John Alleyne
See Her With Your Truest Eyes
silkscreen-monotype on paper, 2023
Umi Says Shine Your Light On The World
silkscreen-monotype on paper, 2021
Gathering Without Criticisms, Not The Critical Eye
silkscreen-monotype on paper, 2021
In A Perfect World, I Would Be Perfect World
silkscreen-monotype on paper, 2021
These Eyes Tell No Lies
silkscreen-monotype on paper, 2021
John Alleyne is an artist from the island of Barbados, currently based in New Orleans, LA. His work is rooted in an exploration of "freedom," connecting his lived experience with an intuitive process of painting and silkscreen mark-making. Alleyne looks for perfection in the imperfect. The untraditional use of unhinged silkscreens and squeegees are utilized as mark-making tools to create painterly gestures of figurative-abstraction. Within these gestures, Alleyne challenges notions of belonging, healing, beauty, manhood, and masculinity.
Alleyne graduated from SUNY Potsdam with a BFA in studio art and a concentration in digital design. He also has an MFA in studio art from Louisiana State University, with a concentration in painting and drawing. He has been Artist-in-Residence at Ox-Bow in Saugatuck, Michigan, ACRE in Steuben, WI, and Anderson Ranch Arts Center. He has exhibited work throughout various galleries and museums in the South, including the Masur Museum in Monroe, the LSU Museum in Baton Rouge, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. He has also exhibited work in Savannah, New York, Los Angeles, Ireland, and Barbados. His work is featured in Issue #23 of The Hand Magazine, in addition to volumes of Studio Visit Magazine, and New American Paintings (South Issue). Alleyne is an Assistant Professor of Art at Southern University and A & M College.