Bio
John Alleyne (Pronounced AL-LEEN)
—born in St. John, Barbados and living and working in New Orleans, LA—John Alleyne is an artist, independent curator, and Assistant Professor of Art at Southern University and A&M College. His practice and curatorial work is rooted in an exploration of freedom and sanctum, connecting his lived experience with an intuitive, experimental process of silkscreen mark-making. These marks reflect the complexities of Black life as they are perfectly imperfect. Through the exploration of Black nostalgic images which already exist in the world, Alleyne reimagines hauntingly new depictions that long for and reflect love, care, and a sanctuary for Black bodies.
He received his MFA from Louisiana State University, with a concentration in painting and drawing. He has been Artist-in-Residence at Ox-Bow, ACRE, and Anderson Ranch Arts Center. He has exhibited work throughout various galleries and museums in the South, including Sulfur Studios in Savannah, GA, The Masur Museum in Monroe, LA, The LSU Museum in Baton Rouge, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and The Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans. He has also exhibited work in New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Ireland, and Barbados. His work is featured in New American Paintings (South Issue), Southern Cultures, The Chicago Reader, The Shepherd Express, Studio Visit Magazine, 225 Magazine, Savannah Now, and Issue #23 of The Hand Magazine.
Alleyne is an artist member of Baton Rouge Gallery and a member of Antenna Artist Collective in New Orleans. In the summer of 2023 he taught experimental silkscreen techniques at Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
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Image courtesy of Sasha Phyars-Burgess (Pictured: John Alleyne as Artist in Residence at ACRE Artist Residency 2019).