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Jamaica Biennial 2017: Tribute to Peter Dean Rickards
While we continue to prepare for the Jamaica Biennial 2017, which opens with several events from February 24 to 26, we now present the first of several features on artists in the exhibition, starting...
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Jamaica Biennial 2017 – Tribute to Alexander Cooper
Here is the text for the second tribute exhibition in the Jamaica Biennial 2017, which opens this weekend with several events. The Alexander Cooper tribute is on view at the National Gallery of...
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Jamaica Biennial 2017 – Special Projects: Raquel Paiewonsky
The Jamaica Biennial 2017 (February 24-26, 2017) features six special projects by international artists, who participate by invitation. This is the first feature on one such artist, Raquel Paiewonsky,...
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Jamaica Biennial 2017 – Special Projects: Marcel Pinas
Marcel Pinas from Suriname is another special invitee to the Jamaica Biennial 2017. He is presenting a lecture on his work at the Edna Manley College on February 23 at 2 pm. Marcel Pinas (1971,...
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Jamaica Biennial 2017 – Special Projects: David Gumbs
Tomorrow (February 24 @ 7 pm) is the opening of the Jamaica Biennial 2017 at National Gallery West in Montego Bay, where David Gumbs’ Xing Wang project is featured. Here is a preview. David Gumbs...
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Jamaica Biennial 2017 – Special Projects: Nadia Huggins
The main opening event of the Jamaica Biennial 2017 is on Sunday, February 26, starting at 1:30 pm at the National Gallery of Jamaica (door are open fro 11 am to 4 pm). The work of Nadia Huggins, who...
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Jamaica Biennial 2017 – The Awards
The Jamaica Biennial is one of the big highlights of Jamaica’s cultural calendar, and also a very important one, not only for the local visual arts community but also for the art world of the broader...
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Jamaica Biennial 2017 – Invited Artists: Margaret Chen
Margaret Chen – Cross Section of Curve (2016), mixed media installation Margaret Chen’s work in the Jamaica Biennial 2017 can be seen at the National Gallery of Jamaica in Kingston. The exhibition...
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Last Sundays – March 26, 2016: feat. the Jamaica Biennial 2017 and BLACKasCOLE
The National Gallery of Jamaica’s Last Sundays programme for March 26, 2017, will feature the Jamaica Biennial 2017 and a special musical performance by BLACKasCOLE. Fronted by songstress Cecile...
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Jamaica Biennial 2017 – Invited Artists: Carol Crichton
Carol Crichton – Logwood to Marcus (2016) The Jamaica Biennial 2017 continues until May 28 at the National Gallery of Jamaica and Devon House in Kingston and at National Gallery West in Montego Bay....
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Jamaica Biennial 2017 – Invited Artists: Rex Dixon
Rex Dixon – Flowers for Cecil (2016) Rex Dixon has exhibited in the National Gallery’s biennials and annual national exhibitions for many years. He is again represented in the Jamaica Biennial 2017 and...
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Jamaica Biennial 2017 – Invited Artists: Michael Elliott
Michael Elliott – The Aviary Strain (2016) Michael Elliott’s contributions to the Jamaica Biennial 2017 can be viewed at the National Gallery of Jamaica on the Kingston Waterfront. Michael Elliott was...
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Jamaica Biennial 2017 – Invited Artists: Laura Facey
Laura Facey – Ceiba (2016) Laura Facey has two works in the Jamaica Biennal 2017: one, Ceiba, is on view at the National Gallery of Jamaica in downtown Kingston; the other, Bumpy Top Desk and Mirror,...
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Jamaica Biennial 2017 – Invited Artists: Marlon James
Marlon James – Blackout: Kingston 12, Jamaica (2013-2014) The Jamaica Biennial 2017 submissions by Marlon James can be seen at the National Gallery of Jamaica until May 28. The works from the Blackout:...
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Jamaica Biennial 2017 – Invited Artists: Rafiki Kariuki
Rafiki Kariuki – Depths (2016) Rafiki Kariuki is represented with two works in the Jamaica Biennial 2017 and both can be seen at the National Gallery of Jamaica on the Kingston Waterfront. The Biennial...
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Jamaica Biennial 2017 – Invited Artists: Amy Laskin
Amy Laskin – Coral Incognito (n.d.) Amy Laskin’s work in the Jamaica Biennial 2017 can be seen at the National Gallery of Jamaica. Amy Laskin was born in 1955, in Philadelphia, USA. Laskin attended the...
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Jamaica Biennial 2017 – Invited Artists: Prudence Lovell
Prudence Lovell – Untitled (…a huge and birdless silence) (2017), collage, detail The Jamaica Biennial 2017 features a four-panel collage by Prudence Lovell, of which two panels are illustrated here....
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Jamaica Biennial 2017 – Invited Artists – Judy Ann MacMillan
Judy Ann MacMillan – Self Portrait Wearing a Crown of Thorns (2016) The work of Judy Ann MacMillan in the Jamaica Biennial 2017 is on view in the main exhibition at the National Gallery of Jamaica....
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Last Sundays, April 30, 2017 – feat. Shashame and the Jamaica Biennial 2017
The National Gallery of Jamaica’s Last Sundays programme for April 30, 2017 will feature the Jamaica Biennial 2017 exhibition and a screening of the film documentary, Shashamane, On the Trail of The...
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Jamaica Biennial 2017 – Invited Artists: Franz Marzouca
Franz Marzouca – Canoe Nude Series # 7 (2016) Franz Marzouca’s work in the Jamaica Biennial 2017 can be seen at the National Gallery of Jamaica in downtown Kingston until May 28. Franz Marzouca was...
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