Aqueene Wilson
artistic research - decolonization - Diaspora - photography - social
Aqueene Wilson is a multidisciplinary artist and Caribbean child. A self-taught photographer, she is artistically known for her culturally nurturing and photographic creations. With the human body as her most frequent subject and her background in dance, she is known for documenting the (colored) body through a fragile lens. By exploring relevant themes, her work questions the current climate, ultimately leading to communal healing, understanding and/or awareness. Despite the production of several series, all her work stems from the ideology of well-being. While continuing to represent Curaçao in most of her work, she purposefully strives to create safe spaces for people of color while changing the culture of wellbeing and inclusion. Since 2019 she has been researching the lack of black dancers in contemporary settings and is now actively trying to make room for the marginalized body.
