Bio
John Alleyne (Pronounced AL-LEEN)
John Alleyne—born in St. John, Barbados, is an artist, educator, and curator living and working in New Orleans, LA.
Through self and found portraiture, experimental silkscreen-collage and the enduring legacy of his Caribbean heritage, Alleyne explores an alternative blueprint to protecting and caring for the Black body. His work challenges colonialism and social injustice, stereotypes, reclaims narratives, beauty standards, and celebrates going against mainstream societal norms.
John Alleyne received his MFA from Louisiana State University with concentrations in painting and drawing. Alleyne was Artist-in-Residence at Ox-Bow, ACRE, and Anderson Ranch Arts Center. He has exhibited work at The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and The Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans. His work is featured in New American Paintings (South Issue), Southern Cultures, The Chicago Reader, 225 Magazine, and Issue #23 of The Hand Magazine. Alleyne is a recipient of the 2023 Take Notice Fund Award.
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Image courtesy of Sasha Phyars-Burgess (Pictured: John Alleyne as Artist in Residence at ACRE Artist Residency 2019).