Myrlande Constant

Myrlande Constant (born 1968, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is a Haitian artist whose textile-based practice explores Vodou spirituality, ritual, mythology, and the visual power of Haitian cultural memory. Working across hand-beaded and sequin-embellished textiles, Constant examines sacred iconography, ceremonial tradition, and contemporary Haitian life through monumental drapo Vodou that transform a devotional form into complex narrative tableaux.  Constant is known for expanding the scale and formal ambition of the drapo Vodou tradition, a medium historically associated with ceremonial flags used in Vodou practice. Her work often engages spirituality, symbolism, and communal memory, using beads, sequins, embroidery, and densely worked textile surfaces to consider radiance, protection, power, and the relationship between the sacred and the contemporary. She has described her process as a kind of painting with beads, and institutions frequently note the way her work bridges ritual practice and contemporary art.  Her work has been exhibited at the Fowler Museum, the Venice Biennale, Fort Gansevoort, and other major museums and galleries, and it is held in collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art, the Pérez Art Museum Miami, the American Folk Art Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Myrlande Constant lives and works in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.