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InFocus – A Visionary Confrontation of Colonial Legacy and Contemporary Apathy with Damien Jélaine

In a thought-provoking exploration of art’s power to challenge, confront, and redefine, Guadeloupean photographer Damien Jélaine pushes the boundaries of perception and complicity. This visionary artist presents a photographic statement that resonates with urgency, complexity, and a relentless pursuit of […]

Trinidad & Tobago

Series: Vintage jewelry boxes as storytelling tableaux by Curtis Santiago

Kimberley Demagny

Curtis Talwst Santiago is a Trinidadian-Canadian artist best known for his miniature dioramas that recreate stories pulled from the headlines and shed light on underrepresented histories. In his multimedia practice, Santiago transforms reclaimed jewelry boxes into scenes that feature creative retellings of […]

Dominican Republic

Series: Dominican Modernism with Darío Antonio Suro García-Godoy

Alexa Wilkie

Darío Antonio Suro García-Godoy was an art critic, diplomat and painter from the Dominican Republic. He was the nephew of painter Enrique García-Godoy, his first art teacher. García-Godoy is considered one of the founders of the modernist school of Dominican […]

Dominican Republic

Series: Dominican Cubism with Jaime Colson

Alexa Wilkie

Jaime Antonio Gumercindo Gonzalez Colson was born in Tubagua, Puerto Plata in 1901. Educated in Santo Domingo, he travelled to Paris to improve his painting skills. Jaime Colson moved in 1918 to Spain where he studied art at La Lonja, […]

Dominican Republic

Series: Examining humanity and machinery with Rigo Art Peralta

Alexa Wilkie

Born in San Josè de las Matas, Dominican Republic, and then relocated to Brooklyn, New York in 1989. These dichotomous cultures have inspired Peralta’s work to blend in a visual language with cultural diversity, which connects his Caribbean past with […]

Martinique

Interview: An ode to anguish with ‘Anxiety’ by Vieux Jeune Homme

Kimberley Demagny

A multidisciplinary artist from Martinique, Vieux Jeune Homme uses his art as a therapy, to help him understand, dissect and heal his traumas. He leaves his comfort zone of photography and writing, by making the experimental film “Anxiety”, published in […]

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Our top 15 Caribbean art events in June 2022

Alexa Wilkie

Summer 2022 is here and Caribeart here to give you the perfect selection to kick off your summer schedule. June being pride month, this curated list offers you a range of events including workshops, festivals, fairs and lectures that celebrate […]

Puerto Rico

In Focus : Social Justice and Pop Culture with Miguel Luciano

Candice Zogo Mvoa

Miguel Luciano is a visual artist born in Puerto Rico and currently based in New York. He explores themes of history, pop-culture, and social justice through sculpture, painting, installations, photography, and socially engaged public art projects. His work has been […]

Puerto Rico

Series: Puerto Rican Neo-Expressionism with Arnaldo Roche Rabell

Alexa Wilkie

Arnaldo Roche Rabell was a Puerto Rican Neo-Expressionist painter whose symbolic work deals with issues of national identity, belonging, and childhood trauma. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1955, Roche Rabell studied architecture at the University of Puerto Rico before […]

Cuba

InFocus : Legends and mysterious monochromatic collographs with Belkis Ayón

Kimberley Demagny

Belkis Ayón, was a Cuban printmaker known for her allegorical collographs, inspired by afro-cuban religion. A signature technique of a printing process in black and white, in which a variety of materials are collaged onto a cardboard matrix. composed of ghostly featureless androgynous figures with […]

Puerto Rico

In Focus: Painting Puerto Rican identity with Rafael Tufiño

Candice Zogo Mvoa

Rafael Tufiño is a painter, artist, and printmaker who became a puerto-rican cultural figure, known locally as “Painter of the People”. He mainly painted portraits and landscapes illustrating daily life in Puerto Rico. Member of a artists collective, he created […]

Bahamas

In Focus: Celebration and despair with Maxwell Taylor

Alexa Wilkie

Maxwell Taylor, from Nassau, Bahamas, is strongly influenced by the Black Power movement, Taylor’s work tackles human rights issues, illustrating momentous events for emancipation, equal rights and job equality. Throughout his career, he has explored themes of despair, celebration and […]

Haïti

Series: Rites of Passage – Wilson Bigaud’s Haiti

Alexa Wilkie

Haitian master Wilson Bigaud is renowned for works portraying everyday life and rites of passage—vodoo rituals, fortune-tellers, weddings, cockfights, and carnivals—with voluminous figures and lucid colors. Born in Port-au-Prince, in 1946 Bigaud was among the first to attend DeWitt Peters’s […]

Haïti

Series: The botanic and fanciful universe of Rigaud Benoit

Alexa Wilkie

Rigaud Benoit was born in Port-au-Prince, where he started his career in a cigarette factory, then a taxi driver, banjo musician and shoemaker before becoming a painter. He is one of the most important Haitian painters to appear shortly after […]

Dominican Republic

In Focus: Beneath the Caribbean Sea with Tony Capellán

Alexa Wilkie

Tony Capellán was born in Tamboríl, Dominican Republic. Trained as both a painter and printmaker, by the 1990s Capellán began to work in a mixed-media format, incorporating found objects that he transformed with other materials such as paint and barbed […]

Cayman Islands

Series: Metaphorical sculptures with Davin K. Ebanks

Alexa Wilkie

Davin K. Ebanks is a Caymanian artist and sculptor. The color blue is central to his work, but specifically as representative of water from the coastline of Grand Cayman. Primarily using glass to explore his personal and cultural history and […]

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Our top 15 Caribbean art events in May 2022

Alexa Wilkie

This year, the art world embraces surrealism and womxn artists. With the opening of the Venice biennale at the end of April, this year’s edition has birthed shaping moments for women of colour and the Caribbean Diaspora in the art scene. […]

Cuba

In Focus: Re-energizing Cuban Art with José Bedia

Alexa Wilkie

Jose Bedia was born in La Havana, Cuba, from an early age he excelled in drawing, comics and illustration, and as a teenager he joined the renowned San Alejandro Academy. As a talented student, he developed the formal skills that […]

