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Marie-Hélène Cauvin’s innovative paintings and prints explore imaginative spaces, both real and symbolic, and her recent work explores themes such as violence and insecurity in contemporary societies.

Portraits Tatoués, 2007—ongoing

Marie-Hélène Cauvin
Portraits Tatoués, 2007—ongoing
Ink, charcoal, watercolour, pastel and sitckers on BFK Rives paper
76 x 111.8 cm each
Installation view
Photo by Alfredo Rubio

Biography

Marie-Hélène Cauvin’s solo exhibitions include Portrait (2009), Les Ateliers Jérôme, Pétion-Ville, Haiti, Obra sobre papel (2007), Instituto Peruano Norteamericano, Lima, Crossroads (2003), Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts. She recently participated in Dialogue among Civilizations, Art for Humanity, Durban (2010).

This person is part of Sharjah Biennial 10

Portraits Tatoués

projects

'The subjects all chose their own elements to represent and identify them in the form of a tattoo superimposed on their portraits.' Marie Hélène Cauvin

Sharjah Biennial 10: Plot for a Biennial

publications

Accompanying and complementing the main premise of Sharjah Biennial 10, Plot for a Biennial explores the concept of a ‘conversation’ through printed matter.