Racquel Rowe

Racquel Rowe is an interdisciplinary artist from the island of Barbados, currently residing in Canada. She has exhibited across Canada and holds an MFA from the University of Waterloo and a BA(Hons) in History and Studio Art from the University of Guelph. Her practice is continuously influenced by many aspects of history, matrilineal family structures, diasporic communities and her upbringing in Barbados. Her work takes the form of performance, video, site-specific work, and installation.

Racquel Rowe
Racquel Rowe, Bodies of Water, (still image from video) 2023. Courtesy of the artist

From the Archives

  • 2023 / core / exhibition

    Group Exhibition
    Black(Cite): Conversations on Black Artistic References

    Gallery TPW
    Too often Black art is understood solely through the lenses of identity, representation, and belonging—the works in Black(Cite) exceed these readings through citation, formalism, and abstraction. Exemplifying Black aesthetic traditions, the featured Canadian artists employ modes of working including poetic meditation on the sea, documentation of Black life, performance of Black living, and commentary on sexuality and gender, in dialogue with broader diasporic conversations.
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