Merudjina
I am a Black Haitian-American, non-binary interdisciplinary artist currently residing in Brooklyn, NY. I am an alum of Williams College, where I studied videography, acting, writing, singing, fine and digital art, and Latin & West African dance. I lived in Pittsfield, MA, for most of my life, exploring the art community in my hometown.
As an interdisciplinary artist, I strive to challenge the perception that artists are married to one medium. I am interested in how different mediums can tell and hold a story. I see art as a medium of healing and community-building. I work with audio, video, movement, painting, and drawing. I believe creativity comes with a responsibility, and strive to create work that makes revolution irresistible.
More importantly, I critically engage with the topics of race, sexual violence, gender, rage, and spiritual and emotional healing from my own perspective. I invite the viewer into an intimate conversation around violence and how it can affect an individual, then translating the effect on the community around the harmed. I believe that using my own perspective and experiences is more valuable than drawing from that of another. Interrogating these topics from my own personal point of view allows for more honesty and vulnerability when engaging with the subject. It creates a primary connection to the work, which I believe enhances the viewers understanding and connection to the story.
CV
Exhibitions
2022 Group Exhibition: “Persist”, Daniel Art Center, Great Barrington, MA
Group Exhibition: “Brought to Light”, Awakenings Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020 Solo Exhibition: “Don’t Touch the Art”, The Foundry, West Stockbridge, MA
Group Exhibition: 10 x 10 Real Art Party, the Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
2019 Group Exhibition: Williams College Student Art Show, Williamstown, MA
2016 Group Exhibition: “Othering”, The Lichenstein Center , Pittsfield, MA
Group Exhibition: Williams College Student Art Show, Williamstown, MA
Perfomances
2019 Solo Performance, “Purification”, Walkin’ with WordXWord, the Mount, Lenox, MA
2018 Solo Performance, “Institutional Tan”, “Purification”, Walkin’ with WordXWord, the Mount, Lenox, MA
Awards
2019 Ernest Brown Africana Art Prize, Williams College
Residencies
2020 The Foundry, West Stockbridge, MA
Lectures/Panels
2022 Community Charter School of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA