Fitgi Saint-Louis (New York, NY) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Queens. She received her BFA in Design at the School of Visual Arts in 2011 and has been an adjunct professor at the school since 2020. 

Saint-Louis’ work considers the layered and intertwined legacies of the African diaspora influenced by her Haitian American heritage. Further expanding portraits of Black figures through vibrant, joyful and playful imagery. She utilizes color and form to visualize subjects at rest, in dreamscapes, in movement and mediation. Her abstracted figures honor the multifaceted ancestry of the Black experience and work formats influenced from her expertise in design for the built environment. Her practice includes paintings, textiles, sculpture, dance, video and public installations. 

Her debut solo exhibition was presented at the Underground Gallery, New York (2022). Select group exhibitions featuring her work include Kente Royal Gallery, New York (2023); The Africa Center, New York (2023); Lower East Side Girls Club, New York (2019); School of Visual Arts (2011). The artist has installed a public mural in Elmont, New York (2023). 

Saint-Louis has collaborated on an expansive range of design and advocacy projects, being awarded the Rising Star Award from Interior Design Magazine (2020). A true multi-hyphenate she is an accomplished dancer, choreographer, and educator with film and television credits, has taught internationally, at the Alvin Ailey Extension Program and Peridance Capezio Studio (NYC). 

She is an organizer in the Design as Protest Collective, a fellow in the Urban Design Forum, member of the National Organization of Minority Architects and Dark Matter U. Saint-Louis is dedicated to the democratic accessibility of art education to all, sponsoring and teaching workshops in conjunction with solo exhibitions for young artists within local communities.