PATRICK NOZE: RENAISSANCE ARTIST OF THE AMERICAS

September 15, 2023–January 20, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, September 15 | 7–10pm
7–9pm at the Alice & William Jenkins Gallery
8–10pm at Hannibal Square Heritage Center | Visiting Exhibition Gallery with Live Music

Born in Haiti in 1962 in the province of Jeremie—“the city of poets”—and formally educated in New York, the artist was first introduced to art by his father Robert Noze and grandfather Andre Dimanche, making Patrick Noze a third generation sculptor and painter. At age 5, he sold his first painting, depicting the celebration of Passover within the Haitian culture, for $50 to a tourist. He studied at the renowned Pratt Institute School of Visual Arts and graduated in 1990 with a Fine Arts degree with a minor in education. He is a prolific painter, sculptor, curator, illustrator, restorer and creative painter of vintage cars, creating art work mostly for private commissions in New York and his home in Florida.

His painting style eventually transitioned from a European aesthetic – gained through his academic education – to an Artist of the Americas with African roots. In 2013 he painted an entire school bus in seven days at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center for the Crealdé exhibition “Keeping Haiti in our Hearts”. A custom painted 1997 Jaguar, reflecting his Haitian heritage, sold at the international Mecum Classic Car Auction in Kissimmee – the world’s largest – in January of 2022. For the 2023 Crealdé solo exhibition Patrick will show art work from private collections never seen before by the public and create an entire new body
of paintings.