We’ve all come here with gifts to share with humanity. Storytelling, Art and connecting with people from cultures around the world are mine and this is the space I’ve created to share it with you.
Alexandra Antoine is a Haitian-American Visual Creative working at the intersection of food, art and community through storytelling, visual design and education.
As a recent ONE School Graduate she gained experience in understanding the fundamentals of creating powerful advertising campaigns. She is excited about expanding her career path from hospitality into advertising and being able to utilize her personal values around representation of global voices within culture.
She has over a decade of experience in community engagement through the arts and hospitality space, classroom education and curriculum design, crafting and executing independent travel learning trips all while growing ancestral crops in community gardens.
Artist Statement
My works are pathways for the stories, memories and traditional practices of my ancestors and elders. I sow and harvest the knowledge that was passed down to me within the works I create that honor the use of my hands, the flow of repetitive actions, and the embodiment of joy within the preparation, care and intentionality of the images and subjects I utilize
I reflect on memories of communal experiences with my loved ones, the oral histories shared within these spaces, the native language of my people and its use in sustaining my connection to land and spirit.
My work utilizes whatever material is necessary to depict my intended vision and is therefore interdisciplinary in nature. My paintings express the linear, topographical layers of beauty I see within my people. My food collages pay homage to the abundance of culinary knowledge within the kitchen spaces of black folks throughout the world and the alchemy we create in our kitchens. My printmaking work showcases the ways in which my ideas can exist in functional forms as well as standard ways of viewing art.
I honor the people and land of Léogâne, Haiti