Inez Barlatier is a Haitian-American multidisciplinary artist and youth educator. At the age of 12 years old, she joined her father’s band, Jan Sebon & Kazak International. Inez led her own band, Kazoots, for 6 years. She received a Knight Arts Champion grant recommended by Miami Light Project which produced her debut EP entitled MOUN|MOON. With a L.E.A.P. grant from Miami Theater Center, Inez produced a children’s show entitled Ayiti: Stories & Songs from Haiti which was featured as a spotlight presentation at the 2020 International Performance Art for Youth Conference.
Upcoming works include a Haitian-Cameroonian fusion theatrical music concert called “Sharing Grandmothers” with Afro-Pop artist, Lornoar, and directed by Carlos Caballero of FundArte. This project received a New Works grant from the Knight Foundation in December 2020.
Inez’s work has been featured on CVM TV Sunrise (Kingston,Jamaica), CBS 4 News Miami, Channel 39 WSFL-TV, NPR, WLRN, WDNA, PBS, Complex TV, Island TV, The Miami New Times, The Miami Herald, TomTom Magazine, FundArte & LUDI, an independent film created by Edson Jean.
Inez strives to impact the lives of women and girls using the arts as a tool for self-empowerment. Inez is currently a teaching artist with Guitars Over Guns and has also worked as a teaching artist with Miami Girls Rock Camp, Miami Theater Center and The Motivational Edge. Her theatrical portfolio includes a Cuba & Central American Tour of Writing in Sand, written and directed by Carlos Caballero and upcoming play debut of F/Punk Junkies written and directed by award winning playwright, Teo Castellanos.