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Professional Summary

Akilah Watts is a Multidisciplinary Contemporary Artist from Barbados, who is interested in depicting a black Barbadian experience.

 

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Education

(BFA) Bachelor of Fine Art, Major in Studio - 2017

Barbados Community College

 

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Artist Residencies

2023

  • Black Curatorial Lab in partnership with ICF and Block 336 - London UK

  • Vermont Studio Centre - Johnson VT

2022

  • ArtLEADHer in partnership with Monira Foundation - Mana Contemporary, NJ

2021

  • Chautauqua School of Art Residency Program - Chautauqua, NY

  • Longform at Ox-Bow School of Art and Artist Residency - Saugatuck, MI

 

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Solo Exhibitions

2019

  •  Barbadiana Nostalgia - Solo Exhibition at The Frame & Art Co.

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Collections

  • Doucet Collections

  • ArtLEADHer

  • Monira Foundation

 

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Panel Discussions

2024

  • The Institute for Gender andDevelopment Studies: Nita Barrow Unit - Panel Discussion and Women’s Night Market - UWI Cave Hill Campus, Barbados

2023

  • FUZE Art Fair - Notions of Paradise - Baha Mar Resort, Bahamas

  • Black Curatorial Lab - What do Artists want from Curators - D&AD, Shoreditch, London UK

 

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Special Projects:

2024

  • March; Curated Presentation at Good Black Art

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Selected Group Exhibitions

2023

  • 100 Days of Summer curated by Mashonda Tifre - Art Genesis, LA

  • A Seat at the Table curated by Oneka Small - NCF, Queens Park Gallery, Barbados

  • Emerged: Contemporary Barbadian Art - Bagnall's Gallery, Barbados

  • Fragility - MIA Art Collection Art exhibition, Canada University, Dubai

  • To Embrace Shadow is the Journey of the Sun and the Soul Curated by Ruzy Rusike - The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg, SA

2022

  • Repose: Alanis Forde + Akilah Watts curated by John Wolf at 1969 Gallery, NY

  • To Each, Her Own - Urban Zen, NY

  • Marfa Open Arts - Marfa, TX

  • The Season of Emancipation - Queens Park Gallery, Barbados

  • Identity Fabric - King Rufus Manor, Queens NY

2021

  • Be of Good Courage - NYC Culture Club, World Trade Centre, NY

  • Fragmented Memoirs: Akilah Watts and Lanecia Rouse Tinsley - on Live Art Market

  • Reimagined: Unspoken Bodies and Spaces - The Frame & Art Co. Barbados

  • CAFA - Non-Traditional Exhibition - Artsplash Centre Barbados

  • INNERSCAPES - The Frame and Art Co. Barbados

2020

2019

  • Social Geometry ( Expanding Drawing Practices by Barbadian Artist) - Queen’s Park Gallery, Barbados

 

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Works in Public Spaces

2023

  • Prizm Art Fair - Filo Sofi Arts curated by Gabrielle Aruta - Miami, FL

  • FUZE Caribbean Art Fair - The Current, Baha Mar Resort - Nassau, Bahamas

  • Spring Break Art Show - Filo Sofi Arts curated by Gabrielle Aruta - Madison Ave, NY

  • RMB Latitudes Art Fair with The Melrose Gallery- Johannesburg, SA

2019

  • Understanding Risk - Collaboration with the World Bank Group, CDEMA, European Union, GFDRR, Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc, Fresh Milk Art Platform, Alanis Forde, Anna Gibson, Kia Redman, and Kraig Yearwood. 

2017

  • Prizm Art Fair - Miami FL,

2016 - 2021

  • The Frame & Art Co., Anonymous Charity Art Show

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Select Curatorial Experience

2021

  • Reimagined: Unspoken Bodies and Spaces - The Frame & Art Co

2019

  • Barbadiana Nostalgia - Solo Show - The Frame & Art Co.​

 

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Selected Professional Experience

2021

  • Golden Square Freedom Park, Barbados - Bench Art Project

  • Cover illustration - Kemosha of the Caribbean by Alex Whittle

  • Reimagined: Unspoken Bodies and Spaces - Virtual Exhibition Design and curation

2017 - present - Frame & Art Co. : Part-Time Framer

2018 - 2019 - Operation Triple Threat - Set painting and design

2015 - The Amazing Fishadella - Co-illustrated with Alanis Forde and Anna Gibson 

 

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Select Murals

2020

  • The Barbados General Post Office - co-executed with Alanis Forde and Anna Gibson

2019

  • The Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados - co-executed with Alanis Forde and Anna Gibson

 

 

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Critical Mention

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