GENEVIEVE LAHENS ESPER
3900 Ave Laval, MONTREAL. QC H2W2J1, CANADA
E-mail:
• iris@action-foundation.com
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• genelahens@yahoo.fr
• www.irislartiste.com
• www. action-foundation.com
• www.haitianart.com

1959 Born in Port-au-Prince, Haïti

1981 Graduated in Engineering – Faculté des Sciences – Port-au-Prince, Haïti 1985

• Graduated in Architecture, DPLG – Ecole des Beaux Arts – Paris, France

• Training in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe – Agence d’architecture Archipel 1991

• Award of Design at The Caribbean Biennale of Architecture – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

• Embrace painting as a career
1992 Collective Exposition – Galerie Afrah – Thomassin, Haïti 1994

• Art Exposition ink on paper – Fanal Gallery – Port-au-Prince, Haïti

• Solo Exposition — Paintings – Fanal Gallery — Port-au-Prince, Haïti 1995

• Collective Exposition – Ritz Hotel – Pétion-Ville, Haïti 1996

• Collective Exposition – "Indigo" – Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe

• Solo Exposition – Festival Arts Gallery – Pétion-Ville, Haïti

• Art Exhibition – Musée du Panthéon National – Port-au-Prince, Haïti 1997

• Art Exhibition — Art America — Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami, Florida, U.S.A

• Art Exposition "Indigo" – Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe 1998

• Solo Exposition – Ryals Gallery – Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.A.

• Permanent Exposition – Haitian art collection – Delray Beach, Florida, U.S.A

• Solo Exposition – Art Frenzie – Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A. 1999

• Collective Exhibition – Milagro Center – Delray Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

• Solo Exposition – Nation Bank Tower – Miami, Florida, U.S.A. 2000

• Art Exposition – Art expo Florida – Coconut Grove Convention Center – Miami Florida, U.S.A.

• Solo Exposition – Le Centre D’Art – Port-au-Prince, Haïti

• Collective Exposition – United Nations, New York – UNIFEM exhibit featuring the art of fifty artists from around the world

• Collective Exhibition — Mytos en el caribe — Casa de Las Americas, La Havana, Cuba. 2001

• Collective Exhibition — Black Art Festival — Soho, New York.

• Group Exhibit — Haiti Generation 2000 — Gallery Bourbon Lally, Montreal, Canada.

• Group Exhibit — North Atlanta Trade Center Folk Festival — Atlanta, USA.

• Broward County — Main Library, — Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA. 2002

• Collective Exhibit — Black Art Festival — Soho, New York

• Solo Exposition – “Mémoire, tradition, émotion”, Paintings & Sculptures from Iris — United Nations, New York 2003

• Solo Exhibit — Espace Klee Gallery — Paris, France

• Group Exhibit — Contemporary Art Festival — Martinique, France. 2004 .

• Solo exhibit ¬--- International vision, The gallery, wahshington DC, USA

• group exhibit ---Broward Government building, Fort Lauderdale, USA.

• Artist in residence program in Furcy, Haiti with 9 contemporary Haitian artists,

• group exhibit ---Galerie Marassa, Petion ville, Haiti.

• 2005 --- Solo exhibit, private home . Manhattan, New York.

• 2006 ---group exhibit- meandres de la memoire »,TOHU, Montreal. Canada