Title : Danse Congo
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20 × 24 inches
Artist: Jean Batiste Guesilhom(Born 1971, Jérémie, Haiti)
Born and Raised in Jérémie in the Grand’Anse region, Jean Batiste Ghesilhomme began drawing at age 11 and later trained at La Grotte des Arts Plastiques in Port-au-Prince. After refining his craft in Santo Domingo, DR, he joined a collective of Haitian artists and became a founding member of FAPADECH.Since 2006, he has participated in Artisanat en Fête and exhibited annually at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti, as well as with the Canadian Embassy and at CARIFESTA 2016. Today, his paintings—marked by patience, precision, and quiet strength—are collected in Haiti, the U.S., Canada, and France.
Description:
Danse Congo is a vibrant celebration of rhythm, tradition, and collective joy. Four figures, elongated and elegant, move within a mosaic of bold geometric shapes and radiant colors. Their silhouettes, outlined in stark black, pulse with life — one woman lifts her skirt mid-dance, another sways with grace, while a drummer anchors the scene with steady hands on a sacred drum marked by ancestral symbols.
The interplay of warm oranges, cool blues, and textured patterns transforms the canvas into both movement and music, a visual rhythm echoing the spirit of Haitian lakou gatherings. Here, dance is more than performance — it is communion, resistance, and continuity. Ghesilhomme’s work distills the essence of Haitian cultural memory: where bodies become instruments, and every gesture honors the ancestors while igniting the present.
Title : Danse Congo
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20 × 24 inches
Artist: Jean Batiste Guesilhom(Born 1971, Jérémie, Haiti)
Born and Raised in Jérémie in the Grand’Anse region, Jean Batiste Ghesilhomme began drawing at age 11 and later trained at La Grotte des Arts Plastiques in Port-au-Prince. After refining his craft in Santo Domingo, DR, he joined a collective of Haitian artists and became a founding member of FAPADECH.Since 2006, he has participated in Artisanat en Fête and exhibited annually at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti, as well as with the Canadian Embassy and at CARIFESTA 2016. Today, his paintings—marked by patience, precision, and quiet strength—are collected in Haiti, the U.S., Canada, and France.
Description:
Danse Congo is a vibrant celebration of rhythm, tradition, and collective joy. Four figures, elongated and elegant, move within a mosaic of bold geometric shapes and radiant colors. Their silhouettes, outlined in stark black, pulse with life — one woman lifts her skirt mid-dance, another sways with grace, while a drummer anchors the scene with steady hands on a sacred drum marked by ancestral symbols.
The interplay of warm oranges, cool blues, and textured patterns transforms the canvas into both movement and music, a visual rhythm echoing the spirit of Haitian lakou gatherings. Here, dance is more than performance — it is communion, resistance, and continuity. Ghesilhomme’s work distills the essence of Haitian cultural memory: where bodies become instruments, and every gesture honors the ancestors while igniting the present.
