COME August 30, the National Gallery of Jamaica will unveil Young Talent 2015 — an exhibition which features 10 artists living in and from Jamaica and under 40 years old.

The artists, whose work will be on show until November 14 are Greg Bailey, Alicia Brown, Katrina Coombs, Di-Andre Caprice Davis, Monique Gilpin, Domanie Hong, Howard Myrie, Richard Nattoo, Avagay Osborne, and Cosmo Whyte.

The National Gallery said Young Talent 2015 includes a healthy range of artistic media and practices, including new and more traditional media, including GIF collages, fibre-based work and representational painting, which co-exist productively as part of Jamaica’s emerging contemporary art language.

In addition, as part of its drive to support what it deems an exceptionally energetic and innovative contemporary art scene in Jamaica, the National Gallery now intends to present Young Talent exhibitions every two years, in the years alternating with the Jamaica Biennial.

The August 30 opening function of Young Talent 2015 will be presented as part of the National Gallery’s Last Sundays programme. There will be no guest speaker, and instead there will be the screening of a short video documentary on the participating artists. This will be followed by a musical performance by Jah9.

The first Young Talent exhibition was held in 1985 and featured 11 young artists, including Basil Watson, Omari Ra, Khalfani Ra, and Petrine Archer-Straw.