Introspective Noir

Pierre Jean Baptiste is a Haitian-American figurative painter from Flatbush, Brooklyn. After the passing of his mother, Pierre took a serious approach to learning about art , turning to it as a positive outlet toward healing and controlling his emotions.
Pierre’s work highlights the Black American experience and with each series, he sheds light on intricate, motivated topics, providing culturally relevant to expressions of resilience. Pierre uss various mediums, including mix, media acrylic, oil paint, oil pastels and sometimes collating on his canvases. He utilizes his skills to convey the untold stories of black people surrounding his native home with visual provoking painting on self-identity, police brutality, racial justice, and communal relations.
Growing beyond the need for superheroes in today’s society, as a father himself, Pierre also expresses the importance of a black family dynamic and his views on the role of parenthood to black children.
He currently works in Brooklyn, New York, where he resides with his Fiancé and two daughters.