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Artist Statement:
I am often asked the question
what is my work about which is
a little like being asked what
is life about. Each person
must bring their own
experience and provide their
own answers. Quite simply my
work is about life and the
enigma that surrounds
existence. I make reference
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
WORKS INCLUDED IN THE
FOLLOWING REVIEWS AND
PUBLICATIONS
1998 “Caribbean Art” Thames
and Hudson “World of Art”
series, Thames and Hudson,
London
1996 Feature article in BWIA
inflight magazine, by Dr.
Petrine Archer-Straw
published, June 1996
1996 Work included in UWI
publication, titled “Modern
Jamaican Art”, published,
November 1996, ...
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Exhibitions for Hope Brooks:
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ART EXHIBITIONS:
One-woman Exhibitions:
1995 Musgrave Laureate Exhibition – National Galley of Jamaica
1993 Chelsea Gallery – paintings from the “Night Series” shown in conjunction with ceramics by Jag Mehta
1989 Mutual Life Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica – “The Garden Series”, an exhibition of 14 paintings depicting the garden
1986 Bonagree Gallery Commonwealth Institute, London, England
“Caribbean Focus”, an exhibition of 16 pieces of work drawn mainly from private collections, and representative of almost two decades of the artist’s work. June – December 1986
1986 Bolivar Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
“Old Book Series”, a one-woman exhibition of 14 paintings in tribute to the highly decorative abstract art of the illuminated manuscripts of the Koran
1983 Bolivar Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
“Window Series”, an exhibition of 33 paintings and prints, completed while on study leave at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore
1980 Upstairs Downstairs Gallery, Kingston
“The Sea Series”, a series of 15 paintings, completed between 1979 and 1980, with the sea as its theme
1978 Bolivar Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
“Shell Series”, inspired by shells found in the sea and on land, their beautiful colours and textures
Gallery Giammaica, Los Angeles, California
Exhibition at Madge Sinclair’s Gallery
1976 Bolivar Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
Exhibition of diverse collection of paintings ranging from trees, tree trunks, to the moon and moon rise over the mountains, reflecting the experience of living in the mountains of Jamaica.
1974 John Peartree Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
“Earth Collection”, a series of works based on man-made and natural (found) objects that came from the earth, and which through a process of decay were returning to the earth
1972 Bolivar Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
“Mountain Series”, an exhibition of paintings about the mountains of Jamaica, as seen from the Palisadoes International Airport
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2005 - Grand Valley State University (GVSU), USA
Modern Jamaican Art through the work of six female artists
2004 “Curator’s Eye” – National Gallery of Jamaica – Installation Exhibition curated by Dr. Lowery Stokes Sims, Executive Director Studio Museum in Harlem
2003 – 2004 “Rousings” Exhibition of Jamaican Art, National Gallery of Cayman
2000 – 2003 “Soon Come” The Art of Contemporary Jamaica – touring exhibition organized by Exhibits USA, the Nebraska Arts Council and the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts
1997 “Black as Colour”, curated exhibition, National Gallery of Jamaica
1995 One of six artists selected for the SITES Exhibition (Smithsonian Travelling Exhibition Service) titled “New Jamaican Art”, scheduled to open Summer, 1997
1992 “Exposicion Entretropicos”, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas, Venezuela, April 1992
1992 1492/1992 Un Nouveau Regard Sur Les Caraibes, Espace Carpeaux, Courbevoie, France
1991 Invited to participate in the National Gallery of Jamaica, Dunkley Centenary Exhibition
1986 – 2006 National Gallery of Jamaica Annual Exhibition (unjuried artist)
1983 Exhibition at the Eubie Blake Cultural Centre, Baltimore, USA
1983 “Male & Female Created He Them”, special theme show, at the National Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
1983 “Jamaican Art, 1940-1980” exhibition of the Smithsonian Institute Travelling Exhibition Service (SITES), USA, curated by the National Gallery of Jamaica
1981 “Carifesta”, work selected to represent Jamaica at the Caribbean Festival of the Arts held, Bridgetown, Barbados
1975 Thirty Jamaican Artists – cultural exhibition in Mexico City, Mexico
1975 Contemporary Art of the Caribbean – Organization of the American States – Washington, D.C.
1975 Caribbean & Afro American Female Artists – New York, USA
1974 Contemporary Jamaican Art Exhibition, at the Casa De Las Americas Museum, Havana, Cuba
1969 Joint exhibition and first exhibition in Jamaica, after returning from Edinburgh, with Pat Bishop, Trinidadian artist and staff member of the Jamaica School of Art, USIS Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
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