Frantz Zephirin

Zephirin, Frantz (December 17, 1968- ) Zephirin was born in Cap Haitien, Haiti on December 17, 1968. . As a toddler he sat and watched his uncle, the Haitian painter Antoine Obin, as he worked. In October 1996, he was awarded the Gold medal in the Third Biennal of Caribbean and Central American Painting, sponsored the The Museum of Modern Art of the Dominican Republic. He was one of five Haitians to be included in the V Biennal in Cuenca, Ecuador in 1996. One of his paintings is featured on the cover of the bestseller The mmaculate Invasion by Bob Shacochis (New York: Viking, 1999).