Jean-Herard Celeur is a senior member of Atis Rezistans, a group who live and work in the neighborhood of Gran Rue in downtown Port-au-Prince. Celeur started working with wood as a child, sanding and staining tourist items. Eventually he learned wood carving and later started adding found items to his work and entered the world of fine art.

It's a busy area, alive with the sounds of woodworkers, auto mechanics, printing presses and other small enterprises, all of which generate refuse, used up junk. Celeur and the other ingenious artists of the Gran Rue, collect the old tires and engine blocks, mufflers, fans and radiators and transform them into mystical figures, masks, and other assemlages which pay homage to the Gods of Haitian Vodou as well as addressing social and historical issues. The artists' ateliers are bulging beyond capacity so the art spills out into the neighborhood; There are hundreds and hundreds of these sculptures standing in alleys and hanging on walls., Intense and hilarious art is everywhere, a permanent, living exhibit for people who do not frequent museums.

Another Gran Rue artist, Guyodo