BIO: AJ ROGERS
Mr. Rogers was born on the island of Trinidad in 1994 in the village of Mayaro and attended
UTT, receiving a Diploma in Animation in 2013 though he has pivoted into more of fine artist
after his studies at university. His body of work ranges from full acrylic paintings to mix media
to the humble graphite pencil, Mr. Rogers's has managed to consistently exhibit since his first
showing in 2014 with his most recent show being in 2021. He has shown at galleries such as The
Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Medulla and On Location just to name a few. A.J also has a
body of mural works that are showcased though out his home island of Trinidad. Mr. Rogers also
works closely with the Ngo organization East Yard and has facilitated many introductive art
classes and is the founder of Unclad a figure drawing session which enables artist to have
access to live nude models to practice their life drawing and to meet fellow artist to network
and create community.
ARTIST STATEMENT
As a creative vessel and with the infinite means as to where inspiration can come from I
choose to try to capture the feelings that linger when I get hit by the thing that inspires me. I
find the human face very fascinating. I find the human face very intriguing. The extent of the
expressions we can render is one of the things that make us who we are as people. As an
artist, I try to capture the nuances of our sentiments particularly the feeling that is melancholy
the in-between state of an infinite range of expression.