Lesny Jn Felix

Lesny JN Felix ( b.1976:Grand Goave,Haiti)My name is Lesny and I share the same common Genes and DNA as Matisse. I really believes it.Lesny JN Felix is not the artist he wants you to think he is. The moniker combine formally opposes his straightforward, direct form of painting, which subscribes to a type of narratology and oral storytelling technique. The work evokes grandpa's stories next to the fire - if grandpa was the leader of a coup d'etat.Lesny JN Felix is quintessentially Haitian. He is quintessentially Lower East Side. He has a bold, hybrid style that incorporates his vibrant cultural syncretism.Lesny JN Felix reinvigorates the painted object. Not by becoming overtly sculptural or heavily concerned with plasticity. Rather, the work reconfigures the art object as a conversation with the viewer, a reading experience, and a dialectical Dada disturbance. Paintings directly on unstretched canvas emphasize the painting as scroll - the painting as a narrative device.Lesny JN Felix hints at subversive jokes with a satirical joviality. Lesny JN Felix sees the absurdity in the modern condition, and is pleased to share his vision via multimedia collage. Take for example the joyfully meta, 'Strategist', a title that emphasizes the art...

Studied under Dr. Susanne Reichling and self thought.GROUP SHOWS:KISS MY ASS THIS ART IS THE SHIT, Underground Art Mafia, New York, December 2005THE UNDERGROUND ART MAFIA GOES TO BED, Bed, New York, March 2006ART PARADE, Deitch Projects, New York, September 2006NEW SALON #1, Kelly & Ping, New York, March 2007NEW SALON #2, Kelly & Ping, New York, May 2007SOLO:DOWNTOWN 07, Gallery SENSEI, New York, September 2007LOVE ME & AMERICA DOWN THE DRAIN, Cain, New York, November 2007ART BASIL, Miami Beach Florida, December 2007STUDIO LEENA, TRIBECA New York, January 2008,