Carol Sorhaindo
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Textiles, Mixed Media
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Carol Sorhaindo is a Visual artist with an MA in Creative Practice and a diverse portfolio career. She draws inspiration from nature and landscapes, with a particular interest in plants of economic, health, and ethnobotanical interest on the island of Dominica where she currently lives. Her research extend to use of plants as pigments for textile dyeing, printing and creative applications. Having lived in both the UK and Dominica, Carol’s own migration story, entangled transatlantic history and impact on mental wellbeing are of key importance. She lives in Dominica and is a member of Waitukubuli Artist Association (WAA) and Dominica Herbal Association.
Artist Statement
2023 - Wysing Arts Centre, UK, billboard project commission. ‘Golden Crown’ artwork for fascia of the new block building exploring pineapple history, postcolonial narratives, slow processes, natural dyes, pineapple fibres and wellbeing.
2022 - ‘Economic Biosphere’ commission. Art residency, design and painting of a sculptural globe for The World Reimagined UK. Under the theme ‘Expanding Soul’ the work played with dark and light, highs and lows revealing botanical narratives which speak of migration, trauma, African and indigenous knowledge, resistance and healing.
2022 – CREAD Resilience Mural Campaign. Mural design and painting, James Store, Picard, Dominica. This mural represents the struggle we face as a people and island in a developing, consumerist world.
As an artist I have a fascination with plants, textiles and fragments. Unravelling historical threads appeals to my investigative nature. My processes are an entangled mix of historical and site exploration, journal and creative writing, textiles, painting, and sculpture.
Reflection on the fragments I am left with to weave my story which feed creativity: texts from archival sources, tales of Indigenous, African and European lives, crumbling mortar, living plants, decomposing leaves, red soil and entangled roots.