Come meet and listen to the artist himself, Assandre Jean-Baptiste (b. 1994, Essex, NJ), nom de plume “Huey Dynamite,’ do an artist talk with his artwork displayed all throughout Hyphen Space.

Assandre is an artist and visual storyteller based in Dallas, Texas. ‘Huey Dynamite’ is a moniker created by Jean-Baptiste to signify the explosive power of color in his art. 

Working primarily in acrylics, Jean-Baptiste channels contemporary influences in animation, music, pop culture, and literature to paint vibrant subjects in both personality and pigmentation. Jean-Baptiste explores themes of identity, creativity, introspection, and exploration with Black individuals in his past and present. Through his work, Jean-Baptiste celebrates and reveres Black American culture through expressive portraiture saturated in color.