Date and place of Birth: December 22, 1965,
Port-au-Prince
President, AfricAmricA Foundation
Coordinator, Multicultural Forum on Contemporary Art,
(Caribbean and South America region)
Director, AfricAmricA Cultural Centre,
Port-au-Prince
Member, International Association of Art Critics (AICA),
Barbara Przeau, visual artist of Haitian and Canadian citizenship, resided in Ottawa from 1985 to 1989. While a member of the Axe No 7 Gallery, she obtained her BA in Visual Arts from the University of Ottawa in 1988.
She resided in Paris from 1989 to 1993 and her works were regularly exhibited at several of the citys institutions including the Grand Palais Museum (Salon Comparaison room), the Kronembourg Foundation and the France Electricity Foundation. In 1992, she was one of the Caribbean representatives at both the Seville International Expo (Paleta Mestiza) and the inaugural Dakar Biennial. She returned to live and work in Dakar from 1993 to 1995
Since 1995, Barbara has been dividing her time between Port-au-Prince and Montreal while exhibiting at major international shows and venues including:
the 1998 Madrid ARCO,
Exhibition held at La Grande Arche, La Dfense, Paris
the 1999 Symposium of Current Art held in Moncton, New Brunswick
La Halle St-Pierre in Paris,
the 2000 Havana Biennial,
VIII Anthropological Festival of Afro-American Cultures, Santo Domingo,
the Visions of Africa Festival
Ms. Stephenson was also the exhibition curator and event co-ordinator for AfricAmricA 2002 : New World / Worlds Anew (Nouveau Monde / mondes nouveaux) festival.
Since November 2001, she has been teaching art and Art History at Port-au-Princes National Arts Academy (cole Nationale des Arts).
HIGHER EDUCATION
1999 Cycle dՃtudes Suprieures Francophones, Institut des Hautes tudes Francophones (IHEF), Chamarande, France
1992-93 D.E.A. (Diplme dtudes Approfondies) Advanced Diploma, cole Pratique des Hautes tudes, Paris, Sorbonne ; France
Thesis submitted: The African Origins of the Voodoo Vv Symbols
(Supervisor: Yousouf Ciss)
1989-1991 MA, Contemporary Art History - Sorbonne University (Paris IV campus); France
1985-88 BA, Visual Arts, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1983-85 cole Nationale des Arts (National Arts Academy), Port-au-Prince, Haiti
LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
French
Haitian Creole
English
Spanish
WORKSHOPS AND SHORT COURSES
Sept. 1998 Handle the Medias, Public Relations Studies Department, SNC-Lavalin Engineering, Montreal, Canada
Sept. 1995 History of Caribbean Art, Course tutor: Prof. Yolanda Wood,
University of Havana, Departement of Caribbean Art History
June 1995 Documentary Assignment: Study of the Amazon-dwelling Kofan tribe
March 1994 International Symposium on Sculpture, Sobobad Centre, Senegal
Dec. 1989 Documentary Assignment: Study of the Mozabite Berbers of Ghardaia, Algeria
July 1987 Workshop on Painting Techniques, headed by Pierre Lon Ttreault and Kittie Bruno, Gaspsie, Quebec
July 1988 Workshop on Painting Techniques, headed by Pierre Lon Ttreault and Kittie Bruno, Gaspsie, Quebec
1983-85 Workshop on Voodoo Dance, headed by Lavinia Williams,
National Arts Academy (cole Nationale des Arts), Port-au-Prince
1985 Drama Workshop, Institut Franais, Haiti
2002 Travel Grant, awarded by The Canada Council for the Arts, for travel to Georgetown, Guyana
2001 Travel Grant, awarded by Canada Council for the Arts for travel to New York
2000 Prins Claus Foundation award for Architecture and Design
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) Cultural Centre
1998 Travel Grant, awarded by Canada Council for the Arts for travel to Havana
1995 Level B Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
1994 Accommodation expenses grant, Canada Council for the Arts
1992 Equipment expenses grant, Ontario Arts Council
1991 Judges Prize, Caisse Centrale de Coopration conomique, Paris
1989 Level B Grant, Ontario Arts Council
Prize for the best installation on display, Houseworks Gallery, Ottawa
2002 Sahel, Furniture design exhibit, Medina Gallery, Ption-Ville, Haiti
2000 Peintures rcentes (Recent Paintings)
Art poque gallery, Aylmer (Quebec), Canada
Sculptures urbaines, temporary installation
Multicultural Forum on Contemporary Art
Bourbon-Lally Gallery, Ption-Ville, Haiti
1998 Archtypes et exotisme, temporary installation
Latin American Gallery, Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba
1997 Archtypes, temporary installation
Maison du Tourisme, Port-au-Prince, Hati
Archtypes
Bourbon-Lally Gallery, Ption-Ville, Haiti
1996 Transhumance
Bourbon-Lally Gallery, Ption-Ville, Haiti
1995 Portes
Bourbon-Lally Gallery, Ption-Ville, Haiti
Sur, Sahel, Sudan
Art Forum Gallery, Quito, Ecuador
Tejidos, Perlas y Otros
Alliance Franaise, Quito, Ecuador
1994 Deux peintres hatiens du Canada (Two Haitian Painters in Canada)
Calligramme Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
Le Centre du Monde, Installation
La Chambre Blanche Gallery, Quebec, Canada
1993 Sources, Traces et Signes
Lzard Gallery, Dakar, Senegal
Les Arbres Musiciens
Espaces Alizs, Bruxelles, Belgium
Les Arbres Musiciens
Espace Kronembourg, Kronembourg Foundation, Paris, France
Les Anges du Vaudou (Voodoo Angels)
Peter Busch Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany
Tell my Horse, a hommage to Zora Neale Hurston
Isobel Neal Gallery Neal, Chicago, USA
2003 uvres rcentes et objets dart (Recent Creations and Works of Art),
joint exhibition by Ronald Mevs and Barbara Przeau
AfricAmricA Cultural Centre , Port-au-Prince
Paroles / papiers (Words / Papers),
AfricAmricA Cultural Centre , Port-au-Prince
2002 Nouveau Monde / mondes nouveaux (New World / Worlds Anew),
Exhibition held at the II Multicultural Forum on Contemporary Art,
AfricAmricA Foundation and at the Vues dAfrique Festival, Montreal
Signes & critures, AfricAmricA Cultural Centre, Port-au-Prince
Le temps des masques, Alliance Franaise de Jacmel
AfricAmricA Cultural Centre, Port-au-Prince
2001 Hati, como hilo conductor del arte caribeno (Haiti, a nexus of Caribbean Art), VIII Anthropological Festival of Afro-American Cultures,
Hispanic Cultural Centre, Santo Domingo
NOIR - BLANC, AfricAmericA Cultural Centre, Port-au-Prince
Ronald Mevs / Barbara Przeau, AfricAmericA Cultural Centre, Port-au-Prince
Sculptures, Haitian Museum of Art, Port-au-Prince, Hati
Gnration 2000, Bourbon-Lally Gallery, Montreal, Canada
International Black Fine Art Show, The Puck Building, Stand Bourbon-Lally
Soho, New York, USA
2000 VII Havana Biennial, La Cabana, Havana, Cuba
Hati : Anges ou dmons, Max Fourny Museum, La Halle Saint-Pierre,
Ville de Paris, France
1999 International Black Fine Art Show, The Puck Building, Stand Bourbon-Lally
Soho, New York, USA
Choses rejetes par la mer (Things Spewed out from the sea), temporary installation, Symposium on Modern Art, Moncton, Nouveau Brunswick, Canada
1998 Exhibition held at La Grande Arche, La Dfense, Paris, France
Nantes County Library, Nantes, France
Dakar Biennial, Stand Canada, MAPA, Dakar, Senegal
ARCO, Contemporary Art Expo, Stand Bourbon-Lally
Parque Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
International Black Fine Art Show, The Puck Building, Stand Bourbon-Lally
Soho, New York, USA
1997 Transforming the image, Afro-Canadian vision entering the millennium
Chatham Cultural Center, Chatham, Ontario, Canada
International Black Fine Art Show, The Puck Building, Stand Bourbon-Lally
Soho, New York, USA
Caribbean Sweden (Caribe Suecia), Stockholm, Sweden
Caribbean Sweden (Caribe Suecia), Casa de Las Americas, Havana, Cuba
1996 Volupt, Exhibition of Erotic Art, Galerie Bourbon-Lally, Ption-Ville, Hati
Lamayt, Bourbon-Lally Gallery, Ption-Ville, Haiti
1995 Rivers and Memories, Krannert Art Museum, Illinois, USA
1994 Kultur Favoriten Gallery, Vienna, Austria
1993 The Paris Connection, Monterrey Museum, California, USA
1992 Dakar Biennial, IFAN Museum, Dakar, Senegal
Paleta Mestiza, Seville Universal Expo, Spain
The Paris Connection, Bomani Gallery, San -Francisco, USA
Salon Comparaison room, Grand Palais Museum, Paris, France
1992-98 La Rencontre des deux Mondes (The Two Worlds Meet) as interpreted by Haitian painters, a traveling exhibition visiting the following locations:
Fort-De-France, Martinique
French Cultural Centre, Seville, Spain
Espace Elektra (Fondation lectricit de France), Paris, France
Cit des Congrs, Nantes, France
Vieux Chteau Museum, Laval, France
Art and History Museum, Chambry, France
Fort Museum, Guadeloupe
Canadian Civilisations Museum , Hull, Canada
Historical Museum, Chicago, USA
Haitian National Heroes Museum, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Modern Art Museum, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Modern Art Museum, Mexico
1988 Coup dՎclat, Michel Ttreault Gallery, Montreal, Canada
PUBLIC / PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
- Hispanic Cultural Centre, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Haitian Museum of Art, Port-au-Prince, Hati
- Canadian Department of Justice, Ottawa Supreme Court, Canada
- Casa de Las Americas, Havana, Cuba
- Afrique en Cration, France
- EuroAfricaine dIndustrie, Senegal