Sharing the joy of abstract art
About me
Born from a passion for abstract expression
My name is Cassandra Saint-Jean. As an abstract painter, I founded The Colorful Connection with a simple wish: to share the profound joy and thrill I feel whenever I pick up a brush. Art possesses an incredible healing power that dissolves stress and brings people together. Through our guided mobile sessions, we invite everyone to discover that same creative freedom without judgment or rigid rules. Based in West Orange, New Jersey, The Colorful Connection brings creative energy, healing, and genuine human connection straight to your door through mobile abstract painting workshops and parties.
Exhibition/Press
EXHIBITIONS:
2026:
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Group Exhibition, Female Hysteria, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
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Solo Exhibition, Look Longer, 685 Third Avenue, New York, NY
2025:
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Group Exhibition, Black Art Unveiled, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
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Solo Exhibition, Renewal, West Orange Public Library, West Orange, NJ
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Group Exhibition, Alfa Art Gallery, NBAS Watercolor and Mixed Media, New Brunswick, NJ
2024:
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Solo Exhibition, A Journey Through Time, Rialto Gallery Center of Creativity, Westfield, NJ
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Group Exhibition, Miniature Artwork, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
2023:
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Group Exhibition, The Diva Difference, West Orange Arts Council, West Orange, NJ
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Group Exhibition, Bloom, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
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Group Exhibition, Soulful Vibes, Art is Bond Gallery, Montclair, NJ
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Group Exhibition, Celebrating our sisters, Durham University, United Kingdom
2022:
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Solo Exhibition, Dream, Queen City Coffee Roasters, Plainfield, NJ
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Group Exhibition, Heal in color, Jefferson Hospital. Cherry Hill, NJ
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Solo Exhibition, Life in color, West Orange Public Library, West Orange, NJ
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Group Exhibition, Take Me Home Tonight, Flemington DIY, Flemington, NJ
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Group Exhibition, Pigment of Imagination, Whitespace Art Gallery, Hackettstown, NJ
2021:
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Solo Exhibition, A little bit of joy, Queen City Coffee Roasters. Plainfield NJ
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Solo Exhibition, Taste of Color, End of Elm. Morristown NJ
AWARDS & HONORS:
2025 — Third Place Award, Watercolor and Mixed Media Exhibition, Alfa Art Gallery
PUBLICATION & PRESS:
Worrall Media: Pierro Gallery’s Female Hysteria showcases nine women artists, 2026
Essex Review: “Female Hysteria” dazzles, provokes in South Orange Exhibition, 2026
Best Life Magazine: Living in Color, 2026
The Mark: Artist Stories on making and meaning, 2026
Alfa Art Gallery, Between stillness and surge exhibition 2025
Essex News Daily: Self-Taught painter from West Orange finds success across artistic mediums, 2022
TapInto West Orange: West Orange Photographer discovers her talent for painting during Quarantine, 2022
