Christopher Cozier

Christopher Cozier (b. 1959) is a Trinidad-based visual artist, curator and writer working in various mediums including drawing, printmaking, installation, and video. He uses his multiple mediums to comment on the impact of colonial economies and transatlantic histories around the world from a Caribbean perspective and to explore how the historical and contemporary contexts of the Caribbean can inform our understanding of the wider world. 

Christopher Cozier (b. 1959) is a mixed-media artist, cultural critic and curator who lives and works in Trinidad. His drawings, prints, videos, sculptures, and installations investigate how Caribbean historical and contemporary experiences can inform our understanding of the wider world. He also uses his work as a way to comment on the impact of global colonial economies and transatlantic histories from a Caribbean perspective.    He is the co-founder and co-director of Alice Yard, an art collective based in Port of Spain which organizes art exhibitions, runs a residency programme, and hosts performances, film screenings, dialogues, and lectures. He is a Prince Claus Award laureate (2013), a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grantee (2004), a previous Rauschenberg Foundation artist in residence (2016), and most recently a recipient of the Jorge M. Pérez prize (2023).     In October 2011, artists Christopher Cozier and Luis Jacobs were invited into the Substation studio space to work on projects and interact with the students and wider art community at the Wits School of Arts on East Campus. Cozier was also invited to make an edition of prints at David Krut Workshop at Arts on Main during his occupation of the studio space. He created a series of monotypes and linocuts, called After All That Talk, featuring an antiquated table cleaner that Cozier inherited after his great aunt passed away. This culminated in Cozier first solo show in America at David Krut Projects New York, featuring prints and drawings showcasing colonial architecture in the West Indies. In 2024, he had a second solo show at DKNY which integrated works on paper and sound.  

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