Edouard Duval-Carrie

Edouard Duval-Carrié (b. Haiti) is a contemporary artist and curator based in Miami. As a teenager, Duval-Carrié fled the regime of François “Papa Doc” Duvalier and subsequently resided in Puerto Rico, New York, Montreal, Paris and Miami.

Parallels thus emerge between the artist’s lifestyle and his sensitivity toward the multifaceted identities that form his native Haiti. At heart, Duval-Carrié is an educator: he challenges the viewer to make meaning of dense iconography derived from Caribbean history, politics and religion. His mixed-media works and installations present migrations and transformations, often human and spiritual.

The conceptual layering of Duval-Carrié’s work is further emphasized in his materials and through consistent attention to translucent and reflective mediums, such as glitter, glass and resin. The introspective effects of these mediums transform his works into spatial interventions that implicate the viewer in their historicity. At their most fundamental, the works ask the viewer to rethink the Western canon, to take a moment to consider how Africa and the Caribbean have shaped the modern American world.

Learn more on his website here.

Commissioned Work

Filmed by Alexa Caravia