We are open in Dubai! Grenada Pavilion at Expo2020
The fortitude to keep going and resilience to adapt seems to be encoded in our DNA.
On the Road to Dubai
Susan Main Gallery is the official curator of the presentation of visual art at the Grenada Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai.. We know its already 2021, we are not confused. (more than usual anyway). Opening will be Oct 1, 2021 and will continue through March of 2022. Take a look at the video with…
Benoit in a time of Quarantine
Oliver Benoit looks back at the Grenada Revolution in sound and paintings.
Grenada Contemporary 3 “The Bridge”
Forming a critical mass in the region is the Grenada Contemporary Exhibit. In its first expression, in 2014, the exhibit was visited by one of the most important curators in the region, Jose Manual Noceda from Cuba. His attendance put Grenadian artists who participated into an official register of Caribbean artists and helped give a…
Benoit Builds with Bricks of Identity
Oliver Benoit’s “Anima Externalised” Approaching Oliver Benoit’s solo show titled, “Anima Externalised”, viewers will see familiar elements of Benoit’s paintings but Grenada’s foremost abstractionist offers new and provoking material based on Grenada’s collective identity and heritage. “Anima” is a psychology term coined by Carl Jung that is an archetype of collective unconsciousness. The paintings, depicting…
Oliver Benoit “Anima Externalised”
OLIVER BENOIT “Anima Externalised” Art and Soul Gallery Spiceland Mall Invitation to the Opening Thursday 15th Oct 2015 6:00 pm Oliver Benoit has most recently represented Grenada at the Biennale di Venezia in Venice Italy for the 56th Biennale. His multi-faceted work explores ideas of identity, nationalism, and personal place. Collected internationally, this Grenada presentation…
Contemporary Art in Grenada
A Special art exhibit, hosting the Grenada Arts Council. GAC—Contemporary Art in Grenada In an unprecedented stride forward, The Grenada Arts Council has presented Contemporary Art in Grenada, a stellar exhibition. This special exhibition that is being hosted by Art and Soul Gallery at Spiceland Mall showcases a selection of works from Grenada’s mature…
Big Art Adventure!
The ultimate of art adventures, the Venice Biennale has for 155 years been the premier art exhibition in the world. Grenada’s artists have not yet had the privilege of representing their country in art at this prestigious event, nonetheless, a contingent of Grenada’s leading artists found their way to Italy to be inspired by the…
Gallery Show for June
Glass, paintings, ceramics, sculpture. Art from Grenada at its finest. New work from Maria McClafferty, Oliver Benoit, Asher Mains, Susan Mains, Richard Jack
New look at Art and Soul for 2013
Wishing you a fantastic, creative 2013 from Art and Soul Gallery and all of our artists. ]
Oliver Benoit, Caribbean Abstractionist
Oliver has been painting for years, taking his experience as a sociologist and telling the stories on canvas.
September show for Art and Soul Gallery
We rehung the gallery today–have a look! New work by Oliver Benoit, Maria McClafferty, Asher Mains, Susan Mains, Marie Messenger. We think it looks really sleek and elegant–what do you think? Oliver BenoitSusan MainsThe archives The archivesMarie Messenger raku ceramicsits on a glass plain by Maria McClafferty Asher Mains with portrait, “Istra with the…
Bio: Oliver Benoit
Oliver Benoit is a Grenadian artist who has been painting for over 35 years. Oliver began as a landscape and still life painter before devoting his time to the abstract genre. His paintings are in oil, acrylic, and encaustic. His multilayered and thus multidimensional work seeks to provoke the viewer, imploring them to question their…
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