Madison first worked with us for SiP 2024, designing last year’s Short Tales poster. She’s back again working with us to design Romeo and Juliet.

Email: madisoncartwright2@gmail.com

Follow her on Instagram @mimiqart_

Bio

Madison, also known as mimiq online, is a concept artist and illustrator based in The Bahamas. She enjoys making works involving fantasy and storytelling that portray the reality of life through her art. She often utilizes bright colors to capture the full emotion of the topics she attempts to describe.

Taylor Higgs is an early-career artist. This is her first time working with Shakespeare in Paradise. We’re so happy to be working with her on Short Tales.

Email: artisttaymarie@gmail.com

Follow her on Instagram @taymariehiggs

Bio

Tay Marie is an Illustrator and Visual Development Artist from Nassau, The Bahamas. 

She graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in Illustration (2022), and has since been creating anything that transcends reality and reignites your inner child, from fantasy concepts to trippy scenes and portraits.

 
You can find her working on her latest project with cartoons or the band ‘Sticky Fingers’ playing in the background, while her two cats practice their WWE moves.

Stephen first designed for Shakespeare in Paradise in 2013, producing that year’s poster of The Shrew. He returned to work with us again last year as the designer for Ralphie’s Regiment. We welcome him back for The Amen Corner!

Email: skyewars@yahoo.com

Follow him on Facebook: stephencatalano.12

Bio

Stephen Catalano has been drawing cartoons since he was five years old. Today, he is the creator of the Bahamian superhero comic, 'Kalypso Kid', as well as the lead animator in Streetlight Animation Studio's short film, Nassau Rock. The Amen Corner is Stephen’s third poster for Shakespeare in Paradise. You may reach him at skyewars@yahoo.com.

June is one of our regular poster artists. Her first design for us was for 2012’s Out O’ Wedlock when she was a student at the College of The Bahamas. Since then, her posters have been too numerous to count! Her last offering was 2023’s poster Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey. We’re so happy she’s back to design Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender.

Email: junecolllie@yahoo.com

Follow her on Instagram @junecollieart

Bio

June Collie (b. 1986) is a Bahamian visual artist and gallery owner based in Nassau, Bahamas. Often working with the mediums of paint, film and photography, Collie’s work centers the joy of family and Black womanhood through an Afro-Caribbean lens. 

Collie first showcased her paintings in the Color of Harmony exhibition at The College of The Bahamas. She later ventured into photography and filmwork, where she produced her first solo exhibit of short films titled Situations, showcased at New Providence Art & Antiques. Famous for her style of bold lines, vibrant colors and full-figured subjects, Collie’s paintings reflect the importance of joy, pleasure and rest in Black communities. 

Over the years, she has been invited to participate in artist residencies with Popopstudios and The Current Art Gallery at Baha Mar - the latter of which produced a solo exhibit titled “Apartment Therapy”, international exhibitions such as The 55th International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia at the Querini Stampalia Foundation in Venice, Italy, and the Rochester Contemporary Art Center in New York, as well as her works have been collected in the Luciano Benetton Collection "Imago Ipunm" in Italy. 

Today, June Collie is the owner of Sixty2Sixty Art Gallery & Store. Located on the historic walks of Bay Street, Collie’s art hub commits to giving emerging Bahamian artists and artisans the platform to showcase their talent to the wider creative arts community.