NEWS
Nature’s Wild: Queering Cane Collaboration with Andil Gosine to Debut in Toronto This Fall
Originally slated for the Art Museum of the Americas, Nature’s Wild with Andil Gosine was canceled just before its opening. Now reimagined and relocated, the exhibition—including my collaboration with Gosine—will open at Paul Petro Contemporary Art in Toronto from October 10 to November 8, 2025. This new chapter of the show affirms our collective commitment to challenging institutional silencing and continuing critical dialogue around queerness, nature, and Caribbean identity.
“Moonlight: Respite of the Black Madonnas” Featured in Hammer & Hope
A featured work in the Spring 2025 issue of Hammer & Hope, Moonlight: Respite of the Black Madonnas accompanies a powerful dialogue between Rhiana Gunn-Wright and Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò on building a more human-centered climate movement. This collage from my Moonlight series envisions Black women at rest, held by nature rather than burdened by it.
In The Flesh and Debut of “Tea and Empathy” Mixed Media Collage
Last fall, I was honored to create a large-scale collage for Sugar Made Us Free? Diabetes and the Afterlife of Slavery in Barbados: Art, Archive & the Gendered Dimensions of Risk, an interdisciplinary project led by Drs. Tonya Haynes (UWI) and Nicole Charles (University of Toronto Mississauga).
Debut of The Guard: An Intervention at the Barbados Museum and Historical Society
I am chuffed to announce the debut of my first art book in collaboration with interdisciplinary artist, Nyugen Smith.
Field Studies: The Launch of Yabisi Guada Coloring Books
So much of my art practice has been rooted in the visually stunning quality of Barbados’ landscape that when Dr. Sonia Peter approached me in 2019 about collaborating on a duo of activity coloring books for adults and children featuring the rich biodiversity of the island, I was more than a little excited.
6 for a 9: Exhibition with Ronald Williams
I debut two new bodies of collage work in 6 for a 9, a co-exhibition with Ronald Williams at Morningside Gallery in Barbados. The show reflects a rich creative exchange through silhouette, scale, sound, and abstraction.
Collaboration with Fashion Brand Enclothed Cognition
I collaborated with Enclothed Cognition to create a limited-edition kimono for the 2018/19 season, blending collage, fashion, and design into a sculptural garment now touring design museums across the Netherlands.
The Guard: An Intervention at the Barbados Museum
I delve behind the scenes of The Guard, a 2017 endurance performance created with artist Nyugen E. Smith at the Barbados Museum. Together, we examine power, presence, and visibility inside colonial-era gallery spaces.