Patrick Eugène

Patrick Eugène (b. 1984, Brooklyn, NY) is a Haitian American painter whose large-scale figurative compositions explore themes of human connection, memory, and diasporic identity. Drawing from his concentration in Abstract Expressionism, Eugène creates atmospheric works that balance figuration and abstraction through rhythmic line, open space, and a quiet emotional stillness.

Eugène’s work is in dialogue with historic Black artists including Beauford Delaney, Horace Pippin, and Ed Clark, as well as contemporary artists such as Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Henry Taylor. His paintings depict the complexities of everyday life within scenes of Black America, while incorporating African diasporic connections between Haiti, the Caribbean, and North America. Working intuitively, Eugène often begins with photographs he has taken himself, later transforming them into portraits that depart from naturalism and evoke the abstraction of ancient African art alongside the vibrant color palettes associated with Haiti.

After beginning his artistic practice later in life, Eugène has quickly gained international recognition. His work has been exhibited at Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town; Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm; and the Metropolitan Museum of Manila. His work is held in the collections of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta; the Mead Art Museum, Amherst; The Dean Collection, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.