Basic information

Name: Jean Girigori, 1948
Place of birth: Caribbean Sea
Based in: Curaçao
Discipline: Painting and sculpture

EDUCATION

Art Students League, New York — studies in painting and sculpture

BIOGRAPHY

Born in 1948 on a ship in the Caribbean Sea, Girigori’s early life and movement across Caribbean geographies inform the symbolic and narrative dimensions of her practice. She later studied in New York at the Art Students League, where her training included painting and sculpture. Jean Girigori is a Caribbean painter whose work is rooted in the cultural memory, spirituality, and social realities of the Caribbean. Her practice is recognized for vivid color, dynamic form, and sustained engagement with themes including social justice, women’s rights, childhood vulnerability, resilience, and Caribbean identity.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Woman’s Art Gallery — New York, USA
Art Students League — New York, USA
Centro Cultural Bolivar y Bello — Curaçao
Het Curaçaosch Museum — Curaçao
Many private exhibitions
Permanent exhibition at her studio / home at Kwartje 75

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Jean Girigori; The painter of Magic arc, 2003