Tessa Whitehead
Alone in the Elephant Ear Palms, 2020
Mop Monster, 2019
I Have Too Many Teeth In My Mouth, 2019
Something About Failure, 2016
Soft Ghost, 2019
All of Us, and Us, 2018
We Matchin, 2024
Self Portrait, 2023
Carrier, 2024
Heavy/Light, 2024
Mother IV, 2024
Shadow and Breadfruit Leaves, 2024
Presenting Baby To Landscape, 2024
Whitehead is a Bahamian painter whose work touches on many bold themes including matriarchal identification, alienation, and marriage. Her artistic exploration of an intrinsic relationship that exists between women and nature is felt deeply, as she explores the archetypes of the “wild woman.” The lush, tropical island backdrop seems like an idyllic landscape for healing; however, with hints of agonizing irony, these tropical inlets are entrenched in a turbulent history which proves a difficult place to search for the warmth of understanding.
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Exhibitions
2024
Carry | April 4 - May 11, 2024
2021
Notions of Self | June 7 - August 23, 2021
Fairs
2022
The Armory Show | New York, NY, USA (two-person presentation)