Maroon Camp

Presented at the National Gallery of Canada as part of 2022 Sobey Art Award Exhibition, Maroon Camp unites the present with past narratives of Maroon experience in diaspora - from resistance of the transatlantic slave trade in the 17th century, to the Maroons’ exile from Trelawny Town, Jamaica, to Nova Scotia in 1796. Here Wright recognizes the enduring cultural influence of the Trelawny Town Maroons’ time in Atlantic Canada, a region still home to many of their descendants. Wright champions a resurgence of his ancestral language, spirituality and material culture.