 Galerie Marassa first opened its doors November 23, 1977 in Pétion-Ville, Haiti to promote contemporary Haitian art and Culture. Ever since, the gallery has always focused its efforts on supporting the new art trends of Haiti and the Caribbean.
Michele Gardere Frisch is a graduated interior designer from Escuela de Artes Decorativos in Madrid, Spain, and from New England School of Art in Boston in 1976. She is the guiding spirit, the owner and director of the gallery. For the past 30 years, Michele has been engaged in the promotion of culture and tourism in Haiti.
Michele is a director on the following boards: The Musee d’Art Haitien du College St Pierre; the Association Touristique D’Haiti; Fondation Culture Creation; and Fondation Lucienne Deschamps.
The gallery has participated in more than 150 exhibitions in Haiti and around the world alone or with other institutions.
Just to name a few:
1982-Casa de Francia, Dominican Republic
1983-Detroit Institute of Art, USA
1986-Union des Banques de Paris, France
1987-Union des Assurances de Paris, Place Vendome, France
1988-DCOTA, Dania, Florida
1992-Art Miami
1992-Foire de Seville, Spain
1992-Espace Carpeaux, Paris, France
1992-"Saint Soleil” New Expressions in Haitian Art, Center of Conptemporary Art, Miami, Florida
1993-Carib Art, UNESCO, Curacao
1993-Casa De Francia, Dominican Republic
1993-Tresor Art, Singapore
1993-Art Multiple, Düsseldorf, Germany
1994-Art Miami with Andres Art Gallery
1994-New Trends Art, Hong Kong
1994-Decouverte, Paris, France
1994-Saga 94, Paris, France
1994-Fial 94, Bruxelles
1994-Fisher Island Gallery, Miami, Florida
1994-IV Bienal International de Pintura, Cuenca, Ecuador
1995-Centro de Bellas Artes, Maracaibo, Venezuela
1995-Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
1996-Musée du Pantheon Haitien, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
1996-Centre Albert Brochette, Bruxelles
1996-Bienal of the Caribbean and Central America, Dominican Republic
1997-Lobby Art, World Bank, Haiti
1997-Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba
1998-Haitian Art & Religion, Reriti Art Center, Finland
1998-Les droits de l”home, Unesco, Musee d’art haitien
1998-"Haiti: Femmes et Creation," Bibliotheque Municipale de Nantes, France
1998-Haiti au toit de la grande Arche, Paris, France
1999-Una vision pictorica de la Hispaniola, Museo de las Americas, Puerto Rico
2001-First Annual Haitian Heritage Month, Miami, Florida
2002-Second Annual Haitian Heritage Month, Miami, Florida
2004-Vodou, Abbaye de Daoulas, Daoulas, France
2004-Kafou Marassa, Galerie Marassa, Haiti
2006-Co-curator « Roots » The work of Philippe Dodard, Broward County Main Library
2007-Wilfrid Austin Casimir <Explosion1-Hommage a Tiga> Galerie Marassa, Haiti
2007-Couleurs, Colores, Colors, Jacmel, Haiti
2007-"Me and My Mirror" by Philippe Dodard, Galerie Marassa and GMI Art Gallery Miami. First Dodard online auction: gmiartgallery.com
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