Wendy Nanan

Wendy Nanan (1955, Port of Spain) is an artist of Indian origin, born and based on the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. She defines herself as “an ethnic Indian feminist living in an Afro-Caribbean islander community, an observer of the islands’ post-colonial politics, drawing from this rich multicultural backdrop.” She took classes at Manchester Polytechnic before earning her BFA in painting from Wolverhampton Polytechnic in 1979. She works in various media, especially with materials such as papier-mâché, creating sculptures that also incorporate found objects, such as shells. Her work is part of several collections, such as the National Museum and Art Gallery in Port of Spain, and was the subject of a retrospective at the AMA | Art Museum of the Americas.