Ronald Cyrille (Dominica/Guadeloupe)
Artist Statement: I try to express the landscape that surrounds me while questioning this contemporary society–with complex historical and power dynamics. I am most interested in marking and painting what undermines these imbalances and complexities while capturing what animates it. Colour plays a vital role in my compositions by bringing dynamics and energy.
Ronald’s compositions are rich and prolific, his representations of movement, in a realistic way but close to an unreality and a form of surreality bring a singular strength to his achievements.
Bio: Ronald Cyrille is a visual artist and muralist from the Caribbean. He was born in Dominica and lived there until he was nine before moving to Guadeloupe, where he currently lives and works. In his artistic approach, he plays with combinations of reliefs and Caribbean landscapes, animals from his bestiary and characters, sometimes two-headed, sometimes with disproportionate limbs or composed of tree branches, leaves or attributes of animals living in the Caribbean basin. In his oeuvre, the “Kreyol” dog is a recurring character in his pictorial narratives.