Olivier Souffrant
Olivier Jean-Daniel Souffrant is a Haitian artist based in New York. He combines digital collage with traditional painting, layering compositions created on Photoshop onto canvas or aluminum before reworking them with acrylics and oils. The artist is exhibiting at the first show of the permanent collection of Reiffers Art Initiatives, “Les Apparitions.”
Exhibition view of "Les Apparitions"
Olivier Souffrant, 2025
Court (Details)
Olivier Souffrant, 2025
Court, Reiffers Art Center, Paris
Olivier Souffrant, 2025Biography
Olivier Souffrant questions the saturation of images and their appropriation in the digital age. Drawing from online archives, magazines, and social media, he deconstructs and reassembles these fragments to create new compositions, printed on canvas or aluminum, before layering them with acrylic and oil paints.
Inspired by his Haitian heritage and diasporic experience, he explores the tensions between memory, identity, and reconstruction. Sport, as a stage for the body in action, occupies a central place in his work.
The artist reframes iconic moments in sports history, transforming them into immersive scenes that celebrate human connection, while playing with monumental scale to immerse the viewer in the action. Through this lens, he aims to create a bond that transcends cultural and geographical boundaries.