Education

[2022] Masters of Fine Arts 2022 , School of Visual Arts, New York.

[2009-2014] Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts Edna Manley College of The Visual and Performing Arts.

Professional Experience

2022-present Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.

2023       Visiting Artist, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA

2023 Visiting Artist, Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York, NY.

2017-19 Visual Arts Teacher, Drawing Department, Glenmuir High School, May Pen, Jamaica.

2021 Art Teacher, Scribble Art Workshop, Dobbs Ferry, NY and New York, NY.

2020-present Committee Member, Farquharson Institute of Public Affairs, Kingston, Jamaica.

2019-21Art Project Manager, Kingston Creative, Kingston, Jamaica.

Solo Exhibitions

2024 Box Truck Project. Sculpture Space, Utica, NY. 

2023 Pratt House, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.

2022. Symbolism & The Aesthetic Resistance Between Art & Ritual, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY.Local

Group Exhibitions

2024 Personal Structures, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy. Organized by the

European Cultural Centre Italy.

2022 Chautauqua Artists in Residence, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA.

2022 Connections II, Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY.

2022 Outro: World-Building Within and Outside the Studio, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY.

2021 Contemporary III, Boomer Gallery, London, UK.

2021 …And I Resume the Struggle III, Olympia Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica. 

2020 …And I Resume the Struggle, Olympia Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica.

2019 Dark Matter, CAGE Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica.

2016 Red Easel, Toyota Center, Kingston Jamaica.

2017 Jamaica Biennial, National Gallery, Kingston Jamaica. 

2017 In the Pursuit of Magic, Kroma Art Space, Miami, Florida. 

2017Felaspora, Kroma Art Space, Miami, Florida. 

2015 National Festival of the Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, Kingston Jamaica.

2014 Ra Yard, Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts, Kingston

Jamaica.

2014Jamaica Biennial, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston Jamaica.

Bibliography

2023 Anoushka Bhalla, “The Myth of Agency Around Artists’ Signatures.” Hyperallergic, March 30, 2023.

2021 Ann C. Collins, “To Create a Space for Experimentation: School of Visual Arts MFA Fine Arts.” e-flux Education.

2021 Veerle Poupeye, “Review: And I Resume the Struggle  Exhibition.” Jamaica Monitor Tribune, May 23, 2021. 

2019 …And I Resume the Struggle. Exhibition catalogue published by Olympia Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica. 

2019 Jelle Bouwhuis, “The Elephant on the Road to Venice.” In The Measurement of Presence, exhibition catalogue for the Dutch Pavilion at the 2019 Venice Biennale.

2017 Edward Gomez, “Jamaica Report: A Biennial Bragging Rights, and the World's Largest Drum.” Hyperallergic, March 11, 2017.

2017 Jamaica Biennial 2017. Exhibition catalogue published by National Gallery of Jamaica.

2017 “A Review: The Jamaica Biennial 2017.” FindYello.com.

2016 Omari Ra, A Brief History of Western Art: The Caribbean the Original Western Frontier. LAMBERT Academic Publishing.

2015 Paul Morisson, “Art and Emotional Connection Between Collector and Artist.” My Patoo Magazine. 

2015 Certificate of Merit, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission Visual Arts Competition.

2014 The Jamaica Biennial 2014. Exhibition catalogue published by National Gallery of Jamaica.

Grants, Awards & Residencies

2025 Triangle Arts Residency, Triangle Arts Association, Brooklyn, NY.

2024 Long-term Residency, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY.

2022 Residency Program, Chautauqua School of Art. Chautauqua, NY. 

2020 Fine Arts Award, Farquharson Institute of Public Affairs International, Kingston, Jamaic