LLANOR ALLEYNE

BIOGRAPHY

Llanor Alleyne is a Barbados-born, New York-raised mixed media artist. Exploring the transformation and transfiguration of female selfhood through the use of paint and photography, her work breaks away from the conventional demands of modern collage-making by using originally created abstract paintings on various materials, including mylar and paper, to examine female figurative presentation and the empathetic rapport women are often assumed to have with the natural world.

Alleyne was one of five artists selected in 2022 for a residency at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. The Museum commissioned a large-scale mixed media work by Alleyne for the 2024 exhibition, "The Plural of He."

EXHIBITIONS

2024 "The Plural of He," Group Exhibition, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York, NY
2024 Affordable Art Fair New York Spring 2024 Edition, New York, NY
2023 "15-Year Anniversary Exhibition," Group Exhibition, Leonard Tourné Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Affordable Art Fair New York Spring 2023 Edition, New York, NY
2020 "Fugitive Ecologies," Solo Exhibition (Virtual), Leonard Tourné Gallery, New York, NY
2019 "Another Point of View," Group Exhibition, Embassy of Barbados, Washington, D.C. 
2019 "Immigrant: Sculptures and Paintings," Curated by Ancel Daniel, Embassy of Argentina, Barbados 
2018 "6 for a 9," Exhibition with Ronald Williams, Morningside Gallery, Punch Creative Media, Barbados 
2018 "Manchas & Collages," Exhibition with Poli Baum, Embassy of Argentina, Barbados
2018 "Artistic Interventions," Group Exhibition, Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Bridgetown, Barbados
2018 Enclothed Cognition Collaborative Kimono, Group Exhibition, Koorkappen en designs FASHIONCLASH, Bonnefantenmuseum: Maastricht, Netherlands
2018 Enclothed Cognition Collaborative Kimono, Group Exhibition, Showroom Limburg, Cube Design Museum, Kerkrade, Netherlands
2017 PRIZM Art Fair, "Universal Belonging" Group Show, Miami, FL
2017 Carifesta XIII, "Expressions" Group Show, Barbados
2017 MoCADA Museum, "My Collection" Group Show & Auction, Brooklyn, NY
2016 "Written in the Body," Solo Exhibition, Frame & Art Co., Barbados
2016 "Quaternary" Group Show, Gallerie NuEdge, Barbados
2012 "10 Squared: 100 Ways of Looking at the World" Group Show, LeRoy Neiman Art Center, New York, NY
2012 "Living Color" Group Show, Casa Frela Gallery, New York, NY

COMMISSIONS

2018 Esther Alix, Writer, Book Cover Design, Original Branding Logo and Materials
2018 Treasure Beach Hotel, Barbados: "Celine" and 32 first edition prints of "Juhanah"
2017 Fairmont Royal Pavilion, Barbados: 32 first edition prints of "Luce Marie" and 32 first edition prints of "Scrap Museum: No. 11"
2016 IDA Publishing Brand Logo: "Evangeline"
2013 Rashida & Zaria Book Cover by Esther Alix: Four original illustrations
2011 Marie Jean & Friends large-scale collage for Private Collector

COLLECTIONS

2019 "Immigrant: Sculptures and Paintings" by Ancel Daniel, Catalogue Editor with Dominic Skeete of IDZN
2017 "The Guard: An Intervention at the Barbados Museum and Historical Society" with Nyugen Smith
2016 "Enclothed Cognition" (Kimono pattern design) with Mark King and Noir Near Future

SELECT PRESS

"Llanor Alleyne: Exploring Femininity," Visionary Art Collective, October 12, 2020
"Sprouting Up in a New City," Quarantine Q&A, May 6, 2020 
"Llanor Alleyne’s female figures grounded in nature as an assertion and reclamation of inner selves," The Jamaican Observer, May 19, 2019
"Embassy of Argentina extends Argentina-Barbados Visual Arts exhibition with Llanor Alleyne and Poli Baum," The Embassy of Argentina, September 2018
"Art Diplomacy," World News, September 21, 2018
Enclothed Cognition Lookbook, Collaboration between Llanor Alleyne and clothing brand Enclothed Cognition, 2018 
"The Artist Sheena Rose Is Reaching Beyond Barbados," The New York Times, May 31, 2017