Nadia Huggins Explained

Nadia Huggins
Birth Date:28 January 1984
Birth Place:Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Nationality:Trinidadian
Occupation:Photographer

Nadia Huggins was born in 1984 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. She now resides in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Nadia Huggins is a self-taught photographer and graphic designer who has worked extensively throughout the Caribbean. She was awarded the Festival Caribbeen de L'image du Mémorial Acte Jury Prize in Guadeloupe in 2015.

Early life and interests

Growing up in Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Nadia Huggins was raised just a short walk from a beach. During her adolescent years, she enjoyed climbing and jumping off rocks with "the boys" she became friends with. She soon developed an interest in photography and bought her first camera.[1]

Huggins, became interested in photographing people and their experiences around the Caribbean. Her passion lies in capturing images in the sea, which allows her to see the beauty of not only by what can be seen above the surface, but also what you cannot see below. Nadia has learned to overcome her fear of the water by photographing herself inside in the water. She compares objects such as sea urchins and underwater flora to her own body's texture and parts.

Career and work

Nadia Huggins co-founded ARC Magazine in 2011. ARC's mission is to expand creative culture, within the visual arts industry across the wider Caribbean and its diasporas.[2]

Huggins, has most recently worked on Fighting the Currents project, which focuses on bodies underwater. Nadia, uses her own body, the ocean, and marine organisms to compare the similarities within. Huggins states, "Most people's experience with the sea occurs at eye level with the horizon and they are oblivious to what is happening below the surface. I am interested in the notion that 'just because you can't see something doesn't mean it isn't there."[3]

Exhibitions

Awards

Residencies

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nadia Huggins: after the leap. Melanie. Archer . 134. July 1, 2015.
  2. Web site: About ARC Magazine. arcthemagazine.com. 25 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Transformations by Nadia Huggins. February 16, 2017.
  4. Web site: 2014Frames. 2014Frames. 24 April 2019.
  5. Web site: ARC + NLS collaborate for (e)merge Art Fair. arcthemagazine.com. 24 April 2019.
  6. Web site: Alice Yard. facebook.com. 24 April 2019.
  7. Web site: Third Horizon Film Festival Returns September 27–30 2018 Miami, FL. thirdhorizonfilmfestival.com. 24 April 2019.
  8. Web site: Outburst 2016 Programme. Issuu. 24 April 2019.
  9. Web site: Exposition collective I Visions Archipéliques du 13 octobre au 30 novembre 2016 Fondation Clément. www.fondation-clement.org. fr-FR. 24 April 2019.
  10. Web site: Centro de la Imagen – Fundación Centro de la imagen. es. 24 April 2019.
  11. Web site: Jamaica Biennial 2017 – Bulletin 3: Main Opening Function on February 26. nationalgalleryofjamaica. February 13, 2017. National Gallery of Jamaica Blog. 24 April 2019.
  12. Web site: Transmission. transmissiongallery.org. 24 April 2019.
  13. Web site: What the land and sea tell us Caribbean Women Photographers and the Body Within Caribbean Landscapes and Seascapes – Addis Foto Fest. 24 April 2019.
  14. Web site: Tempsspace. facebook.com.
  15. Web site: Relational Undercurrents. Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling. 24 April 2019.
  16. Web site: Relational Undercurrents. July 10, 2018. Portland Museum of Art.
  17. Web site: 2019: A LOVE ETHIC. Wedge Curatorial Projects.
  18. Web site: Nadia Huggins. facebook.com. 24 April 2019.
  19. Web site: Exhibition 2017 – Once Upon Water. 24 April 2019.

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