tangled world II

Babbity Barwick moved from Uganda to Northern Ireland in her childhood and gained a BA in graphic design at Central Saint Martins in 1982. She worked in London at various brand agencies and at the BBC before moving to the Cayman Islands in 1987. As a principal and designer of branding agency BB&P, she worked extensively in the Cayman Islands and the wider Caribbean region on many multi-element campaigns and brands. Retiring as a graphic designer in 2019 Barwick subsequently returned to fine art, practicing mainly in ceramics, film, and photography. Through her chosen media, she explores patterns, textures, light, and colour to develop new perspectives on her subject of interest. Her work was  featured at the National Gallery in Conversations with the Past in the Present Tense: 3rd Cayman Islands Biennial (2023) – for which she received a special commendation in the Bendel Hydes Award category – and is held in NGCI’s permanent collection.

Linda McCann is a full-time artist working and living between Dublin and Grand Cayman. She returned to study fine art as a mature student at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin and was awarded Fine Art Student of the Year and the National University of Ireland Award for Excellence. McCann has exhibited throughout Ireland, most notably at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Hang Tough and The Visual, Carlow. She has also been published in the Irish Arts Review and was written about by Niall Macmonagle for the Irish Independent. Primarily working as a painter, her work often incorporates ink, acrylic and oil paint in layers that both hide and reveal a history of washes and mark-making. Her practice represents an investigation into the physical dimension of painting, as well as the less attractive stages of the creative process. Her work was featured at the National Gallery in Conversations with the Past in the Present Tense: 3rd Cayman Islands Biennial (2023) and is held in NGCI’s permanent collection.

British Caymanian artist, since 1987. 

Landscape is a recurring theme, large works on canvas to small paper works, assemblage, sculpture, and ceramics. Works inspired by Cayman & referencing places he lived, notably the Mediterranean and Cornwall. 

Trained at Goldsmiths College, London, studying drawing & painting, ceramics, and sculpture.

Frequent exhibitor at The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, (NGCI) including: Arreckly, Emergence, Anchored in Landscapes, The Story of Us, Upon The Seas & 21st Century Cayman.Represented Cayman Islands in exhibitions in London & Dominican Republic at the 2nd Biennial of Caribbean and Central America. 

Works in collections of: NGCI, Cayman National Museum, Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF), and Royal College of Music, as well as numerous businesses and corporations .

The 2017 recipient of The National Arts and Culture Gold Award for Creativity in the Arts from CNCF “For over 20 years of work of consistent high quality and creativity, recognised in Cayman and internationally”. 

Art Under Lockdown: June – Oct 2020 - Interior & Interiority: Aug – Nov 2020

1st & 2nd Biennale Cayman Islands National Gallery: 2019 & 2021 - Cayman Art Fairs: 1 & 2

Cameron Bridgeman was born in George Town, Grand Cayman in 1997. He was educated in Grand Cayman until 2016 when he moved to the Leith School of Art in Edinburgh to study Foundation Art, Scotland before transferring directly to the second year of a 3-year BA(Hons) in Fine Art, specialising in Sculpture and Environmental Art at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. Cameron moved to Brighton, England for another year of full-time study and graduated with a Master's in Fine Art Sculpture.  He then returned home and Cameron is currently working as a full time artist specialising in mixed media fine art. 

Artwork on display at tangled world II

“These pieces combine traditional collage methods with digital 2D manipulation, allowing me to build layered, abstract landscapes from a bird’s-eye view. I use bright Caribbean colors, along with shapes and symbols, to reflect on the changes I’ve seen in the Cayman Islands over the past few years.”

“The digital tools let me experiment with composition and layering in ways that aren’t possible by hand alone, while the collage elements bring a tactile, handmade quality. Together, these techniques help me explore memory, place, and emotion in a visual way.”

Shane Aquârt, is a Jamaican born, now Caymanian artist, who signs his art Dready. 

Dready is graphic fine art with a unique style influenced by Shane’s Caribbean underpinnings – an itinerant life of English boarding school, Canadian high school, US college experiences, and Jamaican, Caymanian and Belizean holidays spent between his parents – it is bright, colourful, whimsical and with a strong visual presence.

Shane’s original and commissioned artworks hang in public, corporate, and many, many private spaces around the world.  His popular print series’ have successful gallery representation in Grand Cayman, Jamaica, and USA. His original art is also part of the Permanent Art Collection of the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands.

Elena Mae McDonough (she/her) is Cayman raised photographer with Scottish roots.

She received her Bachelor of Arts in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography from the University of the Arts London.

Her work centres on connection to the natural world as a spiritual practice. Her exploration with photography has led her to develop photo-compositions that reflect her understanding of how landscape affects her inner, mental space.