Edouard Duval-Carrié

Place: Port-Au-Prince

Born: 1954

Biography:

Edouard Duval-Carrié (born 1954) is a Haitian-born American contemporary painter and sculptor based in Miami, Florida. His family emigrated to Puerto Rico during the François Duvalier regime, while he was a child. Duval-Carrié studied at the Université de Montréal and McGill University in Canada before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola College, Montreal. Duval-Carrié's art reflects the culture and history of Haiti with references to the Vodou religion. His work is often overtly political, and has been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States and internationally. He is also a curator and educator, and has been a visiting artist and lecturer at various institutions, including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Miami, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami.