Biography

Jean-Jacques Stephen Alexis

JanJak II, the son of acclaimed Haitian novelist Jacques Stephen Alexis, has been playing with colors since he was six years old.

In 1971, he was a student at Poto-Mitan, the art school of Saint Soleil’s Founder: Haitian Master Jean Claude Garoute “Ti Ga “. There he studied various art forms with Ti Ga, Frido and Patrick Vilaire. After relocating to Washington DC in 1982, he met Yankel Ginzburg, working in his studio for a short assignment, this is where he was first attracted to Modern Art.

JanJak II, has been around art for most of his life, he spent a summer at the Musée de L’art Haitien under Pierre Monosier, working with world Known Artists Raymond Olivier, Rose Marie Desruisseau and Antonio Joseph. Francine Murat a family friend took him regularly to the Centre D’art where again he was exposed to the magic of voodoo art and the marvelous colors of Caribbean art.