Marsha Pearce

Marsha Pearce is a lecturer in Visual Arts and Deputy Dean of Distance and Outreach at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. She holds a BA in Visual Arts and a PhD in Cultural Studies. Dr. Pearce has worked as the senior editor and art writer for ARC Caribbean Art and Culture Magazine and is a consulting art editor for Moko Caribbean Arts and Letters Magazine. She has also served on the board of the National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago. Her research and critical writings about visual culture have been published in several art catalogues as well as peer-reviewed academic journals and books. Her edited book Black Light Void: Dark Visions of the Caribbean (2023) pairs paintings with short stories to explore sensations of place and identity. Dr. Pearce’s work also takes the form of curating art exhibitions. Her curatorial projects include a collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery, London and the British Council for the Americas IN Britain—Caribbean Edition curated online exhibition, and her work with the Pérez Art Museum Miami to co-curate the group show The Other Side of Now: Foresight in Contemporary Caribbean Art. During the pandemic, she led a Caribbean artist conversation series titled Quarantine and Art.