Jamaica

Series: Passages and Memories with David Boxer

Alexa Wilkie

David Boxer (1945-2017) was a Jamaican artist, regarded as one of the most important contemporary artists, art historians and curators from the Caribbean region. His early training was as an art historian, which is very visible in the many references […]

Dominican Republic

Interview: Debunking Caribbean Paradise with Patricia Encarnacion

Alexa Wilkie

Patricia Encarnacion is an Afro Caribbean multidisciplinary artist, activist and scholar living in the Bronx, New York City. The pilar that holds the ideologies behind her work is the desire to tell untold stories in the Caribbean, that have been […]

Jamaica

Series: The power of symbolism with Kate Moyston

Alexa Wilkie

Kate Moyston is an artist based in Jamaica since 1987, where she rekindled her love for art and started experimenting with oils and watercolor. Originally from England, studying art history and fine art in the UK, it was the Caribbean […]

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Our top 15 Caribbean art events in April 2022

Alexa Wilkie

Spring has finally sprung! We are pleased to share our specially curated list of top events to not miss the month of April. With the return of monumental: Atlantic World Art Fair, dive into the best Caribbean contemporary art on […]

Dominica

Series: Light play with Norris Francois Jr

Alexa Wilkie

Norris François Jr. is a filmmaker, photographer, and editor. He’s been involved in hundreds of private and public projects, ranging from weddings to local adventure films, accumulating half a decade of expertise. Starting his career on the video streaming platform […]

Barbados

In Focus: Embracing black femininity and vulnerability with Anna Gibson

Alexa Wilkie

Anna Gibson is a Barbadian contemporary artist who explores multiple mediums, crafting images of body manipulation through realism and expressionism. She has been practicing for over 5 years completing her Associates and Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts (2017). Gibson’s artwork centers around exploring and exposing […]

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Our top 15 Caribbean art events in March 2022

Alexa Wilkie

With spring approaching, March is blooming with the most exciting events for your calendars, with a strong focus on women – Caribeart’s March selection will allow you to discover engaging panels and exhibitions that celebrate womanhood as well as events […]

Cuba

In Focus: Sculpture in conversation with diasporic bodies by Maya Vivas

Alexa Wilkie

Maya Vivas is a multidisciplinary artist working in a variety of mediums such as ceramic, performance, painting, social practice and installation. Maya has exhibited work, spoken on panels and hosted workshops throughout the United States including venues and institutions such as […]

Bahamas

In Focus: Anina Major’s sculptures as dialogue between self and place

Alexa Wilkie

Anina Major is a visual artist from the Bahamas specializing in ceramics. Her decision to voluntarily establish a home contrary to the location in which she was born and raised motivates her to investigate the relationship between self and place […]

Dominica

In Focus: Dominica’s unravelling tale captured by Michael Lees

Alexa Wilkie

Michael Lees is a British-Dominican filmmaker and photographer whose vast portfolio explores human connection, nature and Caribbean identity. Drawing inspiration from his home island, Dominica, Lees captures pure moments from Carnival celebrations, stylised shoots to more candid portraits and lushes […]

Jamaica

Series: Activating concepts through illustration with Andrew Crosse

Alexa Wilkie

Andrew Crosse is a fine art illustrator based in Jamaica with a passion for bringing concepts and stories to life through his visual language. Crosse extends his illustration skills to mural and graphic design as well as billboards, social media […]

Haïti

In Focus: Expression of shattering implosions with Kini

Candice Zogo Mvoa

Paul Firmin is a Haitian-born artist based in Florida, who first started painting under the abbreviation of his name P.Firmin before taking on the pseudo KINI. It is through his feelings that the artist draws his inspiration: he experiences fear, […]

Jamaica

Series: Imaginarium of The Antilles II with Aeron Cargill

Kimberley Demagny

You’ve discovered the talented Aeron Cargill, 2 years ago on Caribeart with an interview: Anthropomorphic nature with Aeron Cargill. Today we’re pleased to show you part two of his series: Imaginarium of The Antilles. Aeron’s illustrations are a playful blend […]

Culture

Culture minute – Focus Caribbean Carnival

Candice Zogo Mvoa

A space for expression, creativity, marooning, cultural resistance, and gathering, Carnival is an unavoidable annual tradition of Caribbean culture. From the Bahamas to Cuba, the islands do not celebrate it on the same days but share some similar codes, vestiges […]

Cuba

Series: Cubist Naïve Folk-Art with Diana Rosa

Alexa Wilkie

Diana Rosa is an established Cuban painter based in Canada, whose works have featured in prizes, publications and exhibitions across North America, the UK and Asia. Influenced by her festive Cuban childhood spent surrounded by an abundance of creative energies, […]

Puerto Rico

In Focus: Illustrating Puerto Rico’s colonial history with Jotham Malavé

Alexa Wilkie

Jotham Malavé Maldonado is an artist from Puerto Rico, who paints predominantly with oils and pastels to confront the collective amnesia of Puerto Rico’s colonial history, often depicting violated and abandoned bodies. His subjects inhabit the nocturnal landscape of a […]

Guadeloupe

In Focus: Caribbean Fantastical world with Danaé Brissonet’s vibrant murals

Alexa Wilkie

Danaé Brissonnet is an international artist from Canada with roots in Guadeloupe who specializes in public murals and illustration as well as sculptural practices such as mask making and puppetry. Scattered from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Martinique to Guadeloupe as well […]

Trinidad & Tobago

Series : Nature, introspection and vulnerability with Brian Ashing

Candice Zogo Mvoa

Brian Ashing is a self-taught visual artist born and based in Trinidad and Tobago. Through his world, which he describes as realistic and semi-realistic, he engages in introspective work where he explores existential questions of death, beliefs, and the symbolism […]

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Our top 15 Caribbean art events in February 2022

Alexa Wilkie

We start February with celebrating Black History Month, and the Year of the Tiger! If you are interested in learning new skills and funding opportunities, this is the perfect selection of events for you. Develop your career as a curator, […]

