Cayman Panorama
The work, entitled Cayman Panorama – Things That Exist Only in Fading Memory, features a series of iconic examples of Caymanian architecture that Shane exhibited at the National Gallery in 2013. “It is about the Caymanian landscape of my memory past and present,” explains the artist, who used to visit his father here as a boy in the 1970s, before returning to live in Grand Cayman in 1994. The buildings depicted draw from his memories, and stretch from West Bay to North Side, including such landmarks as the Old Hell Post Office and the former Holiday Inn Hotel.
About the Artist
Shane “Dready” Aquârt
b. 1963
Shane Aquârt, who signs his art “Dready”, has a whimsical graphic style influenced by his rich mixture of cultural experiences: a Caribbean childhood, education at an English boarding school, a Canadian high school, and a US college. Aquârt has illustrated several publications, and his work has been extensively used in merchandising, commercial graphics, and interiors. His solo exhibition Cayman Panorama: Things That Exist Only in My Fading Memory was featured at the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands in 2013, and recently installed at the Owen Roberts International Airport as part of the NGCI’s Art at the Airport project (2019). His work has featured in numerous NGCI exhibitions, including Metamorphoses (2014), tIDal Shift: Explorations of Identity in Contemporary Caymanian Art (2015), Upon the Seas (2017), Cross Currents – 1st Cayman Islands Biennial (2019), Reimagined Futures – 2nd Cayman Islands Biennial (2021), Thatch Roofs & Ironwood Posts (2024), and The Ties That Bind (2024).
