Published on June 13, 2022

Adrienne Chadwick

For descendants yet to come was inspired by a photograph taken on November 13, 1966 in San Ignacio, British Honduras (now Belize) that was altered through machine sewing and typed words, to become a handmade love letter. The installation honors our ancestors, acknowledges the current generation, and sends a beacon to our descendants yet to come.

Adrienne Chadwick, For Descendants Yet To Come, 2022, mixed media

Adrienne Chadwick was born in Toronto, Canada, with origins in Belize, Central America, and lives and works in Hollywood, Florida. Her mixed media installations utilize accumulation, repetition, and translucence to express ideas related to power and resistance, in society and nature. Select group exhibitions include: “In Tandem” (2021) and “Radio Silence” (2019) Far Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL; “The Tree, Is the Porch, Is the Watering Hole” (2020) African American Research Library and Cultural Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL; “Local Global Borderless Caribbean XII” (2020) Little Haiti Cultural Complex, Miami, FL; “Clay” (2020) and “Concrete Jungle: Narrative of Presence” (2019) Bridge Red Studios, North Miami, FL’; “The Other Half of the Sky” (2019) Girls Club Warehouse. Chadwick received a BFA from New World School of the Arts and an MPA from Nova Southeastern University.