The Reintroduction: Tessa Whitehead

TERN is proud to present Bahamian multi-artist, Tessa Whitehead for our series, "The Reintroduction".
The Reintroduction gives viewers insight into artists' practices and a sneak peek into their studios. We are reintroducing Tessa's practice but also previewing her first solo exhibition, "Carry" with TERN.
Tessa Whitehead’s work is rooted in ancestral landscapes and the interpersonal relationships formed and sustained within them.
Often set in the backdrop of the lush and foreboding Bahamian bush, Whitehead’s paintings illustrate the often opaque “knowings” of traversing Caribbean landscapes.
Tessa Whitehead (b. 1985, Nassau, The Bahamas) is a multi-media artist working primarily in painting. She received her BA in Fine Arts from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (2007) and her MFA from The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London (2009). Whitehead's most recent solo exhibition was at The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas in 2019. She has participated in group exhibitions including Beginning, The Brighton Storeroom, Barbados (2019); Ubersee, Halle 14, Spinnerei in Leipzig, Germany (2017); Showoff, Cooke Latham Gallery (2020); Nassau Calling (collaborative with Heino Schmid), at HilgerBROTKunsthalle, Vienna, Austria (2015); and Showoff (with Heino Schmid), curated by LeandaKateLouise, London, UK (2015).
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