Composed of diverse collage and printmaking techniques, including woodcut, chine-collé, collagraph, and embossment layered over one another, Simonette Quamina’s large-scale collage prints speak to the artist’s intersectionality and multicultural background. Growing up within the borders of Canada, Guyana, Saint Vincent, and the United States, the artist examines themes of migration patterns, displacement, and labor within the framework of Afro-Caribbean spirituality and esthetics. The monochromatic dark gray tones simultaneously obscure and reveal intimate narratives by compelling viewers to actively see and thus engage with the work more profoundly.
Swing: An ode to the romanticism in art
Graphite, silk aquatint, monoprint, relief print and screenprint on paper.
50 x 70 in
2017
Confirmation in Victoria’s Regia
Graphite, and monoprint paper on Gampi paper
36 x 72 in
2018
Bourda Market Massacre
Graphite, monoprint, and relief print collaged on paper
60 x 36 in
2018
Sing a song my little Kiskadee
Graphite, multiple relief print, collaged on paper
63 x 46 in
2018
Dutty-Tuff-omens of things to come
Graphite, silk aquatint, monoprint, relief print and screenprint on paper
96 x 132 in
2021
Pear Snatcher
Graphite, monoprint and relief print collaged on kitakata paper
60 x 60 in
2016
Night Gardener
Graphite, Relief print collaged on paper
44 x 78 in
2020
