Madjeen Isaac

Madjeen Isaac is a Brooklyn based Haitian-American artist whose practice is rooted in home, community and land stewardship. Isaac centers Caribbean diasporic experiences and practices that grants joy, leisure, and liberation, ultimately challenging the constraints of reality. Isaac reimagines and hybridizes landscapes by incorporating elements of her hometown Brooklyn and ancestral homeland Haiti.

Isaac is currently an artist in residence at Smack Mellon. She received a BFA in Fine Art from The Fashion Institute of Technology (2018) and an MA in Art+Edu & Community Practice at New York University (2021). Residencies completed include, BRIClab: Contemporary Artist Residency Program (2022/23), the Laundromat Project Fellowship (2021) and LakouNOU Artist Residency Program at Haiti Cultural Exchange (2018). Her work has been exhibited at Swivel Gallery (2023) Jenkins Johnson Projects Gallery (2023), The Frost Art Museum (2023), The Art and Design Gallery at FIT (2020) among others and has works in private collections. Isaac is a recipient of the Women of Distinction Award for Arts and Entertainment Award (2022) and New York City Artist Corps Grant (2021).