Nadïne Lafond

Nadïne LaFond is a painter / mixed media artist working on paper, canvas, wood and found objects, creating images that explore journey and dimension through the layering of symbols. Coming from a long line of visual artists, poets and musicians, LaFond began drawing symbols at age four while visiting family in Haiti. Relying on cues from Nature and personal experiences, her work layers the bird's eye view and the eye to eye encounter at once.

She was born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in New Jersey where she currently lives and studied at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts. She is presently an art educator with Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers University leading art outreach workshops in under-served communities and an independent teaching artist through her own studio workshops. She is also an accomplished vocalist, songwriter and recording artist. Visit official music website >>

statement

Making art for me starts with moments that immediately strike me as lessons.
When the underlying tale begins to emerge, I follow that energy.

instruments: paintbrush, vocals & dreams
genre: experimental, jam, abstract / symbolist

May 24 to July 25, 2012
Threshold of Your Mind:
Works from the Paul Robeson Galleries’ Artist Educators
Opening Reception: May 24, 5PM - 7PM
The Paul Robeson Galleries
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey
350 Dr Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard
Newark, New Jersey USA 07102

2011

music schedule

2010

April 23 to September 26, 2010
Transcending History:
Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and the Holocaust
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum
of Maryland African American History & Culture
Baltimore, MD
Idea Coalition, Curator

March 5 to 30, 2010
La Femme Mystique
Opening Reception: Friday, March 5, 4 - 10pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, March 20, 3 - 8PM
Vivant Art Collection
Philadelphia, PA

February 4 to 27, 2010
Transcending History:
Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and the Holocaust
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 4, 6 - 9PM
Vivant Art Collection
Philadelphia, PA
Idea Coalition, Curator

January 29 to March 19, 2010
Wonderfully Made
18th Annual "Art in the Atrium" Exhibit / Sale
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 29, 6 - 9pm
Closing Reception: Thursday, March 18, 2 - 8pm
Atrium Gallery of the Morris County Administration and Records Building
Court Street, Morristown, N...