Da Yard Group Exhibition

05/08/2026-06/03/2026

“Da Yard” brings together a group of Bahamian artists who turn their attention to a familiar yet deeply formative space: the backyard. Through painting, drawing, and installation, Amaani Hepburn, Reagan Kemp, Malia Kinger, Jordon Ritchie, Dyah Neilson and Samantha Treco explore how this environment operates as both a physical and emotional landscape, one that quietly shapes identity, memory, and cultural belonging. The works are rooted in the textures of everyday life, where gates, chairs, and local flora and fauna become charged with meaning. Nostalgia runs throughout the exhibition as a method of excavation, revealing how ordinary objects hold layered histories and shared experiences across Bahamian communities.

Each artist approaches “the yard” as a site of witnessing and reflection. Jordon Ritchie’s self-portraits acknowledge this space as a place of refuge and reconsiders the gate as both guardian and threshold, complicating its role as something that protects rather than excludes. In turn, Dyah Neilson’s work lingers in moments of calm, positioning the artist as an observer of nature’s uninterrupted flow. Beyond this sense of immersion in nature, artists explore the domestic and cultural implications of these spaces. Amaani Hepburn integrates everyday household objects into her compositions, paying homage to their overlooked presence within the intimate rhythms of daily life. Samantha Treco expands this sense of place outward with soft paintings that hold pause and evoke nostalgia tied to collective memory, routine and identity. Reagan Kemp uses poinciana pods and cutlasses to subvert traditional notions of femininity while tracing ancestral lineage and inheritance. Meanwhile, Malia Kinger fragments the poinciana tree to acknowledge its role in playing silent witness to personal histories.

Through intimate gestures and well known forms, the artists invite viewers to reconsider the yard as a living archive that plays a part in identity, belonging, inheritance, and continuous cultural becoming.