Untitled – Jean Girigori. ‘Woman in Blue’ – Jean Girigori. ‘Bendidora di Amor’ (2005) – Jean Girigori. Acrylic on canvas.

Jean Girigori is one of the leading painters of the Caribbean. Her work is colorful, vibrant and joyous, her Expressionist-Naive style unique. She was born at sea, lived in the Dominican Republic during her childhood, and settled by way of Haiti on Curaçao, the country of origin of her grandparents.

Women and women’s rights play a central role in Jean Girigori’s paintings. Her big eyed subjects look accusing into the world, denouncing social injustice just as much as enjoying life. The thick lips of her women are her trademark. These lips used to be opened in her earlier paintings, but nowadays are almost always shut. In her interviews Jean Girigori always emphasizes the great contribution women make in their Caribbean community.

Jean Girigori has been exhibited around the Caribbean, in the United States and in the Netherlands.

‘Cargando la Suerte’ (2009) – Jean Girigori. ‘Niña Hormiga’ (2011) – Jean Girigori. Acrylic on Canvas Untitled by Jean Girigori

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