06/03/2026
Oolite Arts is pleased to announce the latest installment of Oolite Arts Conversations, a new series of public talks that convenes artists, curators, museum professionals, and cultural thinkers in rigorous and lively dialogue.
On June 25, 2026, Oolite Arts Conversations will present Edouard Duval-Carrié, the Haitian-born, Miami-based artist whose richly layered paintings and installations have played a defining role in shaping contemporary Caribbean and diasporic discourse in the United States. He will be joined in conversation by Guillermina De Ferrari, a curator, critic, and scholar whose work focuses on modern and contemporary Caribbean culture.
Forced into exile as a youth during the regime of François Duvalier, Duval-Carrié lived and worked across the Caribbean, North America, and Europe before settling in Miami in the mid-1990s. This transnational trajectory has informed a sustained engagement with histories of migration, displacement, and cultural memory that spans his entire artistic practice. Working across painting, sculpture, and installation, Duval-Carrié has developed intricate visual languages that draw from Haitian history, Vodou symbolism, and the enduring legacies of colonialism, often employing reflective and translucent materials to create spatially immersive environments.
Duval-Carrié’s practice also extends beyond the studio through a significant civic and institutional presence in South Florida, contributing to the development of Miami’s cultural landscape through exhibitions, collaborations, and public commissions, including major projects along the Miami Riverwalk and other key sites.
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