ARC Artists

Hew Locke

  • Visual Artist
  • Guyana
  • http://www.hewlocke.net
Hew Locke was born Edinburgh in 1959 but lived in Guyana during his formative years. He returned to the UK to study BA Fine Art at Falmouth and MA Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. He lives and works in London, exhibiting extensively in the UK and abroad.  British...

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Lawrence Graham-Brown

  • Performance Artist
  • Jamaica
  • http://lawrencegrahambrown.com/
Lawrence Graham-Brown was born and raised in Jamaica, self educated, lives and works in NY & NJ, is a cross-disciplinary artist who works in sculpture, painting, performance, among other media. Graham-Brown uses his work as a palliative gesture to dispel the trauma and shame to which Black, Lesbian, Gay, Polysexual,...

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Frank Bowling O.B.E, RA

  • Painter
  • Guyana
  • http://frankbowling.com/
FRANK BOWLING, O.B.E., RA, the Guyana born British trained artist, was on May 26, 2005 elected a member of England's Royal Academy of Art, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. Mr. Bowling was among about a dozen artists proposed to fill one of two vacancies in the eighty-member academy, and is the first...

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Nicholaas Porter

  • Photographer
  • Suriname
  • http://www.wix.com/nicolaasporter/photography
Nicholaas Porter was born 1952 in The Hague, Netherland from mixed parents, attended Academy of Fine arts in Utrecht. In 1975 he left the Academy after serious conflicts with some traditional teachers.  Studied for some time at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts de Paris. In that same year he left...

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Melissa A. Calderón

  • Mixed Media and Installation Artist
  • Puerto Rico
  • http://www.melissacalderon.com/
Melissa A. Calderón was born in 1974 and attended CUNY Lehman College. A self-taught artist, she has exhibited at El Museo del Barrio, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Queens Museum, The Portland Museum of Art, Taller Boricua, Arsenal del Puntilla in Puerto Rico, Hunter College, Longwood Art Project...

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Simone Padmore

  • Illustrator and Graphic Designer
  • Barbados
  • http://www.behance.net/simone-padmore
My name is Simone Padmore and I am an artist from Barbados. I have loved art from a very young age and it was always my priority to pursue art. I attended the Barbados Community College where I received my Associate’s Degree in Visual Arts in 2008 and my Bachelors...

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Kenneth Montague

  • Curator
  • Jamaica
  • http://www.wedgecuratorialprojects.org/
Kenneth Montague is Toronto based art collector, and founder and director of Wedge Curatorial Projects. He began collecting and exhibiting photo-based work that explores black identity and the African diaspora over ten years ago. The Wedge Collection reflects Kenneth’s love and interest in vintage and contemporary photography, painting, video, and...

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Kervin W. Brisseaux

  • Illustrator and Graphic Designer
  • Haiti
  • www.brisseaux.com
Kervin W. Brisseaux is a Haitian-American artist and designer residing in NY. He received his degree at the Syracuse University School of Architecture Master’s program and is actively looking to begin his architectural career. Meanwhile, he is working as a freelance illustrator and has done work for Nike, Aquafresh, the BBC...

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Sandra Stephens

  • Video Artist
  • Jamaica
  • www.sandrastephens.com
Sandra Stephens was born in Jamaica and now lives in NY.  She uses videos and video installations to explore internal and external constructions of identity.  Her work has been exhibited in various locations including the Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, Manhattan, Madrid, Barcelona and Berlin.   To see more of Sandra's work visit: more...

Oneika Russell

  • Video Artist
  • Jamaica
  • http://www.oneikarussell.net/
Oneika Russell was born in Jamaica and currently lives in Japan. She has a deep interest in combining the practice of Painting with New Media.  Characters and stories are the basis of her work. She has exhibited in various locations including NY, Kentucky, Kingston, Jamaica, Martinique and Singapore.   To see more of...

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