Drew Weech is a Bahamian painter who explores various historical and contemporary archetypes to vivify his own conflicted feelings about the notion of “home.” Working primarily in black and white, his practice rejects notions of a single-story by diffusing the space between the past and the present. He juxtaposes imagery that presents a multiplicitous concurrence of personal and collective narratives. In relation to his Afro-Caribbean upbringing, Weech uses his practice as a means of pulling the audience into exploring the depths and nuances of existence outside of the paradisiacal gaze.
Drew Weech (b. 1984, Nassau, The Bahamas) is a painter based in Harlem, New York. Weech holds a BDes in Interdisciplinary Design from NSCAD University in Nova Scotia, Canada. Working in acrylics, oil sticks, and flashe, his work has been exhibited at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, The Central Bank of The Bahamas, as well as other local galleries in The Bahamas. In 2021, he was an artist-in-residence at the Meeting Point, a collaborative programme between Art Noir, REGULARNORMAL and New York’s Meatpacking District. He has participated in group exhibitions at Phillips Auction House, Dinner Gallery with REGULARNORMAL, and Future Fair with TERN Gallery.