Trinidad & Tobago

In Focus: Expanding the boundaries of self with Bianca Peake

Alexa Wilkie

Bianca Peake is an interdisciplinary artist from Trinidad and Tobago focusing on ideas of femininity and the self through performance, paint, and other mediums. Having completed her higher education in London at Camberwell College of Arts, she has developed a […]

Dominica

Series: Morbid surrealism through the illustrations of Hete Kioyto

Alexa Wilkie

Hete Kioyto is an artist from Dominica who explores morbid subjects through a vivid and brightly coloured palet. Kioyto’s practice is driven by imagination, reflection and exploring themes of death, gore decomposition and other worldly landscapes and beings. Kioyto’s themes […]

Jamaica

Reconnecting to the ancestral home with Fowokan Kelly

Candice Zogo Mvoa

George Fowokan Kelly is a Jamaican-born, British-based visual artist who exhibits under the name Fowokan. His self-dictated training is voluntary and in keeping with his vision of the arts, which is rooted in the traditions of pre-colonial Africa and ancient […]

Haïti

Series: shaping collective memory with Haitian sculptor, Woodly Caymitte

Alexa Wilkie

Woodly Caymitte aka Filipo is a dedicated artist and activist who uses sculpture to shape collective memory around slavery and abolition narratives that have been silenced or misconstrued. From Haiti and based in France, Filipo has had important commissions including […]

Haïti

In Focus : Deconstructing mainstream representations of African diasporas with Watson Mere

Candice Zogo Mvoa

Watson Mere is a Haitian-born artist based in New York City. He paints mainly in a digital way of social and political subjects affecting the black communities. He is attached to pan-African values through which he always proposes a path […]

Barbados

In Focus: Bridging the gap between the real and ideal image of Barbados with Akilah Watts

Alexa Wilkie

Akilah Watts is a Barbadian Contemporary Artist who received her Bachelor’s Degree in Studio Art in 2017 and went on to participate in Prizm Art Fair of that same year. Watts works with a number of media including drawing, painting, mixed […]

Jamaica

In Focus : Patchwork of identity in the creations of Raneece Buddan

Candice Zogo Mvoa

Raneece Buddan is a Jamaican artist, based in Alberta since 2015. In her work, she explores cultural identity, based on her own experiences: of Afro and Indo-Caribbean descent, she works with the fusion of these cultures and shares the difficulties […]

Martinique

In Focus : The decolonial vanities of Jérémie Priam

Candice Zogo Mvoa

Jérémie Priam is a visual artist of Martinican origin, whose work is part of a process of deconstruction and construction. In his research he is critical of the world and questions the violence and consequences of colonization by exploring themes […]

Trinidad & Tobago

Series: Sensuality of black plus-size women by David Moko James

Alexa Wilkie

David “Moko Jumbie” James was born in 1975 in the cultural melting pot called the United States but grew up in the islands of Trinidad & Tobago. It was here he developed his penchant for art and the Caribbean culture. […]

Trinidad & Tobago

InFocus: Caribbean Divine Substance with Sali Stanley

Alexa Wilkie

Sali is a Trinidadian based artist who explores emotion and social behaviour through the informed medium of collage. ‘The Feed’ is a theme seen throughout much of Stanley’s multimedia work. The artist and composer describes ‘The Feed’ as her “idea […]

Saint Kitts and Nevis

InFocus: Blurring the lines between pop culture and fine art with Hasani Claxton

Kimberley Demagny

Hasani Claxton is an artist, educator, and author, from St. Kitts, West Indies, based in Maryland. His work is concerned with subcultures that defy popular conceptions of Blackness: Black nerds, punk rockers, bohemians, among others. Between realism and surrealism, between popular […]

Cuba

InFocus: Peaceful imaginary fields with René Monzón Relova

Kimberley Demagny

René Monzón Relova, known as Pozas is a Cuban self-taught artist, ex-industrial engineer, that created paintings impressionistic style that later turned to hyperrealism/surrealism with landscape, nature, and sometimes a lone person portrayed (his wife or son). Just like the poesy […]

Cuba

In Focus: Dynamic parables and evocative watercolours with Cuban artist Alexis Lago

Alexa Wilkie

The images that Alexis Lago creates reflect his long-held interest in ancient myths, fables, and their symbolic aspects. Lago’s ethereal universe invites us to escape and pushes us to question the world and our ways of existing and moving through […]

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Our top 15 Caribbean art events in January 2022

Alexa Wilkie

Caribeart has the pleasure to share its very first selection of the year, we are starting the year beautifully with an eclectic selection of our top 15 artistic events in the Caribbean and beyond. From an online symposium on Black […]

Dominican Republic

In Focus: contorted portraits and Caribbean iconography with Bony Ramirez

Alexa Wilkie

Bony Ramirez was born in 1996 in Tenares, Salcedo, Dominican Republic now based in New York. Connected to his roots, Ramirez retains a connection to his Dominican heritage through his art, incorporating elements of the Caribbean with his own distinctive […]

Culture

The Caribbean culture minute – In Focus: Books

Candice Zogo Mvoa

How about learning more about Caribbean societies, cultures and arts in the new year? Caribeart offers you a selection of interesting readings and browsing through which you will go to meet visions, artists and stories. Something to rest your mind, […]

Haïti

In Focus : Sculpting History through mixed materials with Sandra Dessalines

Candice Zogo Mvoa

Sandra Dessalines, a Haitian-born sculptor, explores the materiality of paper and cardboard, fabric, rope, iron and driftwood in her work. The artist pays tribute to Haitian cultural values, whose universality she wishes to share. She seals and sculpts scenes of […]

Cuba

Series: Expanding Street wear through NFTs with Cuban artist Cmondeja

Alexa Wilkie

Carlos Javier Mondeja also known as Cmondeja, is a Cuban art director, graphic designer and illustrator who has recently been exploring NFTs. Trained at the Higher Institute of Design in Havana, Cuba and now based in Madrid, Cmondeja is actively […]

Haïti

Series : Déchoukaj – Womanhood pillars in the Caribbean Identity with Laurena Finéus

