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Gesiye

b. Trinidad & Tobago. 1992

education

Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV, Cuba, Online—Story Lab: Script Writing Course. 2021

Columbia University, New York, NY— B.A. Visual Arts, Kluge Scholar. 2015

Bishop Anstey High School, Trinidad & Tobago. 2011

grants and awards

Artist Changemaker Award Global Fund for Women. 2023

CATAPULT Creative Caribbean Arts Grant, CATAPULT, Jamaica. 2022

The AUX Creative Fund Grant, The AUX, New York. 2021

UNESCO Transcultura Scholarship, Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV. 2021

OMA Award for Social Justice Activism, Columbia University. 2015

Kluge Grant, Columbia University Scholars Program. 2015

National Open Scholarship for Visual Arts, Government of Trinidad & Tobago. 2011

exhibitions and performances

La Trenza, The Braid White Box, NY. 2023

Snapshots: Caribbean Cinema Up Close Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds. 2023

I am You: Connection & Belonging Express Newark, NJ. 2023

Things We Do in the Dark: Cinematic Experiments in Kinship Express Newark, NJ. 2023

Currents: Caribbean Cinema Up Close The Barbican, London. 2023

Why Now? Y Art Gallery, Trinidad & Tobago. 2023

Now That I’m a River Alice Yard Residency, Granderson Lab, Trinidad & Tobago. 2023

TTFF: New Media Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival, Trinidad & Tobago. 2022

The Wound is a Portal Re-framing Picton, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. 2022

Love Over Fear Public Art, Trinidad & Tobago. 2020

Bald Babes Ink Open Studios Idlewood, Trinidad & Tobago. 2019

Actor’s Workshop Performance Trinidad Theatre Workshop, Trinidad & Tobago. 2016

Visual Arts Senior Thesis Show LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, NY. 2015

The Fact of Matter LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, NY. 2014

Dancing while Black + Re: Purpose Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts, Five Myles Gallery Brooklyn, NY. 2014

SALTA + AUNTS Performances Secret Works Loft. Brooklyn, NY. 2014

Bridging Boundaries Art in FLUX Harlem, Postcrypt Gallery. New York, NY. 2013

Biennial Women in Art Competition National Museum of Trinidad & Tobago. 2011

residencies

La Bassa Mar Spain. 2023
An artist residency and retreat in L’ampolla, Spain, for Black, queer artists working in storytelling. This residency was organised and supported by Jean Foncé and Serafina Ndlovu.

Alice Yard Trinidad & Tobago. 2022 - 2023
Self-directed residency at Alice Yard, developing Now That I’m a River. This residency was supported by Christopher Cozier, and involved collaboration with local filmmakers, musicians, costume makers and sound healers.

Ajoupa Gardens Trinidad & Tobago. 2022
Self-directed residency at Ajoupa Gardens, a small cottage on a four-acre botanic garden in the centre of rural Trinidad, with pottery and woodworking facilities. I lived and worked here for a year, developing my commissioned installation, The Wound is a Portal.

clients

Arcanum Magazine, The Alliance of Rural Communities of Trinidad and Tobago, Origins Eile, The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago, The Equality Fund, and The Black Farmer Fund