Naudline Pierre

Naudline Pierre 

b. 1989, Leomister, Massachusetts
lives in New York

Naudline Pierre pulls the threads of the fabric of her religious upbringing and her personal history to weave evocative, supernatural visual tales in her paintings, which simultaneously innovate and adhere to the conventions of Western painting traditions. Pierre’s subjects have a mythological quality and often appear to be in the midst of action, but her paintings are infused with ambiguity and viewers may be uncertain if the subjects are arriving or departing, showing affection or engaging in violence, seeking intimacy or protection. Her work has been included in exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; the Armory Show, New York; and Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, among others. Pierre’s works are in the permanent collections of the Pérez Art Museum Miami; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Dallas Museum of Art; Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri. She earned a BFA from Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. Pierre will be an artist-in-residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, through September 1, 2020.

Naudline Pierre Hold On, Hold Tight, 2019 Oil on canvas 84 x 60 inches Photo courtesy of Shulamit Nazarian