New Exhibition Coming to the Saladrigas Gallery
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School’s Olga M. & Carlos A. Saladrigas Art Gallery at the Ignatian Center for the Arts proudly opens the 2025–2026 season with a landmark exhibition featuring world-renowned Haitian-American artist Edouard Duval-Carrié.
Titled The Alchemy of History: The Vision of Edouard Duval-Carrié, the show presents 45 works spanning 2010–2023, highlighting five major series that trace the artist’s evolving visual language. Visitors will encounter the celebrated President Series, which portrays Haitian revolutionary leaders and heads of state such as Toussaint Louverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines. Also on view are works from the Important Women Series, honoring heroines including Anacaona and Catherine Flon, as well as the Kingdom of This World Series, inspired by Alejo Carpentier’s classic novel.
Opening Reception – Free and Open to the Public
The Miami community is invited to the opening reception on Thursday, September 25, from 7–9 p.m. at the Saladrigas Art Gallery. Admission is free, and all are welcome. Click here to RSVP.
The Miami community is invited to the opening reception on Thursday, September 25, from 7–9 p.m. at the Saladrigas Art Gallery. Admission is free, and all are welcome. Click here to RSVP.
About the Artist
Working in engraved plexi with custom artist frames and mixed media in resin, Duval-Carrié transforms Caribbean history into luminous works of art. His materials—reflective, translucent, and layered—draw viewers into conversations about colonialism, displacement, and cultural resilience.
Working in engraved plexi with custom artist frames and mixed media in resin, Duval-Carrié transforms Caribbean history into luminous works of art. His materials—reflective, translucent, and layered—draw viewers into conversations about colonialism, displacement, and cultural resilience.
Duval-Carrié’s journey from Haiti to Puerto Rico, Europe, and Miami mirrors the story of Belen Jesuit’s exile from Cuba, where faith and culture were preserved despite forced displacement. Now based in Miami’s Little Haiti for over 25 years, the artist documents what he calls the “neurological effects of immigration, exile, and displacement,” while celebrating how communities preserve their identity in new lands.
Faith, Culture, and Social Justice
This exhibition embodies Pope Francis’s call for artists to “give voice to the voiceless” and “transform pain into hope.” Duval-Carrié’s exploration of faith traditions—acknowledging that “Haitians will tell you: ‘We are 99 percent Catholic or Christian and 99 percent Vodou’”—challenges us to see diversity as strength. His work underscores human dignity and social justice, themes deeply connected to Belen Jesuit’s Ignatian mission of walking with the excluded and marginalized.
This exhibition embodies Pope Francis’s call for artists to “give voice to the voiceless” and “transform pain into hope.” Duval-Carrié’s exploration of faith traditions—acknowledging that “Haitians will tell you: ‘We are 99 percent Catholic or Christian and 99 percent Vodou’”—challenges us to see diversity as strength. His work underscores human dignity and social justice, themes deeply connected to Belen Jesuit’s Ignatian mission of walking with the excluded and marginalized.
Exhibition Dates
The Alchemy of History: The Vision of Edouard Duval-Carrié will be on view at the Saladrigas Art Gallery in Miami from September 25 through November 13, 2025. Click here for more information.
The Alchemy of History: The Vision of Edouard Duval-Carrié will be on view at the Saladrigas Art Gallery in Miami from September 25 through November 13, 2025. Click here for more information.
BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: communications@belenjesuit.org
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: communications@belenjesuit.org
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba, by Queen Isabel II of Spain. The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline. In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the school's property and expelled the Jesuit faculty. The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow. Today, Belen Jesuit is situated on a 34-acre site in western Dade County, just minutes away from downtown Miami.