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document.write("<h3><strong>Jean Eugene Remy</strong></h3>");
document.write("<p>With a distinctive style and innovative capacity that doesn't quit, Jean Eugene Remy is definately an artist on the rise. He makes great use of three dimensional imagery and his sculptures are filled with action and detail.</p><p> Born in 1984 in Port-au-Prince, his mother was already a widow with 3 small boys to feed. At the age of six, he began working “the iron cut for people,” eventually apprenticing in the workshop of Julio Balan.</p><p>He remembers his very first sale with fondness and pride: a voodoo piece, sold to a German customer for $30. (US) Though he is Catholic, it is not uncommon in Haiti to blend Catholic and Voodoo practices and symbolism. </p><p>The two are quite compatible in the traditional Haitian view. In 2009, he participated in a “Sirena” exhibition in the Dominican Republic and two years later, travelled to Eaton, Florida as a guest artist.  There he demonstrated his craft at the “Zora!” Festival of Arts and Humanities, where the theme for the year was &quot;Remembering Haiti.&quot;</p><p>Jean Eugene has a vision of art as his life’s work.  It is his clearly passion.  He says, “I dream of having a golden hammer and making my coffin in a beautiful work of iron.&quot; </p>");
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