Asser Saint-Val will be in residence at Rosemary Square from June 21 - August 2, 2021.
Asser Saint-Val (b. 1974, Port-de-Paix, Haiti) is a South Florida-based, multi-disciplinary artist, graphic designer, and musician. His work explores Neuromelanin (a dark pigment found in the brain which is structurally related to melanin) with an interest in spirituality and self-consciousness.
He has had several solo and group shows throughout South Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee, as well as in New York and Washington, DC. Internationally, Saint-val has exhibited in Argentina and throughout the Caribbean, including Haiti, Bahamas, Grenada, Aruba, Havana, Santiago de Cuba, and Puerto Rico. In 2017, one of his installation’s was selected to represent Paris Perfume’s new cologne, Pour Un Homme CARON Sport, during Miami Art Week.
Saint-Val has received numerous awards including the Consortium Award in 2006 and 2011 for mixed media paintings, the Artist Access Grant, and The Diaspora Vibe Cultural Incubator grant in 2017. He has participated in residencies at Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator (DVCAI), Jacmel, Haiti (Fosaje), Santiago de Cuba (Casa del Caribe & Taller Cultural “Luis Diaz Oduardo), and in Jamaica, WI (Edna Manley College), and earned BFAs in painting and graphic design from the New World School of the Arts and University of Florida. Saint-Val’s work is represented in a number of private and public collections including The Rubell Museum, Dr. Arturo & Liza Mosquera Collection, Miami-Dade Public Library, Francie Bishop Good, and Mireille Chancy-Gonzalez Collection, among others.
Creating Magic.
The Philosopher Stone by Asser Saint-Val
Inter | Sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City
Corcoran School of Art and Design
Installation View, Inter|Sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City
Asser Saint-Val, in collaboration with Edgar Romeo, Chivonnie Gius, Patty Suau, Micheal Elliott, and Dyhemmia Williams sponsored by DVCAI & Corcoran School of Art and Design.
