic Black Panther Chicago, Stony Island Arts Bank, Chicago, IL
U.S. Embassy, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Arts in Embassies Program)
2017
A Cartography of Port-au-Prince, Ghetto Biennale, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
An Elsewhere Within Here, ACRE, Chicago, IL
2016
Shared History, Southside Community Art Center, Chicago, IL
2015
I Can't Breath, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Continuous Span, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Matriarch, Griffin Gallery, Chicago, IL
Yr It!, Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL
2014
BFA Showcase Exhibition, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fresh Juju, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
2013
Saints, Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Teaching Experience
2017-19 Teaching Artist, Free Write Arts & Literacy, Juvenile Detention Center, Chicago, IL
2015-16 Visual Arts Instructor, Pirie Fine Arts Academic Center, Chicago, IL
2011 Museum Education Intern/Teaching Artist, MoCADA, Brooklyn, NY
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2022 Inaugural Artist-in-Resident, Legler Regional Library, Chicago, IL
2022 Artist-in-Resident (Spring), Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL
2021 Artist-in-Resident (Summer), Spudnik Press, Chicago, IL
2021 Funded Workshop (Summer), Penland School of Crafts, Bakersville, NC
2020 Post-grad Apprenticeship, Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Artist-in-Residence, Urban Growers Collective, Chicago, IL
2019 Artist-in-Residence, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2019 SPARK Micro Grant, Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL
2017 Individual Artist Grant, DCASE, Chicago, IL
2016 Artist-in-Residence, ACRE, Steuben, WI
Speaking Engagements
Artist Talk. Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL 2022
Envisioning Joy, Envisioning Justice. One State XChange Conference. Galesburg, IL. 22 October 2018
Artist Talk. Coe College. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 12 April 2018
Contemporary Young Haitian Artists in Chicago. Haitian Art Society Conference. Waterloo, Iowa. 24 September 2017