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Artist Edouard Duval-Carrié

Introduction to Edouard Duval-Carrié . 1:07 min. Interview: Elisa Turner + Raymond Elman. Post-Production: Lee Skye. Music Director: Charles Dye. Recorded via ZOOM 9/3/25. Miami.

Edouard Duval-Carrié (b.1954) is a contemporary artist and curator based in Miami, Florida. Born and raised in Haiti, Duval-Carrié fled the regime of “Papa Doc” Duvalier as a teenager and subsequently resided in locales as diverse as Puerto Rico, New York, Montreal, Paris and Miami. Parallels thus emerge between the artist’s cosmopolitan lifestyle and his artistic 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. Recently the conceptual layering of Duval-Carrié’s works has been 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, Duval-Carrié’s works ask the viewer to complicate the Western Canon, to consider how Africa has shaped the Americas, and how the Caribbean has shaped the modern world.

— Lesley A. Wolff

— http://duval-carrie.com/

The videos below were recorded via Zoom, are organized by Success Factor, and run between 30 seconds and 6 minutes. Click on any video. You must be connected to the Internet to view the videos.

EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES: 2:58 min.

Growing up in Haiti, what was your first awareness of art of any discipline?

OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED: 0:59 sec.

When you were young, did you consider yourself to be the best artist in your school?

RESILIENCE: 0:57 sec.

How old were you when you left Haiti, and what were the circumstances under which you left?

RESILIENCE: 0:39 sec.

Were you bullied in Puerto Rico for being a foreigner?

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 1:35 min.

Where did you go to school and what did you learn that still informs you today?

CRITICAL THINKING: 2:27 min.

What type of artwork were you making when you were in school in Montreal?

SELF-CONFIDENCE: 0:46 sec.

The French make fun of French-Canadian accents. How did French-Canadians react to your Haitian-French accent?

COMMUNITY VALUES: 1:45 min.

When did you start living in Miami year-round?

CRITICAL THINKING: 3:20 min.

Do you feel like you are part of an artistic movement reacting to colonialism?

CRITICAL THINKING: 5:09 min

Tell us about your invitation to the Venice Bienalle.

CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 1:03 min

What is your interpretation of the theme “In the Minor Keys,” which will be used for your exhibition at the Venice Bienalle?

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 4:03 min.

What inspired you to move to Miami year-round?

UNDERSTANDS ARTISTS’ NEEDS: 1:20 min.

Your studio is in the epicenter of the Haitian art community. Did the community grow up around you?

CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 5:48 min

Tell us about your exhibition at the Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in 2025. Did you have to make new works, or do you have so much artwork that you only had to curate them?

CRITICAL THINKING: 4:05 min.