Lennon Jno-Baptiste

Born: 1972

Hometown: Dominica

Lives and Works: New York, NY and Paris, France

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Education: Advertising Design, New York Technical College, New York, NY, 1993

Lennon Jno-Baptiste Bio

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.

Lennon Jno-Baptiste Permanent Collections

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Fonds Municipal d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Library of Congress, Print & Photographs Department, Washington, DC