Art Exhibitions
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Tun Yuh Hand Mek Fashion: A Clothing Collection March 2025 – May 2025
Solo Exhibit. South College, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
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“Tun yuh hand mek fashion” refers to the ability to take what you have and turn it into something new. In this project, I emphasize how “tun yuh hand mek fashion” is an essential part of women’s engagement with dancehall fashion. I employ the expression “tun yuh hand mek fashion” by literally making fashion (designing and constructing garments) out of old pieces of clothing and fabric and transforming them into something new or different. This reflects women using clothes (either buying new clothing or repurposing clothes they already have) to transform their identities into personas that they present in the dancehall space. In an effort to stay true to the phrase, I recycle fabric that is available to me from clothing I no longer wear. What transpires from “tun yuh hand mek fashion” as a practice are multiple garments that culminates into a clothing collection. Each garment showcased in this collection reflects how elements and aesthetics of Caribbean celebrations of resistance that originated in the 17th century (eg. Jonkonnu, Carnival, etc.) are still prevalent in dancehall fashion.
Curatorial Experience
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Revolisyon toupatou/Rendering Revolution December 2024 – February 2025
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, Parsons School of Design, New York. December 13, 2024 -February 10, 2025. https://renderingrevolution.ht/.
The brick-and-mortar exhibit at the New School emerges from Rendering Revolution: Sartorial Approaches to Haitian History, a digital humanities project that documents the history of the Haitian Revolution by focusing on material culture and fashion. Rendering Revolution features both archival research and interviews with contemporary Haitian artists and designers. The project involves art historians, literary theorists, fashion designers, and activists.
