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The exhibition features work by the graduating students of the BA degree in Visual Arts programme which was completed over a rigorous multi-disciplinary foundation programme. The work represents some of their experiences from the programme and includes a selection of drawings, paintings, product and graphic design, furniture, ceramics and sculpture. Catalogue designed by Christel Mohammed; Cover designed by Rishma Hansil
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As a designer, I much prefer simple, clean and effective work. To me too much is too busy and too little is too unresponsive. I tend to stick with just enough, with the exception of the “over the top” according to the design itself and what I am design-ing for. My area of interest is in applying movement to lighting. This project is more of an exploration of materials and how they can successfully create the expression of movement through its materials. It is a product carded for the mature market (both
male and female) ranging from young adults to the elderly. The main unit of analysis is trying to apply movement to lighting and how I can explore different materials in a unique way to produce movement. The standing light is made of iron and cotton voile. The hanging light is made of brass and embroidery threading. The wall light is made from copper. These three combine to show movement with varying materials.
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Rishma Hansil is a talented young designer specializing in graphic design, illustra-
tion and film making. Her design project entitled “Animal Adventure” is an interactive help to create her unique style of illustration and animation. She hopes to further
Izia Lindsay popularly known as “Jap” is a versatile artist who specializes in graffiti
art, graphic design and fine art. He has made his mark in the world both locally and
internationally. His work can be seen on prominent walls both here and abroad.
Locally it includes a Mural done at the UWI Campus honouring the late Dr. Pat
Bishop and internationally at Wynwood Walls Miami. This respected artist has been
contracted by respected companies such as Tribe Carnival, Converse International,
Mc Cann Erickson, Hard Rock Cafe and many other agencies. His passion for art is
unique since his contribution to society is selfless. Readily he is always willing to
assist so many who call on him for assistance. Izia is a talented passionate artist who
is on a journey to leave his mark in the twenty-first century.
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Having worked as a writer, photographer and content developer with the Trinidad
Guardian and a number of other local and regional publications for many years,
Clydeen McDonald has long searched for a way to marry his love for publications
and research with his artistic practice. It was out of this love he was able to concep-
Clydeen hopes that his project, which will include three full publications and a
documentary on the Unit when it is completed, would serve as an important
watershed in the life of the department which has impacted the lives of so many local
and regional artists.
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Christel Sarah Mohammed is a talented, multidisciplinary artist who is proficient is the fields of digital illustration, fine art and graphic design. She has always loved to draw and her presentation ‘Folklore Reimagined’ was fueled by her lifelong passion for drawing and fascination with mythology. Given that local folklore possesses internationally popular themes such as environmental fantasy, environmental awareness and preservation, black magic and the supernatural, Christel has
wondered why it was not more popular in entertainment. She aims here to present a series of compelling revisualizations of our traditional folklore characters that can capture the imagination of the modern viewer and reignite interest in our local stories. It is hoped that this series when completed could serve as a platform for the development of a graphic novel or an animated series featuring our local folklore characters.
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My name is Alessandra Reyes and I am a final year student at the University of the West Indies. I have a great love for art and I am intensely inspired by my surround-ings and the people around me. I have been doing art from a very young age and I am always looking for new experiences to grow as an artist.
My project deals with the art of silk-screening on ceramic, wheel thrown tableware. Silk-screening is a process used to create prints on a wide variety of materials. I created different prints based on the Phalaenopsis orchid and went on to silkscreen these designs onto ceramic pieces.
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Afiya Waithe, a talented young designer, has used her skill and perseverance in the
creation of her latest work. Throughout her work experience she has enjoyed
working with different materials to create sculptural pieces and contemporary
paintings. In her latest series of pieces she has made use of the material, ceramics.
Having an affinity for the delicate nature of the material she has considered with her
work this frailty of the medium and how it relates to life. Her pieces capture the
elements of human nature in an innovative way by combining a resilient material to
recreate the human form with her hand lights.
