Christopher cozier biography visual artist

          Christopher Cozier is a visual artist and writer based in Trinidad and Tobago....

          Christopher Cozier

          B.

          Over the years Chris has been instrumental in building a context for new works in new media to be exhibited in the anglophone Caribbean.

        1. Over the years Chris has been instrumental in building a context for new works in new media to be exhibited in the anglophone Caribbean.
        2. He received a BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, US () and an MFA in Visual Arts, Mason Gross School of the Arts.
        3. Christopher Cozier is a visual artist and writer based in Trinidad and Tobago.
        4. Christopher Cozier is a prominent contemporary artist, curator, and writer, widely recognised for his influential role in Caribbean art.
        5. Christopher Cozier is an artist, living and working in Trinidad and a co-director of Alice Yard, a collective, which will be participating in Documenta

          6. 1959, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
          Lives in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

          About the Artist

          Christopher Cozier is an artist, writer, and curator, and is a co-director of Alice Yard, a space for creative experimentation, which participated in documenta fifteen (2022).

          From his notebook drawings to installations derived from recorded and staged actions, Cozier investigates how Caribbean historical and current experiences can inform understandings of the wider contemporary world.

          Cozier received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1986, and an MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 1988.

          He was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2004, was a Prince Claus Award laureate in 2013, and received the Pérez Prize in 2023. Exhibitions include the 5th & 7th Havana Biennials (1994 & 2000); Infinite Island, Brooklyn Museum, NY (2007); Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic,