Madjeen Isaac (b.1996) is a Brooklyn based artist, primarily in the painting medium. [1]

Education:

Isaac received a BFA in Fine Art from the Fashion Institute of Technology and an MA in Art + Edu & Community Practice from New York University.


Fellowships and Awards: She has had residencies/fellowships including Smack Mellon’s Artist Studio Program, BRIClab: Contemporary Artist Residency Program, the Laundromat Project Fellowship and Lakou NOU Artist Residency Program at Haiti Cultural Exchange. Isaac is the recipient of the 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship for Painting, 2024 Dumbo Dozen Award and the 2022 Women of Distinction Award for Arts and Entertainment from NY Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn. [2]


Exhibitions: She has exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, Swivel Gallery, Jenkins Johnson Projects Gallery, The Frost Art Museum, The Art and Design Gallery at FIT among others.

Creative projects: Isaac has collaborated with KITH to create an Artist Series Capsule Collection in Honor of Black History Month in 2023.

Her work has been shown in the Brooklyn Museum,


References

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  1. ^ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/laundromat-project-2022-create-change-cohort-1234615344/ Isaac is a first generation Haitian-American artist whose work hybridizes landscapes to center boundless Black and Caribbean joy, leisure, and liberation.
  2. ^ https://www.madjeenisaac.com/bio