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Artist painter, fashion designer, and art educator, Douha Aboud, was born in
Lebanon. Her background in art includes a Diploma in Nudo Plastica and history of
art Modellage, an Associate Degree of Fine Arts as well as a Diploma in Costume
Design and garment construction. As a student of art at a competion of the "
Fabriano Dessin " she was awarded the " First Prize of the Pope". Her style includes
semi -abstract, still life and figurative. She has exhibited locally as well in
Lebanon.The body of works depicts the figure of a woman whose proportions
represent an ideal in my mind. She is done in abstract using acrylic as the medium
and achieving texture by applying the paint with a variety of tools including brushes,
spatulas and a piece of plastic mesh. The woman expresses the curvaceous and full
bodied softness that I consider to be the perfect hanger for cloth. The woman curves
that are draped upon creates the illusion of mood, beauty and sensational feeling.
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The installation "Identity Game" is the outcome of reflections on the female form as sites of cultural identity and biology. It explores some of the tensions highlighted in concerns about femininity with regards to commerce and self esteem which are often played out as a game in which tradition, society and globalization determines losers and winners.
The fetus and female faces used together with the main materials of candy floss, embroidery thread and needles emphasize the fragile and delicate state of the female and her process of finding her identity.
I love creating texture and mixed media art; and to apply it to one of my favorite themes, Folklore, I decided I had to just go for it. Painting to me has never been enough and I have pushed to always add some kind of tactile surface to most of my work. The chance to tell a story and create some fantasy is also something I like and this was my chance to recreate my favorite childhood characters.I am still in an experimental phase and willing to step out of my comfort zone as often
as possible to see where things take me. Sometimes I fail or I might have one of those great moments when everything falls perfectly in place. Art to me is about reaching beyond you and seeing more, pushing limits and expanding horizons. This exhibition of my work mixes my familiarity with certain materials but forces me to work larger and in multiples.
After teaching in the primary school system for eighteen years Gail decided to fulfill her dreams by pursuing a degree in Visual Arts at The University of the West Indies. At present she is a teacher at ASJA Girls College, San Fernando where she teaches Visual Arts. Recently, she opened her own Visual Arts School and continues to impart artistic knowledge to the children of San Fernando. Passionate about the lives of her students and close friends and family, Gail choose to highlight sensitive issues
such as divorce, confusion, crime and violence which exist in so many families today and society at large. Through many attempts at experimentation and exploration with acrylics and found materials Gail has found abstracted work to be a beautiful and freer way to express oneself.
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This presentation is about conflict: the struggle with my thoughts and my feelings.
Does anyone else experience this kind of skirmish? The struggle between a "cluster
of thoughts" that keep pushing and pulling me in seemingly all directions, emotion-
ally. Its purpose is to reveal some of these feelings and emotions through my work
as a means of finding peace of mind in the midst of all this emotional conflict. The
theme, being a sensitive and personal subject that the viewers could relate to,
became a battle for me, simply because of my reserved nature. Here I am visually
revealing personal thoughts and feelings to people I have never met in an open and
unrestricted environment. The project is based on the teardrop, which defines and
collects much of the joy, the fear, the love and the struggle that bombard me. The
work is comprised of mixed media: acrylic on textured canvas, papier mache and
bits of installation / three dimensionality.
Secrets - we all have them. Secrets are not gender or age sensitive. The lasting
preserve of a secret is a miracle that is yet to be revealed. This installation is a trial in
itself. I wrestle with my own secrets that want to escape their inner realm. I am
pushing to open up, when my own nature is to keep hidden those things that should
not be revealed. Contradictions abound, which is why I choose to represent the
theme of secrecy and openness with the mixed media of wire, fabric, nylon thread,
sound and light. The secret might be there for all to see once they enter the installa-
tion, but what is seen or heard will vary from person to person. Why? Because no
secret told the first, second, third or fourth time is told how it truly is intended to be.
Only the holder of the secret itself knows its true form and being.
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They say that art speaks for itself but does it? Can it have a voice so pronounced that you cannot bear to listen? Can it declare how to be and what you must do? Who is art and what is the artist? Are they the same whether it be definite, indefinite, finite, infinite or is it beyond what could ever be? Art is like life, in the beginning you are excited or terrified, in the middle you go crazy but in the end you hope to look back and say that it was all worth it, even the mistakes. I do not see myself as an artist, but
as a visionary, set with the task of making the impossible possible, thus building my boundaries and touching none. Through my encounters with various artists I have come to realize that you don't choose art, it chooses you - so it does not make sense running just accept it.
