Bound Waters - Confluence, a duo show with Roisin Jones and Richard Nattoo

Location

Olympia Mini Gallery
202 Old Hope road
Kingston, Jamaica

Events

• Opening - Thursday 8th May, 6 pm to 9pm

• Artist’s Talk - Friday 9th May, 3pm

• Watercolour workshop - Saturday 10th May, 1 - 3pm

• Morning Coffee finissage and performance - Satuday 17th May, 11- 12 pm

Bound Waters - Confluence is a duo exhibition that delves into Caribbean identity, celebrating its cultural richness while addressing its fragmented histories through storytelling and folklore. Bringing together the distinct yet interconnected practices of Richard Nattoo, a Jamaican artist born based in Kingston, and Roisin Jones, a British-Jamaican artist based London, the show explores the enduring, evolving relationship between Jamaica and its diaspora, using water both as a metaphor for connection and resilience, and as a medium, locally sourced and infusing works with watercolours, ceramics, sculpture and mixed media pieces.

Through a cross-Atlantic dialogue between land and longing, rootedness and rupture - a dialogue between home and away - the artists reimagine the folklore of the River Mumma as a vessel for reconnection and cultural continuity. Familiar to many as the mystical guardian and ruler of Jamaica’s waterways, River Mumma resurfaces in this show through a unique lens. Rather than retelling the story, the artists create a new dimension of her mythology: a site of feminine power, ancestral connections, and ecological reflections. Bound Waters - Confluence invites the viewer into her realm, and converges around her not only as a myth but as an immersive experience offering the audience a rare and intimate glimpse into her world.