Myrlande Constant
b. 1968, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
lives in Port-au-Prince, HaitI
Myrlande Constant was born 1968 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She is known for her striking beaded and sequin-embellished textile artworks (known as drapo Vodou). In 2023 the solo exhibition "Myrlande Constant: The Work of Radiance" was presented at the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles, CA. In 2022 her work was featured in "The Milk of Dreams", La Biennale di Venezia, 59th International Art Exhibition in Venice, Italy. Constant’s work is included in the following museum collections: Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa; Fowler Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL; RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL; Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, IA; and Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA among others.
Photo: Maggie Dougherty
