Marlon James

Marlon James was born in 1980 in Kingston, Jamaica and is currently based in Trinidad & Tobago. He received his BFA from the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (Jamaica) in 2003. James’ work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including group exhibitions at The National Gallery of Jamaica, Punkt Ø / Galleri F15 (Norway) Gallery of Mississauga (Canada), The IDB Cultural Center (D.C.), Art Museum of Americas (D.C.), Bargehouse (London), Alice Yard (Trinidad). He has also been published in Small Axe: A Caribbean Art Journal 41, Pictures from Paradise, Jamaica Art: Then and Now and Marie Claire: Why Black Women in a Predominately Black Culture Are Still Bleaching Their Skin.