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About the Artist:
Born and raised in Haiti, Sophia Lacroix migrated to Florida, USA, at 15 in 1984 where she has since lived. She earned a BS in Nutrition from UF in 1992 and has since worked in social services full-time while working part-time as a self-taught artist. Lacroix creates bright, hyper-realistic oil paintings and charcoal drawing scenes of everyday life about nostalgic memories of Haiti. She has earned numerous awards and published in various books and magazines. She has created and sold hundreds of oil paintings and charcoal drawings in a nearly 30-year art career, including a 6-foot by 9-foot mural commissioned in 2008 by the City of Miami and on permanent display on the southeast wall of the Little Haiti Cultural Center in Miami.
Sophia Lacroix uses powerful imagery and strong colors to convincingly portray the strength and bravery of the Haitian people, as well as the innocence and playfulness of children. In nearly three decades of painting professionally, she has developed a loyal following of local, international, and famous collectors. In 2007, Lacroix was honored as ‘Artist of the Year’ by the City of North Miami, in celebration of The Seventh Haitian Cultural Heritage Month Celebration, for whichshe created a unique painting published as ‘Poster of the Year’. To commemorate this event, the artist was awarded a show at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in North Miami and received several awards from local municipalities and dignitaries, including one from U.S. Congressman Kendrick Meek.
In 2008, Lacroix was one of six artists selected and commissioned by the City of Miami to create a mural for the new Little Haiti Cultural Complex. In 2017, she was commissioned to create a unique painting titled ‘Neighborhood HELP-Respect, Collaboration, Tolerance’ by Dr. Pedro Greer, then Chair of the FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine’s Department of Humanities, Health, and Society. She is honored that this painting is on exhibit on the first floor of the FIU College of Medicine building located on the Modesto Maidique Campus in Sweetwater, Florida. In 2022, the artist was selected from 349 applicants as the winner of a solo exhibit in the Fall of 2023 from the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood’s 2022 Florida Biennial: “Installations, Portraiture, Materiality, and Magic Realism”, a competitive show juried by Ylva Rouse, Senior Curator at MOCA Jacksonville. The solo exhibit, ‘Vivid Caribbean Nostalgia’, in Fall 2023, revealed highly detailed portraiture of people in everyday routines and activities inspired by the artist’s memories of Haiti. In February 2024, during their NoMi Evening of Honors, the City of North Miami’s Mayor Alix Desulme and City Council celebrated the artist as one of ten South Florida modern history makers and community builders who make an impact beyond their specific industry. TLacroix and her beloved spouse are parents to their daughter who has inspired several of the artist’s paintings. The artist is a resident of the City of Hollywood, Florida. One cannot help but be captivated by Lacroix’s realistic imagery on canvas.