Bahamas Art

Bahamas Art and Bahamian artists have evolved over the decades and are now being recognized around the world.

The Bahamas has long had a vibrant arts community encompassing artists working in a wide variety of creative fields. The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas features an extensive collection of primarily Bahamian art, including paintings by Amos Ferguson, sculptures by Antonius Roberts and pencil drawings of historic Nassau from the 18th century. Other galleries and Bahamas artist studios are located in Nassau and throughout the other Bahama islands.

For many years, art in The Bahamas consisted primarily of straw crafts and paintings of island life, created primarily for the tourist market. Over the past few decades, a new crop of Bahamian artists has emerged on the scene expressing themselves in new, creative and uniquely Bahamian ways. These young artists are encouraging a new form of individualism and artistic personality.

Video Interviews with Bahamian Artists

The ‘Artists Talk’ series features up-close and personal video interviews with established and emerging Bahamian artists, who share their thoughts and feelings on their work and talk about art in The Bahamas.

More Than Sun, Sand and Sea

For such a small country the Bahamas has produced an impressively high number of world-class artists. Masters like Max Taylor, Kendal Hanna, Antonius Roberts, Eddie Minnis and Jackson Burnside, amongst several others, were pioneers in Bahamian art and have brought international recognition to these islands.

Birth Mark

Birth Mark is an exhibition of art by Charlthorn Strachan, Javon Nixon and Preston Hanna at the Ladder Gallery in Nassau, New Providecne, The Bahamas from October 7-24, 2011. Opening Night Reception: Thursday Oct 13th 2011.

Theophany – Jace McKinney

Paintings by Jace McKinney Opening: Thursday, December 2, 2010 Popopstudios Gallery in Chippingham

Nostrum Fabula

Under the Patronage of His Excellency Sir Arthur Foulkes, and Haitian Ambassador to The Bahamas from the Republic of Haiti, Antonio Rodrique, Nostrum Fabula – “Our Story”, will share, through art and imagination, the separate and united stories of both cultures.