Nasaria Suckoo Chollette

A critically acclaimed artist, poet and actor, Nasaria Suckoo Chollette’s addresses themes of female empowerment, race, the legacy of enslavement, and the loss of Caymanian cultural traditions. Her art draws from both personal memory and collective identity, using techniques inspired by quilting, hand stitching, traditional yo-yos and collage to layer meaning and material.

The two works in this exhibition reflect Nasaria Suckoo Chollette’s deep engagement with the language, heritage, and everyday culture of the Cayman Islands.

In Ethos II, Suckoo Chollette confronts the rise of artificial intelligence in art—not with fear, but with collaboration. She used AI to reinterpret an original painting, printing digital variations before layering them with hand-painted interventions. The result is a metaphor for identity: shaped by many influences but anchored in authenticity.

Cracker Jacks III, by contrast, is rooted in nostalgia. Inspired by a childhood memory of ‘granny’s duster’ dress, the work features stitched pockets filled with cockspur seeds, glass marbles, clothespins, and other everyday objects. These elements symbolically evoke family rituals, play, and resilience—especially in the wake of Hurricane Ivan.

Together, these pieces celebrate Caymanian visual language, blending the handmade with the digital, and the intimate with the communal.