Kimberley Demagny

Laurena Finéus (she/her) is a Haitian visual artist, educator, and art administrator specialized in painting. In her practice, Finéus has been concerned with representations of Haiti, relationality within its diaspora, and its growing archives across the globe through an array of figurative and painterly […]

Cuba

Dreamlike narrative with surrealist paintings of Asbel Gomez Dompierre

Kimberley Demagny

Asbel Gomez Dumpierre, renown surrealist artist from Havana is bringing his art to the USA after a successful trajectory in Cuba, Europe and South America. He creates a universe full of dimension and infuses with his own sense, influence, and […]

Jamaica

In Focus: the threatening beauty in Anna-K’s clay reefs

Alexa Wilkie

Anna K, Kingston based sculptor and ceramist who is actively celebrating the marine world’s beauty, in particular reefs, paying very close attention to their ecosystems, ornate shapes and rapidly changing landscapes. Anna K wants us to pay attention not only […]

Haïti

Series: Folk art and decolonial practice with Haitian artist Day Brièrre

Alexa Wilkie

Brooklyn-based, Haitian digital artist, Day Brièrre, is fiercely decolonizing the art world through her digital prints, collages, and short animations that celebrate queer, BIPOC communities, and Kreol heritage. Brièrre’s prints and digital collages are sharp, folkloric, and blasting with color. […]

Dominican Republic

Interview: Poetic Introspection, nocturnal memories and femininity in Dominican Culture with Yéssica Montero

Alexa Wilkie

Yéssica Montero is a multidisciplinary artist from Dominican Republic. Informed by memories, literature and nature, Montero’s practice is largely autobiographical. Caribeart has the great pleasure of introducing the blooming artist for our latest interview series, exploring phobias, women’s bodies, poetry […]

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Our top 15 Caribbean art events in December 2021

Alexa Wilkie

Caribeart is pleased to present the last curated events list of 2021. December is an incredibly exciting month, with the return of Art Basel Miami, many Caribbean artists and galleries have been the spotlight of this acclaimed international art fair. […]

Barbados

In Focus : Reclaiming Black Caribbean Women’s Identity with Alanis Forde

Kimberley Demagny

Two years ago, we published an interview with Caribeart , the Barbadian contemporary artist Alanis Forde. Today we’re glad to present you an In Focus on her new series of collages tinted with oil paint in Caribbean colors. She depicts […]

Trinidad & Tobago

In Focus: Melissa Simon-Hartman’s bespoke garment inspired by Trinidadian roots for Dojo Cat

Alexa Wilkie

Melissa Simon-Hartman is a London born artist who specializes in custom hand-crafted fashion and costume pieces. Drawing heavily from her Trinidadian and Ghanaian heritage, Melissa’s designs are flavoured with both West Indian and West African Influences whilst also maintaining her […]

Martinique

Interview: Spontaneous beauty with Elodie Dérond

Candice Zogo Mvoa

Passionate about music, photography, cinema and more recently design, Elodie Dérond, an emerging artist from Martinique, draws the essence of her work from her Caribbean origins and the beautiful memories they evoke. Her work can range from intuitive and spontaneous […]

Dominican Republic

In Focus: Magic realism and Caribbean folk traditions with Hulda Guzman

Alexa Wilkie

Hulda Guzman is a Dominican artist whose paintings blend what could be identified as painterly magical realism, attention for the supernatural and extra sensorial, as well as for the pleasures of earthly existence set in the context of tropical landscapes […]

Trinidad & Tobago

In Focus: Zak Ové’s Moko Jumbie

Alexa Wilkie

Zak Ové is British Trinidadian artist that creates sculpture, painting, film and photography that draws on his upbringing in London and Trinidad. His work is informed by the history and lore carried through the African diaspora to the Caribbean, Britain […]

Bermuda

In Focus: murals that honour Bermuda’s history with Graham Foster

Alexa Wilkie

Graham Foster is a Bermudian artist whose paintings tend to follow one of two directions – one inspired by Bermuda’s flora, fauna, architecture and people that he renders in a uniquely surreal style. The other style is looser, more expressionistic […]

Trinidad & Tobago

In Focus: Impressionist aesthetic across Caribbean scenes by Antonio Figuero

Kimberley Demagny

Born and raised in Trinidad, Antonio Figuero is primarily influenced by real-life scenes, social gatherings and other daily activities across the country that he documents on wood and canvas. His focus is on the world around them, and he seeks […]

Jamaica

Series: Faces of the Cayman Islands with Jason Kennedy

Alexa Wilkie

Jason Kennedy is a visual artist who is known for capturing the people of The Caribbean in painted portraits. The content of his artwork is what is most important to him, with his style being considered secondary. When coaxed, he describes his technique […]

Grenada

In Focus: Honoring Grenadian beauty with Jamil Frank

Candice Zogo Mvoa

On the occasion of a partnership with Whistle for Caribbean Design Days, Caribeart would like to introduce Jamil Frank, a Grenadian visual artist, who won the Grenada Arts Council Emerging Artist Award in 2018. The artist situates his work between realism and […]

Cuba

Series: the celestial beings of Rolando Fernández Álvarez

Alexa Wilkie

Rolando Fernandez Alvarez is a Cuban artist who uses paint as a discourse and language to build his inner visual universe that he carries inside. Often using celestial references and depictions of space and the moon, Rolando’s illustrations are dreamlike […]

Dominican Republic

Series: Sign language through the canvas of Maria Batlle

Alexa Wilkie

Maria Batlle is a Dominican painter who, for the last ten years, has explored the benefits of art in the education of people with disabilities and the recognition of their rights, the Dominican artist and activist Maria Batlle presents an […]

Agenda

Our top 15 Caribbean artistic events in November 2021

Alexa Wilkie

Thanks to Caribeart’s monthly list of Caribbean artistic events, you’ll stay informed with the top 15 unmissable events to note in your calendar. November is an exciting month for group shows, art fairs focusing on black artists as well as […]

Haïti

In Focus: exploring Haitian heritage through the ornamented world of Vickie Pierre

Alexa Wilkie

Vickie Pierre is a multimedia artist, who currently lives and works in Miami, Florida. Her creative process is informed and inspired by memory, fantasy, surrealism, popular culture and the decorative and ornamental arts. This inspiration has manifested itself in years of collecting […]

