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“I always remind myself to stay malleable. The creative process never ends. When working on my pieces, I know they’re done when they aren’t done. I love the concept of process, and showing process through my work. By leaving my work undone, I leave it vulnerable and open for my audience’s imagination to engage it. I have always been interested in exploring contemporary reality, as well as the subconscious & social identity of individuals and how they interact. Our perception of ourselves can be identical or the opposite of the perception we give to others. I have attempted to reveal the concealment of certain identity issues to create a confrontation of these issues that we tend to ignore. Within my practice, the first gesture, instinctive & simple, is what interests me more than  intricate details. My work has developed into something instinctive and fluid, and I have been able to find a release within my work. Working large will always be my first love. It allows the viewer to appreciate the image from a distance but as they move closer, the image distorts and leaves room for further interpretation. As an artist, limitations are death to creativity & through breaking these barriers, creation, invention, and beauty are born.”

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Angelika Wallace-Whitfield is a painter who was born in Nassau, Bahamas in 1993 and has lived between the Bahamas and the United Kingdom. She is curator of the D’Aguilar Art Foundation and a curatorial assistant at the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas.