Desiree LaFleur
New Orleans, LA
PrintIllustration
Desiree LaFleur is a Black Creole printmaker and illustrator based in New Orleans. Her linocut and letterpress prints celebrate the visual culture of Louisiana — from Mardi Gras Indian suits to shotgun house architecture to the hand-painted signage of neighborhood po'boy shops. LaFleur holds an MFA from Tulane University and a BFA from Xavier University of Louisiana. She has exhibited at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and Prospect New Orleans. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Amistad Research Center and the Historic New Orleans Collection. She runs Bayou Press, a letterpress studio in the Bywater neighborhood.
The Process
Background
Education
- 2010MFA, Printmaking — Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
- 2006BFA, Fine Arts — Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
Exhibitions
- 2025Carnival Lines — Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
- 2022Southern Impressions — New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Residencies
- 2018Printmaking Fellow — Penland School of Craft, Bakersville, NC
Awards
- 2021Louisiana Division of the Arts Fellowship — Baton Rouge, LA