Jamaica

In Focus : Black characters and vibrant colors with Ronaldo Cameron

Candice Zogo Mvoa

On the occasion of a partnership with Whistle for the Caribbean Design Days event, Caribeart would like to present Ronaldo Cameron, a visual artist of Jamaican origin, graduate of the Otis College of Art and Design located in Los Angeles. […]

Trinidad & Tobago

Series : Childhood memories caught in ceramics by Maria Diaz

Candice Zogo Mvoa

Maria Diaz is a sculptor from Trinidad and Tobago, who has the particularity of approaching clay sculpture with her bare hands as a cathartic experience that gives her incomparable joy. Her three-dimensional art, especially the work in clay, offers an […]

Jamaica

InFocus: Portraits and Digital collage with Natasha Cunningham

Kimberley Demagny

Natasha Cunningham is a Jamaican visual artist who creates portrait-focused digital collages incorporating graphic elements textures, vibrant colors, flowers, and plants that remind us of her homeland vibes. This year, she has been in Adobe Creative Cloud Global Creators with her beautiful aesthetics […]

Trinidad & Tobago

In Focus: Valerie Brathwaite’s exploration of materiality from 1960s to now

Alexa Wilkie

Valerie Marie Brathwaite was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, in 1940. She came of age as an artist in Europe during her formative years while studying art and interior design. Valerie Brathwaite’s practice has drawn inspiration mainly from […]

Puerto Rico

In Focus: Caribbean Scenes with Hispanic Legacy Studio

Kimberley Demagny

Hispanic Legacy Studio is a new digital art shop, that promotes Puerto Rican culture through beautiful artworks, by using poetic colorful brushstrokes, blurry just like a piece of a dream, reminiscence, or vision. A tropical stroll accompanied by one or […]

Jamaica

In Focus: Inter-dimensional ancestors connecting to African & Caribbean heritage with Paul Lewin

Kimberley Demagny

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, and based in Miami FL, Paul Lewin is mainly inspired by his connection to Africa and the Caribbean; nature, science, ancestors, and dreams, and representation of our interconnectedness to the Earth. Entrancing and magic storytelling through […]

Dominican Republic

Series: contemplating spaces as human entities with Franz Caba

Alexa Wilkie

Franz Caba is a Dominican architect and self taught artist working and living in Santo Domingo, he is interested in the non-normative body, colonised collective imaginaries, and creating spaces to be reflexive and vulnerable. Caba has created a diverse body […]

Puerto Rico

In Focus: the figurative canvas of Puerto-Rican artist Carlos García Cintrón

Alexa Wilkie

Carlos García Cintrón was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 23, 1954. He completed his doctorate’s degree in Clinical Psychology in the Centro Caribeño de Estudios Post-Graduados. He begins experimenting with photography in 1979, and as a self-taught […]

David Démétrius

Curator’s Selection : Dancing the intelligible

Candice Zogo Mvoa

Bodies are the carnal envelopes that physically anchor human beings to the earth and make them palpable masses, capable of feeling both internally and externally. Temples, incarnation of divine powers, canon of beauty and instruments of research of progress, the […]

Cuba

In Focus: Radical erotic body experiences with Gabriela Chang

Kimberley Demagny

Gabriela is an artist, illustrator based in Cuba, that paints artworks about body experience and sensations fragmented with a narrative that is not stitched and almost undone. A mix between radical erotic experiences, mutilation, and bloodthirsty violence, while bodies are […]

Jamaica

In Focus: The beauty and complexities of the natural world with Shane Patterson

Kimberley Demagny

Shane Patterson, known by the pseudonym “Sartor” is a Kingston-based traditional and digital artist born and raised in the parish of Portland. He’s been creating art ever since he could make sense of the world. Patterson is a self-taught painter, […]

Dominican Republic

In focus: painting intuitively to explore the deeper self with Olivier Bertoni

Alexa Wilkie

Olivier Bertoni was born in Port Au Prince Haiti in 1980 where he spent the first part of his childhood. Between 1990 and 1994, he lived in the Dominican Republic where his step father was ambassador. In 1999, he obtained […]

Trinidad & Tobago

In Focus: evocative portraits by Trinidadian-Korean artist Marissa Yung Lee

Alexa Wilkie

Marissa Yung Lee is a self-taught artist who’s work primarily consists of vivid portraits and figures. Building meaningful connections with her subjects have allowed her to build an extensive portfolio, using oil, watercolour, charcoal and pastel. Having started out in […]

Martinique

Interview: The surreal and audacious universe of Cédric Richer (Film, Animation and VFX)

Kimberley Demagny

Director, Art Director, and 2D & VFX Artist, Cédric Richer, is since 2015 an associate member of PANAMÆRA, a collective of visionary creatives, and an emerging production company based in Paris. With his associates, he has been leading creative projects […]

Jamaica

In Focus: Illustrated ancestry and the divine feminine with Kokab Zohoori-Dossa

Alexa Wilkie

Kokab Zohoori-Dossa, a young artist from Kingston, Jamaica, creates colorful illustrations from an amalgamation of her favourite influences from novels to animation, film, and even music. She also pulls heavily from her own Jamaican heritage, as well as influences from […]

Jamaica

Series: African Masks x Ukiyoe by Jamaican artist Idris Veitch

Alexa Wilkie

Idris Veitch is Jamaican-born artist who works around digital collage, currently based in Kingston. He pursued his interests in fashion by moving to Tokyo in 2013 where he studied womenswear and menswear at Esmod Tokyo. Veitch has found a distinct […]

Agenda

Our top 15 Caribbean artistic events in October 2021

Alexa Wilkie

As promised, every month Caribeart offers you a selection of the best 15 Caribbean events not to miss. So far, with the easing of sanitary restrictions, October has been a busy month with international art fairs and exhibition openings, we […]

Jamaica

Series: Dialogue between body and space with Monique Mogi Gilpin

Kimberley Demagny

Monique Gilpin, an emerging Jamaican artist, creates highly saturated photographic images of black bodies reminiscent of porcelain, in three-dimensional empty space. Porcelain figurines are commonplace in traditional Caribbean households. This traditional domestic object is imbued with powerful colonial fractures and […]

