Black Mountains Studio is an experimental space founded by artist Widline Cadet. Created as an extension of her artistic practice, the studio explores and highlights diverse modes of thinking and making through book publishing, design, handmade objects, collaborations, and other fun projects.
Widline Cadet was born in Pétion-Ville, Haiti. Through a practice rooted in photography, Cadet’s draws inspiration from her experience immigrating from Haiti to the United States to broadly address the complexities of Black diasporic life. Solo exhibitions include Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI (2026); Nazarian/Curcio, Los Angeles, CA (2025); PhotoEspaña at Case de América, Madrid, ES (2024); Huis Marseille Museum for Photography, Amsterdam, NL (2023); and Deli Gallery, New York, NY (2021). Recent group exhibitions include Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL (2025, 2024); Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK (2025); International Center of Photography, New York, NY (2025); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (2024); El Museo Del Barrio, New York, NY (2024); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (2023); Somerset House, London, UK (2023); Museum of African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA (2023); Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI (2022); and MoMA PS1, Queens, NY (2021). Cadet earned her BA from the City College of New York (2013) and an MFA from Syracuse University, NY (2020).
Cadet lives and work in Los Angeles, CA.