Didier William is a Haitian-American mixed media painter and printmaker who came to the States when he was 6 years old.

Intertwining Haitian mythology and his personal experiences, including that of being a gay Caribbean man, his art explores the universal questions of belonging and identity in a most unique and compelling way.

Didier William, *Two Dads, 2017*, (mixed medium on canvas?)

William’s layered and intricately detailed work calls upon elements of printmaking, carving, and mixed media painting. “Printmaking is three-dimensional and I see the paintings that result from my process as low-relief sculptures, with different layers being forced into tension,” he says.

Didier William, *Ki moun ki rele Olympia (Who Is Called Olympia?)*, 2018, mixed media

Didier William, *Nou Poko Fini (We're Not Done Yet)*, 2019, acrylic, wood carving, oil, and collage on panel

There is also an intriguing tension in the way William creates his forms - at first glance monumental and suspended in time, they are comprised of a myriad of seemingly moving parts, thus being simultaneously in a state of constant motion and absolute stillness. I have no idea if he intended this, but I absolutely love it.

Didier William, *Pye’m pa pou mwen (My Feet Aren’t Mine)*, 2018, work on paper

Didier William (b.1983, Port-au-Prince, Haiti) earned an BFA in painting from The Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale University School of Art. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Bronx Museum of Art, The Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, The Museum at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The Carnegie Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and The Figge Museum Art Museum. He is represented by James Fuentes Gallery in New York, Altman Siegel Gallery in San Francisco and Galerie Peter Kilchmann in Zurich, Switzerland. He is currently Associate Professor of Expanded Print at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.

You can see more of his work on his website: https://www.didierwilliam.com

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