BIOGRAPHY

Cydne Jasmin Coleby (b. 1993) is an interdisciplinary artist from The Bahamas, primarily working in digital and mixed media.  Trained on home soil, Coleby pursued her associate’s degree in fine art from the University of The Bahamas before moving on to freelance graphic design with a specialty in brand design. She has worked with numerous companies including Adworks, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Poinciana Paper Press, Popopstudios International Center for the Visual Arts, The Island House and served as Creative Arts Design and Communications Manager for The Current: Baha Mar Gallery and Art Center.

After working successfully for several local entities, Coleby recommitted herself to her art practice in 2018 with her work in the ninth National Exhibition, NE9: The Fruit and the Seed, at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas. Since then, she has participated in the Wassaic Project and Silver Art Project residencies. She has exhibited both locally and internationally in Europe, Asia, the United States, and the Caribbean, and her work is found in collections worldwide including The Netherlands, Israel, France, and The Bahamas. Her art is part of the permanent collections of The Syracuse University-Art Museum Syracuse, NY, and XiaoMuseum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao, China.