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Gigi Lilavois is a painter born in Haiti. She is obliged to flee from Haiti, as an orphan she finds a shelter with her younger sister in New York where she settles and starts painting in the 70's. She keeps working in a theater in order to take care of her family. 

Her kitchen becomes her studio where she keeps painting day and night, she paints oils on canvas at her easel, searching at day time the light from the kitchen window of her tiny flat in Soho.  She is painting naive Art in a pure haitian manner, but soon with her own style.  She moved to Florida where she lives with her family. 


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All artworks of Gigi Lilavois
Painting, HAITI, 1970. Haiti, mon pays tant chéri. Haiti, my beloved country, Gigi Lilavois

HAITI, 1970. Haiti, mon pays tant chéri. Haiti, my beloved country

Gigi Lilavois

Painting - 70 x 120 x 1 cm

$2,202

Painting, 1970 Rêve Astral Dream, Gigi Lilavois

1970 Rêve Astral Dream

Gigi Lilavois

Painting - 40 x 55 x 1 cm

$2,202

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Who is the artist?

Gigi Lilavois is a painter born in Haiti. She is obliged to flee from Haiti, as an orphan she finds a shelter with her younger sister in New York where she settles and starts painting in the 70's. She keeps working in a theater in order to take care of her family. 

Her kitchen becomes her studio where she keeps painting day and night, she paints oils on canvas at her easel, searching at day time the light from the kitchen window of her tiny flat in Soho.  She is painting naive Art in a pure haitian manner, but soon with her own style.  She moved to Florida where she lives with her family. 

What is Gigi Lilavois’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Black Painters

When was Gigi Lilavois born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1952