Virtual Art Exhibition – 2023

Celebrating International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) 2023 under the theme ‘Building Back Biodiversity

The Ministry of Environment and National Beautification, Green and Blue Economy and artists in Barbados celebrate International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) 2023. 

Ocelot
Aaron Trotman

We are not separate from nature, we are part of it. Nature is our home, our source, our inspiration. As we reflect on a decade of action for biodiversity conservation, we chart a way forward under the Decade for Ecosystem Restoration.

Come Closer
Adrian Burnett
Many Parts
Amanda Trought
Neptune’s Garden
Cher Antoinette

Nature gives us everything we need and more, from the food we eat to the beauty we admire. But nature is also fragile and threatened by our actions.

Burnt Berries
Dana Sikkens
Risky Shadows
Dana Sikkens
Gaya’s Child
Hebron Chism

 We have caused biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and degradation. We have harmed nature, and in doing so, we have harmed ourselves. But we can also heal nature, and in doing so, we can heal ourselves. 

Sea Egg and Sargassum
Hugh Walker
Ice Flowers
Jayrd Niles Morris

We have caused biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and degradation. We have harmed nature, and in doing so, we have harmed ourselves.

Monkey Biz
Jaryd Niles Morris

But we can also heal nature, and in doing so, we can heal ourselves. 

Beneath
Jill McIntyre
Six for a Nine
Kenneth Black
Seedpod
Laura Ward
Hairy Coconuts
Margaret Herbert

Building back biodiversity means choosing a different path, a path of hope and action. It means restoring what we have damaged, protecting what we have left, and creating what we need.

The Great Deep
Maria Stanford
Republic
Mario Holder

It means living in harmony with nature, not against it. It means celebrating nature, not exploiting it. It means loving nature, not fearing it.

Makeup by Nature
Niaz Dokrat
Thirst
Niaz Dokrat

Nature is our treasure, our legacy, our lifeline. Nature blesses us with abundance and beauty, from the crops we harvest to the stars we gaze at.

Belonging
Oneka Small
Sea Explosion
Petra Emmanuel
Thank You for the Rain
Anna-Rose Daniel

It means aligning with nature, not opposing it. It means honoring nature, not abusing it. It means loving nature, not neglecting it.

West Indian Bay Tree
Robert Burce Evelyn
Wave Rider
Sade Payne

Building back biodiversity means embracing a new vision, a vision of hope and action. It means healing what we have hurt, saving what we have left, and growing what we need. 

Fields of St. John
Tracey Williams
Fishy Business
Tracey Williams
White Strelitzia
Tracey Williams

By building back biodiversity, we can ensure a healthier, more resilient, and more harmonious relationship between humans and nature.

Striving
Tracy DeOlivere Greenidge
Reflections
Tricia Watson
Speaking in Tongues
Vanita Comissiong

By building back biodiversity, we can shape a better world for ourselves and for all living beings.🌺