Lennon Jno-Baptiste
Born: 1972
Hometown: Dominica
Lives and Works: New York, NY and Paris, France
Website: http://lennonjnobaptiste.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/profile.php?id=1178289482
Education:
Advertising Design, New York Technical College, New York, NY, 1993
About The Artist
Born in Dominica in the West Indies and raised in New York City, Lennon Jno-Baptiste's work is based on the legends and icons of African-American history—characters like the Hottentot Venus, the Chickenman/Griffin, the Gorilla and the Boxer—that may have contributed to our construction of racial and cultural stereotypes. By placing these characters in a number of historical and symbolic landscapes, he examines the repetitive problems that plague history, including war, segregation, and racism.
Select Permanent Collections
Fonds Municipal d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Library of Congress, Print & Photographs Department, Washington, DC
Works by the Artist
