BIOGRAPHY

I, am Kern Grace Saint Dic, some years old Haitian living in America. I was born and grew up in Haiti, and moved to the U.S.A. in March 2006. I am an actor, interrelated media artist and a father. My work focus primarily on racial justice, my spirituality, and my life experience. As an actor, I work in Theater, and Performance Arts. Musically, I am a vocalist and a pianist. I also play the drums, the bass and the guitar. As a fine artist, I work with pen & ink, acrylic, and charcoal, in the artful style of realism. 

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I discovered my drawing skills at an early age, in my Friday drawing class in elementary school. I was around 9. I used to be commissioned by other students to complete their weekly drawings for my lunch money. Then in 2003, I took over my father’s guitar, which he had sent to my oldest brother, Samuel, and started to pick at it. Samuel supported me, and helped me discover Bob Marley, Buju Banton and many others, all from his Walkman. He actually challenged me to learn to play No Woman No Cry, and Redemption Song, even though my guitar only had the E string. Eventually, my neighbor, Jean Robert Frederick, taught me some fingerpicking, and my first 5 chords.

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In 2006, as Port-Au-Prince had started getting unstable from the departure of Aristide, I moved to Boston with the rest of the family to join my father, who was already living here since 1991 and Samuel, since 2005. That’s where I discovered more creative avenues. While still in high school, I got into Sports & Wedding photography. My high school Film Photography teacher, Mr. Nozea introduced me to my photography mentor, Stan Litchman, who helped me to get work as a Student Sports Photographer.

During that time, I also discovered my talents using charcoal, pen and ink, digital art and acrylic painting to express myself creatively

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Two years into college, I dropped out to form a band with my younger brother, Henrick, (and friends), called Rozo (meaning Reeds). Our performances included various music festivals, and numerous fundraisers for Earthquake and Hurricane Relief Funds for Haiti.

Couple years later, I enrolled and was accepted into MassArt's Studio For Interrelated Media, where I was introduced to, and studied Performance Arts including Improvisational Theater. In 2015, I birthed the play "Wake Up, Monticello", a response to the Declaration of Independence, (which gave birth to the play: “Breath, the Project”).

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With all of those skills being added, and all the diversity I represented, I struggled with my identity in many ways. It’s a struggle to fit anywhere. Most industries are looking for specialists, so I get bored doing the same thing over and over. My religious circle is often not artistic at all, and frown upon my eclectic style, and my artistic circle is almost always anti-religious, and they cringe at my Jesus references.

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I do not feel so African American when people ask me where I am from (in the context of my accent, see?). But I was never one to concern myself with what others think of me, and I can not be bullied. Some would say I am stubborn even, but I think I just speak my mind. 

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But… my biggest struggle yet, is whether I move to Paris, to be closer to my son, who is, btw, born on the same day as me, or do I stay in the U.S. to live out my purpose.