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This is a list of Jamaican artists (in alphabetical order by last name) of various genres, who are notable and either born in Jamaica or associated with Jamaica, including sculptors, ceramists, painters, photographers and designers.
Edna Swithenbank Manley, OM (28 February 1900 – 9 February 1987) [1] is considered one of the most important artists and arts educators in Jamaica.She was known primarily as a sculptor, although her oeuvre included significant drawings and paintings. [2]
Camille Chedda (born 1985 in Manchester) is a Jamaican visual artist and academic. She attended the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (BFA, Painting, 2007) and the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (MFA, 2012). Chedda is a lecturer at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Art and Project Manager for the ...
Jamaican art dates back to Jamaica's indigenous Taino Indians who created zemis, carvings of their gods, for ritual spiritual purposes. The demise of this culture after European colonisation heralded a new era of art production more closely related to traditional tastes in Europe, created by itinerant artists keen to return picturesque images ...
Ebony Grace Patterson [1] (born 1981, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-born visual artist and educator. She is known for her large and colorful tapestries created out of various materials such as, glitter, sequins, fabric, toys, beads, faux flowers, jewelry, and other embellishments.
This is a list of women artists who were born in Jamaica or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
20th-century Jamaican artists (3 C, 1 P) 21st-century Jamaican artists (2 C, 3 P)-Artists from Kingston, Jamaica (15 P) + Jamaican women artists (4 C, 13 P) D.
The somewhat abstract statue depicts a figure with a tree trunk for a lower body and a distorted face. [1] When the sculpture was unveiled on the second anniversary of the iconic reggae artist's death, angry Marley fans threw fruit and rocks at the bronze piece because, according to them, it didn't adequately represent the widely revered artist ...