KATHIA ST. HILAIRE: THE VOCALS OF THE CHAOTIC BURST

PERROTIN Paris is pleased to present The Vocals Of The Chaotic Burst, Kathia St. Hilaire's first solo exhibition in France.

January 10 - March 7, 2026

Kathia St. Hilaire’s work brings together printmaking, painting, collage, and weaving to create richly textured surfaces. Her compositions are built through an intensive printmaking process, often layering dozens of impressions made from carved linoleum blocks. Ink is pressed repeatedly into the surface, producing dense fields of color and pattern shaped by time, pressure, and repetition. The layered nature of her process reflects the layered histories she explores.

St. Hilaire becomes involved with the long and complex history of Haiti, where her parents emigrated when she was a child. Her work reflects the lasting effects of colonial rule, foreign occupation, and political struggle, as well as the lived experience of Haitian diasporic communities in the United States.

St. Hilaire is drawn to histories that have been overlooked, erased, or deliberately silenced. She approaches these narratives by blending historical research with myth, symbolism, and imagination, an approach she has described as a form of magical realism. Her compositions hold both documented events and legendary figures, allowing fact and fiction to exist side by side.