New Additions: Vladimir Cybil Charlier

This conversation features artist Vladimir Cybil Charlier in conversation about her work Billie Zulie (1997).

Born in Queens, New York, to Haitian parents, Vladimir Cybil Charlier grew up equally between Port-au-Prince and New York. Across several mediums, Vladimir Cybil Charlier employs a visual diasporic language, one that melds symbolic and cultural elements from Black cultures in the United States and Caribbean.

Billie Zulie, 1997. Aluminum, fabric, acrylic, sequins, beads, and hardware, Open: 8 x 13 x 5 in.,

Closed: 8 x 8 1/4 x 3 1/2 in., and Other (Box): 7 3/4 x 13 1/2 x 11 in. Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of the artist

https://www.studiomuseum.org/artists/vladimir-cybil-charlier

https://www.studiomuseum.org/artworks/billie-zulie