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 Hill

  • GUMBE

  • Maroon Town

  • Between Slavery and Sovereignty

  • Erasure Art Collective

  • Myal

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“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)

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