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Born: Joseph G. Dominique. April 1958. Commonwealth of Dominica.



EDUCATED: United Kingdom



Has lived and worked in : Cayman Islands; Grenada, Montserrat, 
St. Maarten/St. Martin



PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST:


J. G. DOMINIQUE is a journalist and broadcaster by profession with not only a passion for words, but also for the visual media.

A keen follower of the classical Masters including Carravaggio, Titian, Velasquez, Reubens and also of the French Impressionists, Dominique is a firm believer in the classic and fundamental techniques of art which requires first and foremost a firm mastery of drawing skills.

His style varies from charcoal drawings to paintings in watercolour, pastels, acrylics and oils, often combining varied techniques as mixed media constructions.

Living and working on St. Maarten, Dominique has taken inspiration from the works of the foremost African-American collagist Romare Bearden.
He expresses himself both figuratively and in abstract forms, very often juxtaposing the two in what he has been calling magical realism.


Where Romare Bearden effectively used paper cutouts, inks and dyes, J.G. Dominique creates his images using pieces of fabric which he painstakingly collects from many tailors shops and material stores around the island.

In a St. Maarten society where there is much concern about poor recycling practices and where there has always been enormous waste, there are strong symbolic messages conveyed in Dominique’s works through the frayed scraps of fabric that represent not only the recycling of material but also the very essence of the recycling of the St. Maarten we now know.

Note: Artist, Joe Dominique became a mentor under the Nanette Bearden Fine Arts Gallery Mentoring Program in October, 2002, helping to encourage aspiring artists on St. Maarten to not only enjoy the process of making art, but also to appreciate and understand their surroundings and to interpret these images in their own personal way.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2002 New Visions. Nanette Bearden Fine Arts Gallery, St. Maarten, N.A.

2001 Frangipani Hotel. Anguilla, BWI

2001 Nanette Bearden Fine Arts Gallery. Frontstreet, St. Maarten, N.A.
2001 Maho Beach Hotel. Caribbean Credit Union Conference 

2000 Moods. Carl & Sons, Cole Bay, St. Maarten, N.A.

2000 ABN-AMRO Bank. Emmaplein & Cole Bay, St. Maarten, N.A.

2000 Windward Islands Bank. St. Maarten, N.A.

2000 Nanette Bearden Fine Arts Gallery. St. Maarten, N.A.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

Travelling show - CARIFORUM - Dominican Republic Biennial

St. Martin Artists Assoc. - Tropical Tryptich - Tourism Office, Marigot

Fiesta del Caribe, Cuba

Month of the Painter - Beauty of the Bodies, West Indies Mall, St. Martin
Airport Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida
Baywatch Restaurant. Maho, St. Maarten



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