and has won some of the island’s prestigious awards. One
of her life-sized sculptures is even part of the Jamaican
National Gallery’s permanent collection.
The world celebrates her on a grander scale as a
Caribbean artist. Her intricate driftwood sculptures and
mastery in the alchemy of transforming natural found
materials - clay, seeds, and branches - into objects of
desire is her legacy. Her art is in high demand from Berlin
to Miami and even right here in Barbados.
“I defy the norms.” Nakazzi tells me as we sit in the
veranda of Coconut Bay Villa, the lively waters of Silver
Sands beach only meters away. Nakazzi is on island to
rejuvenate she says. My guess is that Jamaica might be
her island love but Barbados is her island home.
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