#sexypink/Tamika Galanis

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                 From the Facebook page of Ras Akyem....wonderful news.

Soooo, i've been quiet for a brief "moment", but London/Scotland beckons.....  so i'm off to fulfill a uniquely important commission for TWR ("THE WORLD RE-IMAGINED") where I'll be working with such notable International art-world stalwarts as Yinka Shonibare(Nigeria), Chris Ofilli(London) Jasmine Girvin(Jamaica) etc. Eagerly looking forward to this creative cross-fertilization/collaboration of stellar talents and to share my vision with the continental art-world..... I'll certainly be keeping y'all informed on my process and the journey through this project! Guess I'll be seeing wunna in the next 2 months.

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Flora Fantastic Exhibition Tour

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Flora Fantastic: Eco-Critical Contemporary Botanical Art

Curated by Corina Apostol and Tashima Thomas

 If in New York,Visit Apex Art Gallery!

This exhibition brings together artists from post-colonial contexts who are looking critically at the colonial past and deconstructing history through the lens of the botanical. 

Kristaps Ancāns looks at the artificiality of domestic interiors decorated with indigenous plants removed from their native contexts, creating a sense of control over nature. 

Scherezade Garcia addresses colonial encounters in the Americas, gesturing towards nature reclamation of her lands. 

Joiri Minaya reveals interconnectedness between the natural environment and commercial enterprises. 

Virginia Wagner unearths how botanical knowledge is historically translated. 

Tamika Galanis investigates how botanicals became agents of health and resistance. A collaborative botanical timeline positions plants as protagonists in colonial history, capable of draining life out of the body or restoring well-being.

During a time when we have found ways to classify and clone plants we have discovered in the world, we have also systematically erased them from native contexts. 

Flora Fantastic begins a conversation about embodiment, inhabitation, belonging and dwelling.

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                                  Bahamian Artists collaboration