Escalating costs of living notwithstanding, Jamaica’s art scene continues to be guided by steady hands. It’s a network of veritable players — some behind the brush, others behind the bank — who ensure that the legacy of our artistic luminaries is effectively passed on. SO presents the art movers and shakers on this, the opening day of the annual National Biennial — Jamaica’s premier art exhibition — at the National Gallery.

To the Art Heavens

Andrew Hope — Critic & Artist

Collectors: Donald Campbell, Aaron Matalon,

AD Scott, Larry Wirth

ARTISTS:

Albert Artwell

Vincent Atherton

Eric Cadien

Ralph Campbell

Leonard Daley

Ras Dizzy

Gloria Escoffrey

Colin Garland

Christopher Gonzales

Allan ‘Zion’ Johnson

Woody Joseph

Michael Lester

Sydney McLaren

Roger Mais

David Miller

Seya Parboosingh

David Pottinger

Roy Reid

Dawn Scott

Marlene Lewis Weinberger

Doc Williamson

The Masters:

Carl Abrahams

Cecil Baugh

John Dunkley

Albert Huie

Eugene Hyde

Edna Manley

Karl Parboosingh

Kapo/Mallica Reynolds

Osmond Watson

Barrington Watson

MODERN

Robert Cookhorne/ Omari Ra/African

Katrina Abrahams

Susan Alexander

Valerie Bloomfield

Jonna Brasch

David Boxer

Hope Brooks

Jean Taylor Bushay

Margaret Chen

Carol Crichton

Alexander Cooper

Karl ‘Jerry’ Craig

Graham Davis

Laura Facey

Milton George

Royan Grey

Norma Harrack

Marissa Willoughby Holland

Nakazzi Hutchinson

Rafiki Kariuki

Amy Laskin

Vivienne Logan

Alvin Marriott

Margaret McGhie

JudyAnn McMillan

Jag Mehta

Petrona Morrison

Gene Pearson

David Pinto

George Rodney

Stafford Schlieffer

Kacey Shay

Susan Shirley

Tina Spiro

PJ Stewart

Roberta Stoddart

Kay Sullivan

Phillip Supersad

Juliet Thorburn

Patrick Waldemar

Heather Sutherland Wade

Susan Ward

Dorothy Henriques Wells

Basil Watson

Raymond Watson

Intuitives:

Austin Campbell

Evadney Cruickshank

Everald Brown

Wilfred Francis

Errol McKenzie

David Marchand

Elijah/Geneva Mais

Dennis Minott

Hylton Nembhard

Beverly Oliver

Michael Parchment

Zaccheus Powell

Keith Reece/ Uhuru

Gaston Tabois

Kingsley Thomas

Sylvester Woods

On the Verge:

Marvin Bartley

Keisha Castello

Stefan Clarke

Khary Darby

Michael ‘Flyn’ Elliott

Fiona Godfrey

Christopher Harris

Christopher Irons

Marlon James

Leasho Johnson

O’Neil Lawrence

Oliver Myrie

Ebony G Patterson

Dion ‘Sand’ Palmer

Jiivanii Redmarks

Oneika Russell

Philip Thomas

Photographers:

Robin Farquharson

Jeremy Francis

Maria Layacona

Franz Marzouca

Howard Moo-Young

Peter Dean Rickards

Paul Stoppi

Donnette Zacca

Gallerists:

Herman van Asbroek — Amaicraft

Gilou Bauer — Mutual Gallery

Melinda Brown — Roktowa

Carol Campbell — Revolution Gallery

Nicky Delisser — Gallery of West Indian Art

Hugh Dunphy — Bolivar Gallery

Susanne Fredricks — HiQo

Simon Fredricks — 128 Gallerie

Wayne Gallimore — Jamagination

Guy McIntosh — Frame Centre

Annabella Proudlock — Harmony Hall

Douglas Reid — Grosvenor Gallery

Rosemarie Thwaites — Olympia Art Centre

Doreen Watson — Gallery Barrington

Curators:

Gilou Bauer — Mutual Gallery

Dr David Boxer — National Gallery of Jamaica

Rozi Chung — Studio 174

Susanne Fredricks — HiQo Gallery

Sandra Moodie — Bank of Jamaica

Veerle Poupeye

Dr Petrine Archer-Straw

Winston Campbell — The CAGe (up-and-coming)

O’Neil Lawrence — NGJ (up-and-coming)

Collectors:

Herman van Asbroek

Dr David Boxer

Michael Campbell

Wallace Campbell

Wayne Chen

Wayne Cox

Keith & Diane Fredricks

Simon Fredricks

Susanne Fredricks

Dr Ossie Harding

Carlysle Hudson

Christopher & Kimberley Issa

Paul & Oriente Issa

Guy McIntosh

Ian Moore

Dr Brian Morgan

Anthony Miller

Taynia Nethersole

Andrew Phillips

Douglas Reid

Stephen Steele

Tom Tavares-Finson

William Tavares-Finson

Writers & Critics:

Dr David Boxer

Lorraine Murray — The Jamaican Magazine

Annie Paul

Veerle Poupeye

Oneika Russell — Art Jamaica website

Edward Lucie-Smith

Dr Petrine Archer-Straw

Kim Robinson-Walcott — Jamaica Journal

Tamara Scott-Williams

Supporters, Corporate Collectors & Event Holders:

Bank of Jamaica

Maurice & Valerie Facey

Josef Forstmayr — Round Hill

Hilton Hotel — rotating exhibits in public areas

Jamaica Guild of Artists

Kingston On The Edge

Myers, Fletcher & Gordon

National Gallery of Jamaica

National Commercial Bank

PanCaribbean Investments

PanJam Trust

Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica

ScotiaBank Private Client Group — Celebration of Art

SuperPlus — Annual Under-40 Show

University of Technology

University of the West Indies

Tony & June Wong — Liguanea Art Fair

Marcia Chin Yue — Mandeville Art Fair

Influencers:

Nikki Vassell — PACE, NY

Kristina Newman-Scott — Director of Programmes, Boston Center for the Arts

Rachael Barrett

Margaret Bernal

Dr David Boxer

Melinda Brown

Veerle Poupeye

Pat Ramsay

Edward Seaga

Lois Lake-Sherwood

William Tavares-Finson

Educators:

Cecil Cooper

Burchell Duhaney

Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts

Petrona Morrison

Prudence Lovell-Prescott

Veerle Poupeye

Sanaa Studios

Samere Tansley

Community Outreach/Projects in the Arts:

Melinda Brown — Roktowa

Jesus Silva Fernandez — Mural Arts Restoration at the Holy Trinity Cathedral

Simon Fredricks — 128 Gallerie

Institute of Jamaica Arts Programme

Kingston on the Edge

National Gallery of Jamaica — Children’s Art & Outreach Programmes

Stanford Watson — MultiCare

Rozi Chung/Max Earle — Tivoli Resolution Project

Jamaica Cultural Development Commission

Auctioneers:

William Tavares-Finson

Douglas Reid