• Kenwyn Murray
• University of the West Indies St, Augustine

The predominant tropes within my practice are largely informed by the convergence of the distinct, identities of being an artist and an art educator. Born in Trinidad, in 1979, my emersion in the activity of making art has enjoyed the peculiar distinction of being an adjunct lecturer at the Department of Creative and Festival Arts, Uwi for 12 years. There I was a core facilitator within the Carnival Studies Degree programme and lectured in the courses “Critical Readings in Caribbean arts and culture”, “Introduction to Cultural Research Methods”, “Carnival and Society” and “Mas: History Meaning and Development”. This experience shaped my enquiry into communicable iconography which openly celebrates the historical narratives of courage that encompass Caribbean heritage. The last five years have been my exploration of what I’ve called a “Caribbean Majestic”. And the production of work that evokes ideas surrounding the Caribbean’s Landscape ‘affective’ value.

Speaking In:

• Mas’ Movements