Presently, Shanta teaches Visual Arts at the Secondary level. After graduating with a
are towards Integrating the V.A.P.A. Curriculum. Shanta is very interested in Art
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My work uses the line as the visual language to communicate the inner and superfi-
cial flows of energy that can be seen throughout nature. The organic synergy of
movement and sporadic wild gestures of the line used in my drawings specifically
appeals to me, thus in my current tenure as an artist I am investigating the many
applications and potential expressions that the line poses. Only when looking at an
object or scape intently long enough then would the flows described in my work be
revealed. Additionally, with my vocation, working directly from raw natural materials
was important in its development. Leaves, flowers, other natural/recycled materials
and plant extracts are utilized to produce and color the paper being made from
scratch. Thus a focus on the communicative language canvasses the content and
subject matter. The naturalist approach to my current art making should appeal to
the everyday hobbyist where all materials used can be easily found and processed.
Adiel has been painting for all his life and for the latter part, he produced three solo
exhibitions. His preferred media have been watercolour, and oils. He has a deep
appreciation for nature and the beauty in ordinary situations. His chosen representa-
tional style of painting draws an inspiration from the early French Impressionists.
Adiel has struck out from his previous style and is now creating new bodies of work
that reflects his own set of deep-seated beliefs. While using a heavy contemporary
hand to combine textured mediums, his meaning-making approach involves art
making informed by big ideas that has strong connections to the real world. His
theme entitled “My Story” contains works of art that are emotionally charged. In
striving to create art works of this nature, he hopes to address technical challenges
and decisions about choice in media, style and formal qualities. As he continues on
his journey, he would like to remind everyone to let originals be their culture.
The Mandala Project: The Flower of Life. Mandalas are sacred in both Hindu and
Buddhist cultures. They are spiritual and ritual symbols that represent the universe.
This inked illustrated body of work aims to represent the blossoming of life, along
with the balance and spirituality of life through Mandala patterns inspired by nature’s
flora. Mandalas are often built from the centre of the circle outwards, creating the
floral effect. Flowers are generally circular, allowing the circles and flowers to be
combined in the creation of symbolic designs that reflect the spirit, femininity,
balance and eternity. Flowers may represent spring, rebirth, creation and a
blossoming of an idea or phenomenon, leading to the Mandala being called “The
Flower of Life”. Mandalas inked onto skin create a visual, physical reflection of the
spiritual essence of life. Tattoos permanently embellish the body, allowing the world
to see the art standing as a reflection of an individual’s experiences blossoming
through life.
RICHARD TUDOR
DCFA VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION | FINE ART | 2013
My name is Richard Dominique Tudor. I am a practising Visual Artist and a teacher at the Guayaguayare Secondary School. I’ve been studying at the University for the past seven years where I have successfully completed the Certificate Programme, and am on the verge of completing the BA. in Visual Arts. My heartfelt passion for creating has led me onto a path of enlightenment. I specialize in capturing gestures of the human form either in motion or at rest, paying a keen attention to the energy generated in the movement and intensity of the line used. The pieces which are
showcased present an experience entitled “Energy in Motion” or its symbolic abbreviation, “E-Motion”, I manipulated a familiar media (that of acrylic paint upon canvas) to express moods felt, as I have transcended through time which allowed me to become the man that I am today. Linear expressions through various contem-porary painting approaches aid in my abstracted translation of the human portrait. Allow me to engage and stimulate your intellect as you journey into the optical aesthetic.
One new thought is worth a hundred years of scholarship – because it yields a
hundred more.Thinking outside the box offers possibilities of new thought and with it
a meritorious opportunity to declare - ‘my world is not flat’. Usually taken for granted
is the risk involved in perquisition of the new. This search is a journey that can lead
to space where the prolonged surrender of moral institution and perceived safety is
necessary. However, even with this unabated offering the instance is a glimmer, and
its acquisition remains as difficult as attempting to toast the tip of a humming bird’s
wing. My journeys to this space unearthed a troubling introspective. Between
courting the unknown, threading the fringe and my affair with heresy – I imbibed an
acrid cocktail of ironies that was chased with two humbling truths:
- The quest for enlightenment results in the tightest constraints.
- There is no outside the box - only migration to another one.
