Akilah Watts
Akilah works with a number of media including drawing, painting, mixed media, sculpture as well as high and low relief paintings.
Some of her works deal with pop culture and cultural exchange as well as Barbadian folklore and traditions through ideas of play and souvenirs. Watts’ new works touch on issues such as race, culture as well as ideas of belonging and beauty.
mahogany culture: exposition
Alexander James is a photographer from the island of Barbados. He started photography in October 2011.
"Before picking up my very first camera I was never interested in photography, but one day my uncle bought a new camera and saw that I became intrigued by it immediately.
he asked me if I wanted the camera and of course, I said yes. if it weren't for that crucial moment,
I don't think I would've become the person that I am today."