FUZE Caribbean Art Fair 2026

LOCATION: Baha Mar Resort in Nassau, Bahamas
October 21 -25, 2026

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Coming Home

Coming Home brings together the mixed-media collages of Lavett Ballard and the layered figurative paintings of Damilare Jamiu Kanyinsola, examining home as a site of memory, identity, and collective care. Both artists create intimate portraits of Black life that affirm belonging in a world shaped by displacement and isolation.

Ballard’s collages explore how self and community are constructed through layered histories and material memory. Combining painted imagery, textiles, and fragmented visual references, she shows how home is carried internally through memory, ritual, and cultural inheritance.

Kanyinsola’s paintings evoke home as a psychological and spiritual sanctuary. His subjects carry a regal presence, surrounded by botanical imagery, patterned textiles, and vibrant color that speak to cultural continuity. Rejecting narratives of scarcity, his portraits offer Black domesticity rooted in abundance, tenderness, and emotional grounding.

Together, Ballard and Kanyinsola envision home not only as a physical place but as an emotional and communal condition, emphasizing restoration over spectacle and storytelling over transaction. The presentation aligns with FUZE Art Fair’s commitment to collaboration, Caribbean diasporic dialogue, and collective growth.

Coming home, they remind us, is both a return and a reimagining: an act of creating spaces where people can be fully seen, valued, and connected.

The fair will take place from October 21nd to 25th, running daily from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM at the Baha Mar Resort in Nassau, Bahamas. Click here for ticket information.