Barbados

Series: What it means to be Bajan with Brandon K. Best

Alexa Wilkie

Barbados-based expressionist painter, Brandon K. Best is on a path to understand what it means to be a ‘Bajan’ through story telling on canvas. Some works are musical; loud, and others quiet and somber. Using social commentary, Brandon’s works reflect […]

Dominican Republic

Contemporary Caribbean Still lifes by Gustavo Dominguez

Kimberley Demagny

An artistic movement that has crossed the ages, today we find still life, under the Caribbean prism through the oil paintings of the Dominican artist Gustavo Dominguez. An exact transcription of an ephemeral reality full of smells, textures, and organic […]

Dominican Republic

In Focus : Haunting memories in Caribbean Ancestry with Medio Peso

Kimberley Demagny

When you walk on Dominican Republic streets, especially in the colonial zone, you can’t miss these breathtaking murals by Medio Peso. Impressive street-arts with scarlet red colors about characters which tell us their stories without words. They frankly open your […]

David Démétrius

Curator’s Selection : Theorizing the aesthetics of future Caribbean societies

Candice Zogo Mvoa

Beginning in the 1960s, America witnessed the emergence of a black counterculture, which a few years later took the name of Afrofuturism in the academic writings of Mark Dery. With time, this counter-culture has turned into a real cultural movement: […]

Jamaica

In Focus: intersections between place, identity and objects with Cornelius Tulloch

Alexa Wilkie

Cornelius Tulloch is a Miami- and New York-based interdisciplinary artist and designer with work transcending the barriers of architecture, art, and fashion. His photographs, like his paintings, are carefully composed, and informed by his Caribbean heritage – containing symbolic references […]

Cuba

In focus: Mapping childhood reminiscence with Alexandra Venegas

Kimberley Demagny

Born and Raised in Miami, Alexandra Venegas is recent graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. Much of her work revolves around her identity as a Cuban woman. The culture shock of leaving Miami has manifested itself in her […]

David Démétrius

Curator’s Selection : Documenting Black Love

Candice Zogo Mvoa

Released in 2011, Black is a Revolutionary Act by Akinyele Omowale Umoja has been the subject of much controversy since its release. The book intended to “reveal the most critical problems facing black male and female relationships, and provides a […]

Martinique

In focus: Textured sensations of ecological art with Dominique Beroard

Alexa Wilkie

Dominique Beroard-Laforgue is a multi-disciplinary visual artist from Martinique, based in New York. Her work has a central theme of ecology, creating multimedia installations using recycled materials such as metal, nylon, cardboard and more. Dominique captures emotions, sensations, vibrations… She […]

Trinidad & Tobago

Thomas Haskell Series: Consuming Caribbean ceramic sculptures

Kimberley Demagny

Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, Thomas Haskell is a figurative sculptor who seeks to navigate tensions within identity, power, and political struggle. Through the lens of traditional folklore and carnival characters, he uses the intimate material of ceramics […]

Bahamas

Series: An alternative caribbean universe with Delton Barret

Alexa Wilkie

Exploring many different avenues of photography, Delton Barret pushes creativity to search for news ways to improve and impact the world with his craft. His work is based in The Bahamas where most of his inspiration comes from. Island living […]

Puerto Rico

Surrealist & Satiric Digital Art by Joel Rojas Matias

Kimberley Demagny

Joel Rojas Matias is a graphic designer and digital artist who comes to us straight from Puerto Rico. Very active on Instagram, he amuses, surprises and captivates with provocative minimalist visuals on a colorful background. True satire of a globalized […]

Agenda

Our top 15 Caribbean artistic events in September 2021

Alexa Wilkie

As we head towards fall, the busy art calendar is brewing some exciting events for you this September, we’ve selected the top 15 Caribbean events to not miss this exciting month. Stay up to date with the latest events in […]

Curaçao

Series: rediscovering the self with Johanna Franco Zapata

Alexa Wilkie

Johanna Franco Zapata is a visual artist who explores grief, spirituality, introspection and loss through an extensive body of work that encompasses a range of medium like sculpture, paint and even tattooing. Using muted, pastel colours, are a recognisable feature […]

Haïti

Series: catching the non perceivable with Sergine André

Alexa Wilkie

In her art, Sergine draws heavily from childhood, living deep in the countryside of the Artibonite region of Haiti. This was a rural world where there was little electricity, ties to the land were intimate, nature was omnipresent and the […]

Barbados

Series: Reef Studies & multiculturalism with Dustin Harewood

Alexa Wilkie

Harewood’s art practice over the last decade has explored themes of multiculturalism and the consequences of colonialism and industrialization. Harewood draws inspiration from his familial lineage and the 21st century world of desire for immediacy in all aspects of life and seeks to find nuance […]

Curaçao

Series: I AM, exploring space with Ailsa Anastatia

Alexa Wilkie

Caribbean Visual Artist, born and based in Curaçao, she uses mixed media to create installation pieces and conceptual art. Ailsa Anastatia is known for her installations, drawings and paintings inspired by the theme of space, thus in the broadest sense of the […]

David Démétrius

Curator’s Selection : Ode to ancestrality and black women

Candice Zogo Mvoa

This week’s selection by David Demetrius is an ode to black women and their heritage. Poems sung, danced, and styled are transmitted to us through the seventh art, and divulge the narratives of those that society does not want to […]

Puerto Rico

In focus : Timeless moments captured by Andres Miolan

Kimberley Demagny

Andres Miolan is a Director of Photography and Analogue Photographer, born in Puerto Rico and raised in Dominican Republic. In love with textures, natural light and moments to be captured, he feeds his passion today by walking the borders of […]

Jamaica

Series: Afrofuturism and fashion in the collages of Idris Veitch

Alexa Wilkie

Idris Veitch is Jamaican-born artist who works around digital collage. He is currently living in Kingston, Jamaica. Starting a career in computer science in the US, it was back in his home country where his passions shifted to fashion design […]

