Owner & Artist
Katherin Joyette is an Afro-Indigenous artist, storyteller, and founder of Livity Tree Art. Her work is rooted in cultural memory and resistance, weaving together the ancestral threads of the Caribbean, Africa, and the Americas. Through painting, writing, and creative activism, she reclaims erased histories and honors the resilience of Black and Indigenous peoples who survived genocide, enslavement, and forced misclassification.
Her art carries deep spiritual and ancestral symbolism—whether through the Tree of Life, Mahamaya, or her goddess series—each piece is both prayer and protest. Inspired by traditions of matriarchal sovereignty, Katherin’s practice confronts the colonial legacies that redefined dark-skinned Natives as “Negro” under laws like the 1924 Racial Integrity Act, and amplifies the voices of Caribbean and American Aboriginal women whose stories were buried under empire.
For Katherin, art is not just creation—it is remembrance, healing, and resistance. Her pieces invite viewers into dialogue with their own ancestral roots, urging them to unlearn colonial narratives and embrace the wisdom of Indigenous ways of being. Through Livity Tree Art, she creates sustainable, conscious art that bridges past and future, spirit and matter, resistance and beauty.