Kwynn Johnson

Kwynn Johnson is a professionally certified Visual Artist. Her first exhibition was in a group show in 2002. Since then, she has exhibited in several local, regional, and international art exhibitions, and conferences. From 2003, Johnson has had nine solo art exhibitions in Trinidad, and has also exhibited in Haiti, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Grenada, New York, Florida, Texas, and London.

Johnson works with graphite, watercolour, and oils. Her work during a 20-year studio practice has probed ideas related to the natural environment, oil and gas exploration, coral reefs, disasters, race, violence, trauma, and bereavement.

Since 2007, her works have drawn from Caribbean Literature, and the concept of Place and Meaning specific to a Caribbean cultural geography. Her focus on The Republic of Haiti continues to inform a significant part of her thematic concerns about the Caribbean. Kywnn Johnson has been a selected artist at the International Ghetto Biennale in Port au Prince, Haiti [2011, 2013, & 2015, 2019].

Her impressive list of authored art publications includes the most recent: Visualizing the Volcanic Caribbean. “Edge Effects” – Centre for Culture, History, and Environment, 2022, The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Excavating Haitian Histories: Place as Palimpsest. “Edge Effects” – Centre for Culture, History, and Environment, 2019, The University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dr. Kwynn Johnson’s artworks can be found in the following permanent collections:

The National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago;

The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago;

The UWI Seismic Research Centre, as well as

Several privately-owned collections.