Charles Philippe Jean-Pierre

Charles Philippe Jean-Pierre is a Haitian American artist groomed on Chicago’s south side. The stark contradictions of beauty and power are ever-present as a theoretical and methodological struggle in Jean-Pierre’s body of work. His multimedia paintings speak to the nexus of political, social, and economic structures. Much of his work is representative of the synergy, or lack thereof, between societal perceptions and reality.

Jean-Pierre is an adjunct professor at American University in Fine Arts. His work is in the permanent collection of the US Embassy in Cotonou, Benin, West Africa. He was a President Obama White House invitee for the role of art education in promoting national youth justice. He has participated in two Asian Pacific American Smithsonian exhibitions and has exhibited with the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, DC. His work has been highlighted by numerous media outlets, including: The Washington Post, Ebony, Black Enterprise, NHK Japan, The Village Voice, BET, NBC, Netflix and FOX.

Jean-Pierre has guest lectured at Stanford University regarding a positive vision of Haiti through the Mamelodi Project. He was named top five art educators by the District of Columbia and served as a creative communication instructor for Alvin Ailey Chicago. Jean-Pierre is the former National Arts Director for the Young and Powerful group and served on the board of the Diaspora of African Woman Network (DAWN). Jean-Pierre holds an MA from Howard University and has created public art murals in South Africa, Panama, New York, Chicago, Washington, Istanbul, Montreal, Port-au-Prince, London, and Paris.