Biography
Adler Guerrier was born in Port Au Prince in Haiti; he lives and works in Miami, Florida. Adler Guerrier graduated in Fine Arts from the New World School at Florida University of the Arts. Adler Guerrier is best known for his work in photography, drawing and printing, mediums in which he explores both the poetic and political dimensions of the island.
To mention Adler Guerrier's most recent exhibitions: “Relational Undercurrents”: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago, a traveling exhibition, curated by Dr. Tatiana Flores, investigating artistic practices linked to the Caribbean Basin. Dust Specks on the Sea Contemporary Sculpture from the French Caribbean & Haiti at the Hunter East Harlem Gallery in New York, curated by Katie Hood Morgan and Arden Sherman; The World's Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art at the Perez Art Museum in Miami, curated by Franklin Sirmans in collaboration with Jennifer Inacio; and his most recent solo exhibition: Conditions and Forms for black Longevity, curated by Diana Nawi, presented at the Californian African American Museum in Los Angeles.
Works
-
Untitled (Place marked with an impulse, found to be held within the fold) i, 2017 -
Untitled (…whispered intelligence lurking in the leaves; come … sit with us, 2025
-
Untitled (…whispered intelligence lurking in the leaves; the small necessities)., 2025
-
Untitled (Field Guide; “what’s not found at once, but lies within something of another nature”) ii, 2023
-
Untitled (flow, fixity, formations) II, 2025
-
Untitled (flow, fixity, formations) III, 2025
-
Untitled (Inhabit blck to discern elsewhere, otherwise, notions of the possible), 2025
-
Untitled (This is the place where, with a resonant clarity, we fathom for fortitude) II, 2025
-
Untitled (A place to stand and stare; Aubade East–Today’s the day, I can taste it / This morning there ain’t nothing I can’t do), 2023
-
Untitled (Field Guide; “what’s not found at once, but lies within something of another nature”) i, 2023
-
Untitled (Maynada Mangoes), 2017
-
Untitled (Place color guarded and latticed, found to be held within the fold) i, 2017
-
Triptych: Here Marks, Envelops and Preserves, 2015
Exhibitions
-
Adler Guerrier
ECHO DELAY REVERB, Art américain, pensées francophones - Palais de Tokyo, Paris 22 Oct 2025 - 15 Feb 2026 Off SiteThe collective exhibition ECHO DELAY REVERB: Art américain, pensées francophones proposed a history of the transatlantic circulation of forms and ideas through the works of about sixty artists, bringing together...Read more -
Adler Guerrier
come… sit with us 4 Sep - 25 Oct 2025 ParisThe works of Adler Guerrier are often set in the central peripheries of the city—in backyards, gardens, and small commons—where resistance takes root in the everyday. In his new exhibition...Read more -
Adler Guerrier
Adler Guerrier: Conditions and Forms for blck Longevity - California African American Museum 1 Feb - 26 Aug 2018 Off SiteAdler Guerrier (b. 1975, Port-au- Prince) is best known for his work in photography and printmaking that explores the poetics and politics of place. He examines the public space of...Read more -
Adler Guerrier
Adler Guerrier : Formulating a Plot - Pérez Art Museum, Miami 7 Aug 2014 - 25 Jan 2015 Off SiteMiami-based artist Adler Guerrier (b. 1975) works in a variety of media, including sculpture, photography, prints, and collaged works on paper. Guerrier’s practice investigates the mutability of text and image...Read more -
Adler Guerrier
Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic - Tate Liverpool 29 Jan - 25 Apr 2010 Off SiteThis major exhibition, inspired by Paul Gilroy's seminal book The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness (1993), identified a hybrid culture that spans the Atlantic, connecting Africa, North and South...Read more
News
