Fitgi Saint-Louis is a multidisciplinary artist based in Harlem, NY. Her work considers the intertwined nature of identity, remembrance and community within African, American and Caribbean cultures. Appearing in paint, textiles and sculpture, her abstracted figures honor the multifaceted ancestry of the African diaspora. With a background in design, Saint-Louis utilizes form and color to present Black figures in vibrant and contemplative imagery.
Saint-Louis was awarded the Rising Star Award by Interior Design Magazine, is an adjunct professor (SVA), an organizer in Design as Protest, a member of Urban Design Forum, National Organization of Minority Architects and Society of Experiential Graphic Designers. She was recently selected by NYC Department of Transportation to create a community commission this year in Harlem.
Her influences have been the great Charles White, Japanese costume designer Eiko Ishioka and Josef Albers. Creative artists from the 19th and the 20th century. Charles White was an American painter, muralist, sketch artist and lithographer. Josef Albers was a German designer, painter, educator and typographer. Eiko Ishioka was a Japanest art director, costume designer and graphic designer.
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