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Haitian sculptor (born 1974)
Woodly Caymitte
Caymitte standing with his sculpture of Modeste Testas, 2019
Born1974 (age 50–51)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Known forSculpting

Woodly "Filipo" Caymitte (born 1974) is a Haitian sculptor whose works center around the historical struggles of black people.

Caymitte was born in 1974 in Port-au-Prince. From 2011 to 2015, he studied at the École Nationale des Arts in Haiti, later working as a professor of sculpture at the school.

On May 10, 2019, Caymitte unveiled a 1.7-meter-tall bronze statue of Modeste Testas, in Bordeaux. The statue was created to acknowledge the time in history. Karfa Diallo criticized the staute, saying that a freed person cannot represent the struggles of slavery.

On May 31, 2020, Caymitte created a bust of George Floyd after his murder, six days after the event.

On May 10, 2024, Caymitte unveiled a bronze statue titled "Clarisse, nurse slave" in La Rochelle. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal attended the ceremony. The statue features an enslaved woman breastfeeding a white child.

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