basquiat; dizzy & bird; frida khalo; bob dylan; jacob lawrence; sun ra; romare bearden; tom waits; bisa washington; billie holiday; francks francois deceus; rokia traore; jackson questel; cassandra wilson...
Nadïne LaFond is a painter / mixed media artist working on paper, canvas, wood and found objects, creating images that explore journey and dimension through the layering of symbols. Coming from a long line of visual artists, poets and musicians, LaFond began drawing symbols at age four while visiting family in Haiti. Relying on cues from Nature and personal experiences, her work layers the bird's eye view and the eye to eye encounter at once.
She is a musician performing as lead vocalist with experimental roots band, Swampadelica, who released their third album this Summer, titled “S’ac Passé?”, and recently contributed as back up vocalist on two albums; "Sticks & Stones" released by moe. and "The Green Sparrow" released by Mike Gordon.
Nadïne LaFond was born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in New Jersey where she currently lives, and studied at Rutgers Mason Gross School
of the Arts. She is presently a teaching artist with
Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers University.
statement
Making art for me starts with moments that immediately strike me as lessons. When the underlying tale begins to emerge, I follow that energy.
(songs on this page credits Nadïne LaFond as lyricist in collaboration w/ Swampadelica. more to come, including originals by Nadïne)
hey Nadine how are you?sorry it take me long to write but I ve no computer!!!I love the natural mystic we have done together tuesday it s the big party for the 10 years of BAZ I will hink of you and send you a peacefull ray of light,send you some rainbow mind hope you re good seb
