Tyshan Wright
Visual Artist
A “Keeper of the Heritage” of Jamaican Maroons
— Jamaica Gleaner
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“Amid discourse on the capacity of contemporary visual art practice to reconcile history with true past, Wright uses his own story and hopeful imagination to conjure beauty, curiosity, understanding and ultimately, love.”
— Laura Ritchie, Curator and 2022 Sobey Art Award Juror
Featured Projects
Maroon Hill
Maroon Town
Erasure Art Collective
GUMBE
Myal
Between Slavery and Sovereignty
Maroon Hill
Maroon Hill
“However painful and unpleasant the past, there is the possibility to create something beautiful, magical, and healing out of that pain.”
— Tyshan Wright, from The Past Informs the Future (Visual Arts News, Summer 2022 edition)