Sabrina Charran

Around mid August, shortly after the General Elections ( in Trinidad and Tobago), I decided to make this piece which I titled “Year of the Nurse 2020”.  A remake of a piece I had done a few years ago, this work in acrylic features two female figures of different complexions dressed in white uniforms, walking hand in hand under the midday sun. I wanted this piece to highlight a number of things that rested heavily on my mind and heart over the lockdown period, so I made it with thoughts about feminine energy, the caregiver, the beauty within ethnic and cultural diversity, touch, connection, labour and love. 

When the space around starts to get ugly, I find it necessary to nurse myself back to a state of gratitude. 

I am a product of an image culture that celebrates public art, so my aesthetic choices combine my love for graphic, illustrative styles that are used in graffiti, as well as traditional painting techniques.

Bio

Sabrina Charran is a Visual artist and educator from Trinidad and Tobago. She received her BA in Visual Arts at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.

Her work includes figure drawing, figurative painting and street art. She has exhibited in several group shows including Galvanize “Visibly Absent” (2006) at the CCA7, The Bottom Line (2006) at the Cotton Tree Foundation, Erotic Art (2009) at Alice Yard, “Represent” (2018) at Thinkartworktt Studio, “4Drawing” (2018) at The 101 Art Gallery, “The Mighty Sparrow Show” (2018) at A Space Inna Space and “After” (2019) at the Y Gallery.  In 2015 she had her first solo exhibition, “LOVEHATE”, at Medulla Art Gallery. Sabrina was the festival artist for trinidad+tobago film festival 2018 and further collaborated with the ttff to curate the “Heart Therapy Project” at the LOFTT Gallery which featured the artworks of a group of girls that she did voluntary art sessions with at the St. Jude’s Home for Girls in 2015 and 2018. Since 2008, Sabrina has been employed with the Ministry of Education, teaching Visual Arts and Art and Design at Queen’s Royal College. 

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