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Antoine Prince

New Orleans, Louisiana

Painted parody of a FBI “Wanted” poster, labeled instead “Murdered” depicting slain Civil Rights workers Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner paired with the contemporary murder of Arbery, Huber, and Rosenbaum.

Speak for Them

2023

Painting depicting Elizabeth Eckford of the Little Rock Nine walking to school in the midst of demons. She is painted in color, and the demons are in grey.

Fear No Evil

2019

Painting referencing photograph of protesters being attacked on Bloody Sunday 1965 in Selma, with portraits of young Black men murdered in contemporary times mixed into the crowd and foreground.

Still Bloody

2019

A person in Black masking Indian costume adorned in intricate, feathered attire singing and holding a tambourine in front of New Orleans row houses.

Can't Bow Down

2019

Artworks shown are selected from works submitted by the artist in their grant or residency application. All works are copyright of the artist or artist’s estate.

About Antoine Prince

In a high-contrast black-and white image, a Black man with a white beard, wearing a white hat and vest, poses in front of a painting featuring two masked faces.

Antoine Prince, Jr. is a native of New Orleans. He is a graduate of Southern University at New Orleans, where he received his BA degree in Art Education. He also attended New Orleans Center of Creative Arts (NOCCA) for one year in an intensive visual art program. However, it was at Southern University at New Orleans, under the tutelage of instructors in the Art Department, that his expression of art was fully realized. PRINCE, as he is widely known, hosted his first solo exhibition in 1991, entitled KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. Since that momentous event, he has held numerous art exhibitions across the city and also exhibited his art throughout Louisiana and the US. PRINCE is currently a teacher in the Talented Visual Art program at John Ehret High School in Marrero, LA.

Program Participation

Joan Mitchell Center Residency, 2025

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“ Living and working in New Orleans all my life, I am inspired by the soul and culture of my city. I look for clever and creative ways to convey messages through my work. As an oil painter, I draw my work from photographs from the past and re-imagine them in the contemporary. My paintings remain steeped in history as I cry out from the hilltop, TRUTH!”