Haitian-St. Lucian-American artist. Born in Columbus, Ohio.
Artist. Filmmaker. Photographer.
Gotham EDU Fellow. i-D Featured Photographer.
Bachelor of Arts in Moving Image Production from The Ohio State University.
Artistic practice examining Black identity, marginalization, displacement, and systemic erasure through experimental film, documentary, and photography.
Art, creative direction, and consulting practice spanning music video, editorial, and fashion photography for brands and musicians.
contact: lsthilaire2004@gmail.com
CVSelected Screenings & Exhibitions
ImageOhio and FotoFocus Biennial Exhibition, Franklinton Across Time: The Floodplain Imagination (2026)
FotoFocus Biennial Exhibition, Portraiture as Memory (2026)
La Esperanza, Producer and Assistant Editor. Official selection, Tribeca Festival (2026)
La Esperanza, Producer and Assistant Editor. Best Documentary, CineYouth Film Festival (2026)
Maroon, Cinema Columbus Film Festival, official selection
(2026)
Maroon, Ohio State Senior Showcase, Wexner Center for the Arts, (2026)
Chipped Teeth Exhibition, The Ohio State University Fine Arts Library, group show (2025)
Image Ohio Exhibition, group show (2025)
Publications
i-D, "July 2026 in Photos" (2026) Urban Art Space Artist Commune Journal, Issue No. 2 (2026)
Fellowships
The Gotham EDU Film & Media Career Development Program (2026)
Awards & Grants
Greater Columbus Arts Council Artist Funds Grant (2026) John Fergus Scholarship and Exhibition (2025) Arts Undergraduate Research Scholarship, AURS (2024) Arts and Humanities Small Grant (2024) Theatre, Film, and Media Arts Special Projects Grant (2024) Newirth Scholarship Award (2024) Bess H. Floyd Cultural Arts Scholarship (2024) Ohio State University STEP Scholarship (2024)
BA, Moving-Image Production, Minor in Studio Art & Film Studies, The Ohio State University, Magna Cum Laude Film study abroad, LaborBerlin, Berlin, Germany