User:ActivistLATINO/Vladimir Cybil Charlier

This work shows modern African-American icons such as Harriet Tubman and Bob Marley as archetypes of African and Caribbean descent throughout a total of twenty-two art pieces in an effort to create a universal connection. Throughout this piece of work, she uses visuals and symbols that are unbound to any culture or part of the world. Some of the titles include Zaka Du Bois, Ella Yamaja, and Ti Jimmy Danto. Within this context, she explores her "in-between-ness" in her art as it relates to these two different geographical and cultural points. Her work often incorporates religious, spiritual, and Afro-diasporic elements and symbols from these two cultures into a unified image. This also relates to identity and how others understand their own culture. With pieces such as A Strange Bath, she comments on politics, underrepresentation, and tensions between countries Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Through this work, she also comments on the concept of repatriation and the struggles of the citizens of these two nations as a result of political decisions in these two governments. For the Lead section - Her parents' migration into the United States allowed her to receive an education in fine arts and become an artist. Today she has a variety of work collections that have been displayed in numerous exhibitions within the United States and abroad.