Widline Cadet

Widline Cadet (born 1992) is a Los Angeles-based Haitian artist. Her work deals with such subjects as diaspora, family, and Black womanhood.

Early life and education Widline Cadet was born in Pétion-Ville, Haiti, in 1992. In 2002, at age 10, she immigrated to the United States, where she grew up in New York City's Washington Heights neighborhood.

At a young age, Cadet was interesting in pursuing a career in animation, but she eventually turned to photography instead. In 2013, she obtained a bachelor's in studio art with a focus on photography from the City College of New York. She then graduated with a master's in fine art from Syracuse University in 2020.

Her photography deals with diaspora, displacement, family, memory, and Black womanhood. She often documents her own family and friends, as well as strangers.

Cadet's first solo gallery show, Se Sou Ou Mwen Mete Espwa m (I Put All My Hopes On You), was held at New York's Deli Gallery in 2021.

In 2025, Cadet's work is included in Narratives in Focus: Selections from PAMM's Collection, a photography group show at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida. Her work was also included in the Made in L.A. 2025 biennial at the Hammer Museum, in California.

Collections Institutions that hold her work include the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Princeton University Art Museum.