Guyodo lives and works in the building where he was born and raised, alongside his grandmother, parents, and numerous siblings. Like many children in his community, after completing primary school, he began crafting wooden souvenirs for tourists. Until the age of 25, he played professional football. Later, he became involved in the founding of the artist collective Atis Rezis- tans, whose members recycle all kinds of materials—including cars and trucks—into artworks, some of which make strong social and political statements.His entire neighborhood has been transformed into an open-air museum: sculptures line narrow streets, hang from walls, and overflow from studios to fill apartment corridors. Guyodo also opened his workshop to local children to encourage their engagement with artistic production.
Through figures that evoke gods and spirits—whether drawn or made from industrial scraps—he incorporates elements of Haitian culture while reflecting on the excesses of a globalized consumer society. In 2006, at the request of the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, he and three other artists created a giant sculpture commemorating the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery following the Haitian Revolution.
GUYODO (frantz jacques, known as)
