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Born Kingston, Jamaica, 31 May 1954
Educated: West Surrey College of Art & Design, Farnham, England (Foundation Year, 1972)
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (Summer Workshop, 1972)
Jamaica School of Art, Kingston, Jamaica (Diploma Sculpture, 1975)
 

Professional Appointments


1975     Designed sets and costumes for national pantomime The Witch, Ward Theatre, Kingston, Jamaica.
1978     Woodcarver for Forest Fantasies, Organ, New Mexico, USA
1978     Technician, Nambe Mills Foundry, Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA
1979     Company Sculptor, Sante Fe Opera, Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA


Solo Exhibitions


1976     Talisman the Goat, Exhibition of Illustrations, Bolivar Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
1980     Works, Tom Martin Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA
1985     Pieces, Mutual Life Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
1992     Chairworm and Supershark, Exhibition of Illustrations, Patoo Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
2001     Silent Voices, Bolivar Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
2006     The Everything Doors, Drawings in Wood, Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica.
2008     Where I Stand, Mt Plenty, St. Ann, Jamaica
2009     Solandra, Jamaica Inn, St. Ann, Jamaica

2010     Propel, ROKTOWA, 8 Pechon St, Kingston, Jamaica

2010     2010 National Biennial, The National Gallery of Jamaica - winner of best in show - Aron Matalon award


Group Exhibitions


1985     Six Options (Installations), National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston
1986     Carribean Art Now, Commonwealth Institute, London, England
1990     Joint Exhibition, Patoo Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
1997     Installation at the Sexta Bienal de la Habana, Cuba
1997     Installation, Annual National Exhibition, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston
2000     Soon Came: The Art of Contemporary Jamaica, Nebraska Arts Council toured by Exhibits USA
2000     Watamula, Workshop Exhibition, Curacao, Dutch Antilles
2001     A Shriek from an Invisible Box, Meguro Museum of Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2004     Curator's Eye 1, Body and Blood of Christ, National Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica.
2007     Materialising Slavery, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston


Commissions

 

1999     Earth to Earth, The Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, The Sculpture Park of the Caribbean, University of Technology, Kingston, Jamaica.
2000     Christ Ascending, St. Andrew Parish Church, Kingston, Jamaica
2003     Redemption Song, Monument for Emancipation at ceremonial entrance to Emancipation Park, Kingston, Jamaica.
2009     Golden Cleat Award, Best Athlete of the Year, Kingston Jamaica


Publications
 

1977     Wrote and illustrated children's book Talisman the Goat, Operation Friendship, Kingston, Jamaica
1992     Illustrated children's environmental book Chairworm and Supershark, The Mill Press, Kingston, Jamaica

Awards

2006     Awarded the Silver Musgrage Medal for sculpture.
2010
    2010 National Biennial, The National Gallery of Jamaica - winner of best in show - Aron Matalon award