Reginald Rousseau

Reginald Rousseau is a Haiti-born and Harlem-raised contemporary folkloric artist, best known for his “Tropical Aesthetics” series, which encompasses paintings, mixed-media assemblages and digital illustrations. 

Rousseau describes his work as a layering of Haitian naive art, African textile, stained glass and abstraction. In his journey as an artist he has been influenced by the work of Aaron Douglas, Faith Ringgold, Edouard Duval-Carrié, Kerry James Marshall, Nick Cave and Romero Britto, to name a few. 

The focal point of Rousseau’s work is to articulate, frame and illuminate the richness and complexity of Black identity, life, culture and spirituality from a unique point of view encompassing his African roots, Haitian heritage and my life experiences growing in Harlem, New York.”

Read Epicenter-NYC's feature on Rousseau here.