Taisha Carrington

Lives and works in Barbados + Austin, TX

Artist statement

Taisha Carrington’s work traces parallels between deep time, the micro-macro movement of particles in bodies of air or water, and the socio-geographic conditions of Caribbean microstates—particularly her native Barbados. She studies how humans migrate and adapt by observing how non-human organisms do the same in nature. Viewing materiality as both method and theory, she works with Saharan dust, soil, ocean water, sweat, sand, and plants to surface narratives embedded within their material properties. Her research takes form through sculpture, performance, installation, painting, and video. ​

Artwork

• Derivants, 2026. Motors, AC power controllers, wood, gravel from Stony Creek New Haven, sand from Stony Creek New Haven, rock from New Haven, fabric, rubberbands, flanges
• Mangrove Islands, 2023. Dye on cotton, mangrove dirt, salt from mangrove leaves
• Bedding Planes, 2024. Installation materials- plaster, sand, dowels, brass rod, grass
• Twin Islands, 2023. Performance- Pink Mangrove, Breath, salt and dye on cotton Duration: 3 hours
• The Derivants , 2026. Motors, AC power controllers, wood, gravel from Stony Creek New Haven, sand from Stony Creek New Haven, rock from New Haven, fabric, rubberbands, flanges
• Symbiosis, 2020. sweat, sea water, whitewood, tree seed, dirt, Wood
• State (of Mind), 2022. Performed on an uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea