Battling against and confronting the representations of women and People of Colour through the use of highly detailed watercolour paintings, Shari Phoenix is a contemporary artist living and working in Barbados. Born in 1997, she completed her Associate’s degree in visual art in 2016 and her Bachelor’s in fine arts at the Barbados community college. Her work seeks to deconstruct and interrogate societal views on the Black body, ideas of perfection and beauty and the recurring use of the caricature. Leading to three intense bodies of works: “Grotesque Eve,” “Pin Up Rebel” and “Are You Offended?” Each asking varies questions to create a dialogue about the themes of her work.
Her work has exhibited internationally at Prizm art fair Miami and few local exhibitions. She has also worked with international artist Philippe Dodard on the National Cultural Foundation’s Mural Project at its headquarters.