David Démétrius

Curator’s Selection: Fluidity in Afro-Caribbean Queerness

Candice Zogo Mvoa

For this first selection, David Demetrius, passionate creative and contributor on Caribeart shares with us this week a series of inspiring videos glorifying Afro-Caribbean queer identities. The creators and their muses transport us into alternative universes that disrupt societal codes […]

Dominican Republic

Exploring the non-normative body with Franz Caba

Alexa Wilkie

Franz Caba is a Dominican architect and self taught artist working and living in Santo Domingo, he is interested in the non-normative body and the issues around identity, his diverse body of work includes everything from acrylic drawings, digital art […]

Trinidad & Tobago

Series: Terraria by Rodell Warner

Alexa Wilkie

Rodell Warner is a Trinidadian artist working primarily in new media and photography. His works have been exhibited at The Whitney Museum of American Art in the 2016 Dreamlands exhibition as part of the collective video project Ways of Something, […]

Jamaica

In focus: Object Design as a tool for socially engaged storytelling with Caroline Holder

Kimberley Demagny

Caroline Holder was born in England to a Jamaican mother and Barbadian father; living in Barbados until she was a teenager, then pursuing studies in Arts and Design, including Ceramics and Art Education in Canada and North America. Throughout the […]

Saint-Vincent & Grenadines

In focus: two years in Saint-Vincent through the lens of Zaina Mahmoud

Alexa Wilkie

Zaina Mahmoud is a US based photographer who spent two years in Saint-Vincent, her travel experiences have given her the passion and thrill of meeting and learning from new people. Her unconditional love for photography came from her mother’s extensive […]

Haïti

In focus: celebrating Afro-Caribbean heritage with Waleo Moliere

Alexa Wilkie

Waleo Molière, also known as King Midas, is a Haitian illustrator, character designer and conceptual artist. His illustrations, beautifully composed with vibrant colors, depict a story we can all relate to, whether it’s revolution, family reunions, or meditation – the […]

Guyana

In focus: weaving conflicting narratives with Suchitra Mattai

Alexa Wilkie

Suchitra Mattai is a multi-disciplinary artist of Indian and Caribbean descent. Her experiences living in several countries and cultural contexts have greatly shaped her artistic practice. Mattai is interested in how memory allows us to unravel and re-imagine historical narratives. […]

Cuba

Feminism, NFTS and trauma as a source for creation with Alejandra Glez

Alexa Wilkie

Alejandra Glez is a Cuban artist, whose work is rooted in empowering women through addressing social issues such as gender-based violence and her own traumas. Born in Havana in 1996 and working artistically since she was 16 years old, her […]

Jamaica

Series: Schizophrenic Masculinity with Kamar Thomas

Kimberley Demagny

Kamar Thomas is a painter from Jamaica who makes large oil paintings which explore the fluidity of identity. Today, we introduce you his series “Schizophrenic Masculinity”. ““The goal of recovery is not to become normal. The goal is to embrace […]

Bahamas

In focus: AfroSurrealism and decolonisation with April Bey

Alexa Wilkie

April Bey grew up in The Bahamas and is based in Los Angeles as a visual artist and art educator. Bey’s interdisciplinary artwork is an introspective and social critique of American and Bahamian culture, contemporary pop culture, feminism, generational theory, […]

Dominican Republic

In Focus: Interpreting the world through geometry with Gus Peña

Alexa Wilkie

Gus Peña is a Dominican Contemporary artist who was born in 1979. His abstract paintings reimagine the world around him through geometrical shapes, allowing the viewer to plunge into his youthful and fantasy world. Peña likes to experiment and change […]

Agenda

Our top 15 artistic events in the Caribbean in August 2021

Alexa Wilkie

As we approach the end of summer, we don’t want you to miss out on the best art and cultural events happening this month, here’s a list of the top 15 events ! Stay up to date with the latest […]

Barbados

Series: Caribbean landscapes with Alex Mars

Alexa Wilkie

Alex Mars is a Barbadian artist who participates in many collective exhibitions and solo shows around the Caribbean. He ships his work internationally and holds private painting workshops for groups. His paintings of landscapes offer the viewer an opportunity to […]

Dominican Republic

In focus: through the cosmos with Pop Caribe

Kimberley Demagny

Yermine Richardson a.k.a Pop Caribe is a Caribbean multidisciplinary artist whose visual works are vibrant celebrations of Caribbean cultures and aesthetics. Richardson’s work references the traditional semiotics of African heritage such as womanhood, pattern, spiritualism and cosmology. “When I was […]

Barbados

Exploring the grotesque as a form of activism with Shari Phoenix

Kimberley Demagny

Shari Phoenix is a 23-year-old artist from Barbados who confronts stereotypes around the black collective identity by creating provocative ‘grotesque’ visual representations, which urge the viewer to rethink beauty ideals. Initially leaning towards a career in the sciences, her passion […]

Martinique

Tropical nymphs and a bucolic walk with Lexie

Kimberley Demagny

Lexie is an artist-portraitist based in Martinique. She invites us into her enchanting world of watercolours. Through her paintings, she represents the divine feminine and often uses herself as her own muse. Her work is not only meant to be […]

Bahamas

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳: 𝘖𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 series by Ammani Hepburn

Alexa Wilkie

Bahamian muralist Ammani Hepburn has created a series of digital murals as part of an exhibition for the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas. Her murals have travelled to various communities in the Bahamas. In the artist’s words, “This digital […]

Dominican Republic

In focus: behind the lens of Ivan Herrera, Afro Caribbean Vibe

Kimberley Demagny

Born and raised in Santo Domingo, Ivan Herrera is a Dominican director, producer, and screenwriter. Passionate about photography, it is by observing the world through the lens of his camera that he finds inspiration and interprets humanity. He’s based on […]

Trinidad & Tobago

In focus: Esperanza Cortes’ mosaic of the Americas

Alexa Wilkie

Esperanza Cortés is a Colombian born multidisciplinary artist based in New York City, represented by Upfor Gallery. Cortes’s passion for the mosaic of the Americas, its folk art traditions, rituals, music, dance and their ever evolving changes are at the […]

