Bimini, Bahamas

"For Jamaican visual artist Taj Francis, his interest in art came in stages, starting from when he was a young child. He has since cultivated a diversified interest in expression through illustration. The multifaceted Edna Manley College of Visual Arts graduate’s artwork has been featured in several local and international art exhibitions and creates pieces that explore the subtle nuances of human behavior and identity, with a concentration in African ancestry.

Francis enjoys the versatile nature of illustration. His work centers nature, ethereal elements, and technology — informing the visual style of many of his pieces. He believes the juxtaposition of these details act as a vehicle to carry the message of subtle human experiences, in an almost dream-like form. His artistic style was by no means developed in a vacuum. It has been cultivated by constant iteration and inspiration from a variety of people and sources. "

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Amanda JOY Bowers is a visual artist born and raised in Haiku, Maui. She attended Wake Forest University as a Presidential Scholar for Distinguished Achievement in Art, a University Ambassador for the Arts, and a Richter Scholar for International Independent Studies. While attending Wake Forest University, Amanda studied old master painting as a certified Louvre copyist in Paris, France, and then conducted independent research on the art of Balinese woodcarving and Javanese batik textiles in Indonesia. She graduated in 2012 with a major in Studio Art and a double minor in Art History and Entrepreneurship. She now is a freelance fine artist, independent contractor, and the owner and designer of Skelefin Studios, LLC.

Angelika Wallace-Whitfield (born 1993, Nassau, Bahamas) is a visual artist and curator. She attended the College of The Bahamas before transferring to the University of Kent to complete her undergraduate education in History & Philosophy of Art. She returned home in 2017 to manage curatorial work at both The Central Bank of The Bahamas and The Current: Bahamar Gallery and Art Center. Angelika is now a self-employed artist, specializing in murals and other public artworks.

Nicole Salgar is a Miami-based artist. She is inspired by a vast array of genres and mediums. From victorian design to Indigenous folk art , fantasy and so on...her background has been steeped in art since she was a child, so it is truly her nature.

"Tratos are a Cuban couple based in Miami, Florida. They decided to combine their independent art careers and form TRATOS. The name combines both their last names (Travieso and Santos). Tratos in Spanish means a deal, a bond, and a promise to one another to create a reality they wish to see with their paintings. With this established collaboration and unspoken set of rules, their goal is to tell an expansive story unique to their own experiences.

Tratos' work focuses primarily on growing, expanding, and reconstructing a new entity - TRATOS. They are inspired by each other and allow their personal experiences to narrate their paintings. "

"Kai’ili Kaulukukui was born on the Big Island of Hawaii, and inspired by Hawaii’s natural beauty, abundant ocean life, and rich native culture, began drawing at an early age. He was a BFA candidate at the University of Hawaii Windward campus where he studied under Snowden Hodges who has a deep base in classical techniques of oil painting. Simultaneously, he was trained in oil by apprenticing with Dennis Morton. Later, he transferred to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Kai currently works as a painter and muralist in Honolulu, out of Lana Lane Studios in Kaka’ako and more recently has been acting as the Ground Operations Manager for PangeaSeed Foundation's Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans program.

He has been immersed in shark culture, imagery and information that has sparked his imagination. Based on his research, lately Kai’s works illustrate compromised sharks and aquatic environments. His paintings and murals tackle marine life, often sharks with a loose and flowing approach complimented with drips cascading down the work."