Featured Art Week Artist Randy Chollette stands in front of the title for his exhibition entitled: Conversations in the 7th Dimension, which will run at the National Gallery until 10th June.
National Gallery Director Natalie Urquhart welcomes a large crowd at the launch of the 6th Annual Edition of Art Week in the Cayman Islands held at the National Gallery on 27th May, 2026.
Randy Collette’s work is displayed among his other pieces at the National Gallery during the launch of Art Week on 27th May. His exhibition will run until `0th June.
Music was also featured at the launch of this year’s Art Week and the featured Artist Randy Chollette provided some extraordinary drumming alongside other musicians.
A work of art by Deandre Scott featured at Camana Bay.
More of the art on display at the Carlos V. Garcia Find Art Gallery during Art Week 2026 in the Cayman Islands.
By Stuart Wilson
Hundreds of Cayman Islands residents and visitors attended the launch of the 6th Annual Art Week in the Cayman Islands held at the National Gallery on 27th May, 2026.
The week-long celebration of the visual arts will see a number of art galleries and other locations hosting work by some of the most well known artists in the Cayman Islands and beyond, with guest appearances also included, along with live music, food and choice beverages.
The brainchild of National Gallery Director Natalie Urquhart, Art Week’s inception was envisioned during the pandemic as a way to sustain artists, whilst also giving the public something special to do since Cayman was one of the only locations worldwide where there was no lockdown after the borders were closed.
A series of bus rides throughout the evenings allow art connoisseurs, collectors and the general public to visit each of the galleries to enjoy, purchase and critique various artwork on display.
This year’s featured artist at the National Gallery’s launch party on Wednesday evening (27th May, 2026) was Randy Chollette whose solo exhibition honours his artistic journey as a central figure in the art collective Native Sons and a pivotal contributor to the development of contemporary art in the Cayman Islands.
Randy is an artist, musician and educator, whose creative process synthesises the energetic, physical, and mental self through a lens of spiritual inquiry.
Reflecting on the dramatic transformation of the Cayman Islands in recent decades, his work excavates the intimate discourse between memory, place, and the embodied experience of his homeland.
The exhibition presents an exciting scope of Chollette’s practice, featuring familiar signature works alongside new creative explorations across diverse media.
“Together, these works examine dominant themes and methodologies of Chollette’s artistic practice, inviting visitors into moments of grounding and contemplation. The exhibition creates space for visitors to engage with the expanse of the human experience, as freedom operates as the generative principle and experiential core.,” noted representatives from the National Gallery.
Chollette’s work has also been included in significant national and international exhibitions and is in the collection of the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Cayman Islands National Museum, the Cayman Islands Cultural Foundation as well as private collections.
Additionally, his work has been honoured by several distinctions including features on the cover of the Horizon Magazine, winning “Best in Show” at the 2002 Blue exhibition at Kensington Lott Fine Art Gallery, the McCoy Prize “People’s Choice” award in 2003, and subsequently 1st place for the 2004 McCoy Prize Art Award, among other merits.
His exhibition will run at the Gallery until June until 10th June and is entitled: ‘Conversations in the 7th Dimension’.
’Next Wave: Emerging Voices in Cayman Art’, a special exhibition for students was also on display at the National Gallery during the launch of Art Week.
Other sites to feature art during the course of Art Week include the Carlos V Garcia Fine Art Gallery, where a series of works are being showcased by several artists in addition to many more studies from West Bay, to George Town and Eastern Districts as well.
The Jason Kennedy Art Gallery in Camana Bay is another ‘hot spot’ where visitors have been marveling at the collection, which features work form Mr. Kennedy as well as several of his self-described, ‘protégées’, whose work was also deserving of high praise.
The Sister Islands are taking part in the Art Week celebrations as well, with the kick off of festivities taking place at the Eldemire House, a National Trust for the Cayman Islands property in Cayman Brac.
The event featured pieces depicting traditional Caymanian homes and centered around Cayman’s built heritage.
Other notable showings on the Brac will include the Gordon Solomon Art Gallery and a slew of others.
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