Widline Cadet earned her BA in studio art from the City College of New York and an MFA from Syracuse University.
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Through photography, video, sculpture, and installation, Cadet delves into intergenerational memory, selfhood, and erasure within the Haitian diasporic experience. Throughout her practice, Cadet draws inspiration from her memories, Haitian culture, folklore, and an archive of family photographs and videos to create speculative images that traverse specific moments in time and geographic locations, exploring inherited cultural beliefs and the ways that Black diasporic life continues to inform and shape her lived experiences.
She a recipient of a 2013 Mortimer-Hays Brandeis Traveling Fellowship, a 2018 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture artist in resident, a 2019 Lighthouse Works fellow, a 2019 Syracuse University VPA Turner artist in resident, a 2020 Lit List finalist, the 2020 Museum of Contemporary Photography’s Snider Prize winner, a recipient of a 2020 NYFA / JGS Fellowship in photography, a 2020-21 artist in residence at Studio Museum in Harlem, and a 2021-2022 visual arts fellow at Fine Arts Work Center. Recent solo exhibitions include Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, NL, and group exhibitions include International Center of Photography, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Somerset House, London, UK; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, amongst others.
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Widline Cadet, Santiman fantom (Ghost Feelings), 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Nazarian / Curcio. -
Widline Cadet, Ant yè ak demen (Between Yesterday and Tomorrow), 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Nazarian / Curcio. -
Widline Cadet, Nan / pou pout (In / For Everything), 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Nazarian / Curcio. -
Widline Cadet, Sòti nan gran lanmou (From Such Great Love), 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Nazarian / Curcio. -
Widline Cadet, An Elusive Echo #1 (Green), 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Nazarian / Curcio.
