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    JUST AFRO

    NATURAL HAIR IS NOT JUST HAIR

  • ART GALLERY

    ALIENATION- Collection 2023

    All of the paintings are originals and one of a kind!

    HEADS  UP OIL ON CANVAS 2023
    LOVELOCKS
    CHUT
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  • ART GALLERY

    HAIR MOVEMENT- Collection 2022

    All of the paintings are originals and one of a kind!

    MAWON 2022 1/3
    MAWON 2022 2/3
    GOLD N FRO-2022
    MAWON 2022 3/3
    PRINCESS MOORE
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    CELINE -2022
    CELINE -2022
    ROSY - 2022
    ROSY-2022
    GLOW GOLDEN
    YVAN
    GREG
    BLOOMS -2022
    PIRATE
    EBENE - 2022
    EBENE -2022
    I SAW RED
    CORNWOS - 2021
    CORNWOS - 2021
    BLACK MAGIC GIRL -2022
    BLACK MAGIC GIRL -2022
    NINA - 2022
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    NOLANE -2022
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    MISS AFRO USA - 2022
    MISS AFRO USA - 2022
    ANGY -2022
    ANGY -2022
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    BLACK QUEEN - 2021
    BLACK QUEEN -2021
    KARABA
    GODESS RISINGV- 2022
    AFROMAN
    MEDUSA
    FROGIRL
    EMERGING FROM DARKNESS - 2022
    EMERGING FROM DARKNESS
  • ART GALLERY

    UNTEGLE HAIR - Collection 2021

    All of the paintings are originals and one of a kind !

    KASKOD - 2021
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    ANGELA - 2021
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    HOPE SIGHT - 2021
    HOPE SIGHT- 2021
    NATURAL CROWN -2021
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    BUTTERFLY -2020
    BUTTERFLY -2020
    BOUND HAIR - 2021
    YVI -2021
    YVI - 2021
    ADUTECK -2020
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    BALDY - 2020
    BALDY-2020
  • ART GALLERY

    HAIR BONDAGE - Collection 2019-2020

    All of the paintings are originals and one of a kind!

    IMANI - 2020
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    COTTON FRO - 2019
    COTTON FRO
    PRECIOUS (SOLD)
    BLACKNESS -2019
    HAIR ON FIRE-2019
    GRACE - 2019
    GRACE -2019
    LA VIE EN BLUE - 2019
    LA VIE EN BLUE - 2019
    LA VIE EN BLUE - 2019
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    BUSH  (SOLD)
    AFRO GIRL- 2019
    GREENIES -2019
    GREENIES
    DISCO FRO - 2019
    DISCO FRO - 2019
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    IDENTITY - 2019
    IDENTITY - 2019
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    ARTIST STATEMENT

     

    I live and create art in Florida. I Was born in Guadeloupe French territory where I worked for many years as a radio and television host.

     

    My paintings tell my story but also that of all black women around the world, their struggles, embarrassments, sufferings to get their kinky hair accepted.

    My style is narrative figuration, I take pleasure in exploiting black paint ; a shade once cursed (because it was perceived difficult to work with) in the history of art. I use oil alone to create the palette, shades of grey and a play of shadows and light enhanced by solid areas of bright color to highlight the hairstyles.

    The iconography is reminiscent of the Black Panthers and disco era. Born within African-American movements from the 1970s, these strong representations carried a message of affirmation which the diasporas then appropriated and adapted.

    Afro is the symbol of acceptance, natural hair is rooted in a painful history that black diasporas are still trying to overcome.

     

    Thank you for your interest and your support

     

    Guylaine Conquet

     

     

    Guylaine Conquet

    CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GUYLAINE CONQUET

  • FEATURED ART WORK

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    BANTU

    OIL ON CANVAS 36X50 - 2022

     

    Bantu knots originate from the Zulu Kingdom of Southern Africa where the curls and coils of Black hair are said to resemble shapes in the cosmos. "When the Dutch colonized Southern Africa, they used the word Bantu as a derogatory term to marginalize southern Africans." South Africans reclaimed the Zulu word Bantu, which translates to people. In many African regions, hair is considered powerful, and it is believed to have unique spiritual energy due to its proximity to the heavens. Because of this, raised styles like Bantu knots are considered sacred.

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    TIGNON LAW

    OIL ON CANVAS 48 X 52 INCHES 2022

    Late 18th century in Louisiana, Black women were banned from wearing their hair in public and were ordered to cover it up at all times. This was because they wanted to curb the growing influence of the free black population and keep the social order. It was also believed that Black women's hairstyles would draw the attention of white men, and this increased the jealousy of white women.

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    THE PENCIL TEST

    OIL ON CANVAS 36 X 42 INCHES - 2022

    1948, the pencil test was a method used

    to assessing whether a person was White or Black. A pencil was slid into the hair of someone being assessed. If the pencil fell out you were White and if it stayed in you were Black. This was a tool used to segregate

    Black people and stop them from attending functions, schools and events. Not only did this cause racial division it also tore families apart

  • EXHIBITIONS

     

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    EXHIBITION CITY OF MIRAMAR FLORIDA 

    January 11th to March 1st 2023

    BLACK HISTORY MONTH SOLO EXHIBITION

    Opening reception January 27th Please RSVP via link

    L'ESPACE DE RÊVE - HARLEM NEW YORK

    GROUP EXHIBITION HARLEM NEW YORK October 2022

    BRICK LANE ART GALLERY - LONDON

    GROUP EXHIBITION LONDON August 2022

    TV NEWS French Martinique & Guadeloupe 1ere SOLO EXHIBITION CITY SUNRISE FLORIDA

    SOLO EXHIBITION CITY OF SUNRISE FLORIDA May 2022

    BROWARD ART GUILD -AN EVENING WITH THE ART - FORT LAUDERDALE FLORIDA

    GROUP EXHIBITION Art and design Week Fort Lauderdale - February 2022

    BLACK GIRL ART SHOW - MIAMI

    GROUP EXHIBITION BLACK GIRL ART SHOW MIAMI March 2022

    JOLIET MUSÉUM - CHICAGO

    GROUP EXHIBITION JOLIET AREA HISTORICAL MUSÉUM Black history month February 2022

    ILAN POP ART GALLERY - FORT LAUDERDALE  

    GROUP EXHIBITION Art and design Week Fort Lauderdale January 2022

    SUDIO 18 - PEMBROKE PINES FLORIDA

    1st Exibition BLACK HISTORY MONTH Group exhibition STUDIO 18 PEMBROKE PINES Florida February 2019

  • PRESS MEDIA - CONFERENCE

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    NATIONAL WEEKLY CNW  

    MAI 19, 2022

     

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    FRENCH MORNING MIAMI

    Mai 11, 2022

    link to article Guylaine CONQUET

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    FRANCE ANTILLES GUADELOPE

    MAI 25, 2022

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    FRENCH CONSULAT MIAMI - SUNRISE CIVIC CENTER ART GALLERY  

    MAI 13, 2022

     

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    NOFI MAGAZINE ARTICLE

    Link to article NOFI Guylaine Conquet

    February 2020

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    FRENCH MORNING ARTICLE

    February 4, 2020

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    Le courrier de Floride

     

    January 28, 2020

    HOLLYWOOD SCHOOL CONFERENCE

     

    February 28, 2020

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    In her eyes I see the meadows

    Her lips were silent

    but the hair spoke volumes

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    MIAMI
    FLORIDA
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    guylaine.conquet@just-afro.com
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