Guadeloupe

Introspection and ‘Looking at the Evolution of the World’ with Goodÿ

Alexa Wilkie

Gilles Eugene, known as Goodÿ, is a Guadeloupean artist appreciated for the quality of his work, the sincerity of his philosophy and the “special” that resides in his works. With twenty years of international career and without network of influences […]

Dominican Republic

Koco Toribio: Portrait series from Dominican Republic

Alexa Wilkie

Visual artist, graphic designer and illustrator from Dominican Republic, Koco Toribio’s multidisciplinary practice involves a collaborative approach in which he expresses his art through paintings, fashion and moving image to name a few. For this series, we focus on his […]

Dominican Republic

Koco Toribio: Portrait series from Dominican Republic

Kimberley Demagny

Agenda

Our top 15 artistic events in the Caribbean in July 2021

Alexa Wilkie

The Caribbean Art and Culture scene is thriving right now, we’ve curated a list of the top events you shouldn’t miss this month of July ! Stay up to date with the latest events in the Caribbean through our art […]

Jamaica

Interview: Misfit, or the feeling of being in between with Zoya Taylor

Kimberley Demagny

Her experiences growing up and as an adult, between different cultures (...)

Puerto Rico

Zuania Muñiz Meléndez – The Eye has to Travel series

Alexa Wilkie

This is the content we all need in times of travel restrictions. (...)

Dominican Republic

Mariannie Reynoso – Renaissance series

Alexa Wilkie

Mariannie Reynoso, a Dominican born digital and fine art photographer creates compelling portraits that seem familiar yet unlike anything we have seen before (...)

Haïti

Olivier Souffrant series: Tim Tim? Bwa Sèch

Alexa Wilkie

Chicago-based, Haitian painter, Olivier Jean-Daniel Souffrant's first solo exhibition shows us the complexity of narrative (...)

Barbados

Exoticism and perceived paradise with Alanis Forde

Kimberley Demagny

Alanis Forde is a contemporary Barbadian artist who specialises in expressionistic realism through portraiture. Primarily using oil paint and collage, she questions black female identity in an ‘idealised and exotic Caribbean space’ often illustrating the Caribbean Gyal way of life. […]

Trinidad & Tobago

Geomorphology as a tool for unpredictable results with Esther Griffith

Kimberley Demagny

Even if she started art later than most artists, we can’t deny the talent of Esther Griffith. She got bitten by the art bug around 2006 and fully embarked on her fine arts journey since then. Esther’s portraits are full […]

Guadeloupe

Time travel: An tan Lontan* with Ludovic Pozzo

Kimberley Demagny

Do you miss An tan lontan* ? Flash back in a West Indian universe, mixed and colored under the brushes of the talented Ludovic Pozzo. The artist makes us (re)discover our Caribbean cultural origins with a series of atypical paintings […]

Haïti

Women through Tracy Guiteau’s colourful palette

Kimberley Demagny

Born in New York and raised by traditional Haitian parents, Tracy Guiteau says her decision to pursue art was often met with criticism. The cathartic nature of art allowed her to fully express herself. Discover her vibrant and colourful world […]

Martinique

Street-creole and Afro-futurism by Richard Méril

Kimberley Demagny

Richard Méril, known under the name Richartiste, is a talented Martinican artist who was exposed from an early age to the short animation “En bel so“, which defined the animation scene of the French West Indies. Now, Méril is a […]

Guadeloupe

Miniature creole houses to preserve Caribbean architectural heritage by Alain André

Kimberley Demagny

Are you intrigued by the charming facade of a Creole Kaz*? Similar to a photograph, Alain André freezes time by creating miniature versions of creole traditional houses. As a true lover of the islands, the artist from Guadeloupe wishes to […]

Jamaica

Anthropomorphic nature with Aeron Cargill

Kimberley Demagny

Discover Aeron Cargill, a Jamaican artist, born and raised in St Andrew. He got a unique style, especially with his anthropomorphic nature series, mixing animals and humans. And that's not a coincidence, he's a committed artist.

Guadeloupe

Anticonformism 2.0 of Shahine Héry’s universe

Kimberley Demagny

As a child, she wanted to save animals and the planet, as she grew up, she used her virtuous sensibility through art. Discover Shahine Héry, a 22 years old Guadeloupean woman who catches your eye with her offbeat artworks rich […]

Guadeloupe

Poetic Blur by Alice Demoly

Kimberley Demagny

Alice Demoly is not only a talented French artist living in Guadeloupe, but also a doctor and a mother! This self-taught artist takes us through her colorful and blurry universe thanks to her very own “Island Impressionism” style that she […]

Dominican Republic

The impact of stereotypes and cultural constructions with Raquel Paiewonsky

Kimberley Demagny

My work explores the relationship between our essence and our surroundings (...)

Saint-Vincent & Grenadines

Caribbean Cubism and Expressionism with Shawn Peters

Kimberley Demagny

Through Shawn Peters’ colourful canvas, you’ll discover Caribbean cubism and abstract expressionism. His work is pregnant with meaning and doesn’t escape contextual richness. He is a self taught artist from Trinidad who was born of Trinidadian and Vincentian parentage. His […]

Trinidad & Tobago

Neo Pop Art by Nicholas Huggins

Kimberley Demagny

Discover a new type of digital art, that brings a conceptual freshness to the Caribbean artistic scene. Lively portraits, “exotic” places and houses by the talented Nicholas Huggins. This graphic designer from Trinidad & Tobago, is multi-skilled : branding and […]

Barbados

Islands, Ocean, Earth from the sky by Tanya Foster

Kimberley Demagny

Through her brush we feel the ocean’s salty air. Tanya Foster is Canadian (Ontario), married to a Barbadian. She makes us fall in love repeatedly with the beauty of the sea. “The bursting colours and dreamy landscapes make you travel […]

Dominican Republic

Dripping faces by Maria Cantisano

Kimberley Demagny

Maria Cantisano, is a young digital artist from Dominican Republic and currently based in New York. Formally trained as an architect, she uses painting as a way to capture her gestures, identity and expressions – her process is not linear, […]