Keithy Antoine is a Haitian-Canadian visual artist, cultural entrepreneur, host, and media personality who is socially engaged, a mother, and a student.
A member of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Wecaners collective, she exhibits internationally (Louisiana, Guadeloupe, Cameroon, Brazil) and creates permanent installations in Montreal. A laureate of the 23rd Black History Month (2023), she created its official logo in 2014 and was in residence in São Paulo in 2025. She is the artistic director of the documentary Konbit on Afro-ecology (NFB, 2026).
A member of the UDA, she has been hosting programs since 1991. She co-hosts Pa t’mentir on Radio-Canada (Gémeaux and Numix Awards), contributes to PAN M 360, and hosts the podcast Nouveaux Départs on Canal M. From 2014 to 2025, she founded and directed Espace Urbain Montréal, supporting over a hundred creative entrepreneurs from immigrant backgrounds—an achievement recognized with the Innovation Award at the 2023 IDEE Gala.
She also founded Union Urbaine, a non-profit cultural organization dedicated to marginalized artists. For decades, she has worked to promote diversity, feminism, and Afro culture in Quebec.
“Creativity is not a talent, but a mindset.”
Artwork description
This artwork transforms the pillars of the A40 into a true open-air art gallery in the heart of Montreal’s Saint-Michel neighborhood. Eight local muralists have created some twenty colorful murals on the highway’s columns, thereby kickstarting the area’s revitalization. This artistic gesture serves as a powerful visual landmark for the Circus art district and makes the space more welcoming for pedestrians and cyclists. An initiative by and for the community, designed primarily by local artists and intended for the residents of Saint-Michel.


