Breaking the Surface

July 16, 2026- September 27, 2026

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Curated by T. Bujold-Abu, TD Curatorial Fellow (2025-2026)

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“Where the land, sea, and sky blur into abstraction”  
– Artist, Racquel Rowe 

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Breaking the Surface is an emergent series of reflections – interrogating the infrastructure, tourism, longing, and visual construction of paradise. Artist Racquel Rowe, a Bajan artist currently residing in Canada, begins her process with underwater investigations; tracing the beaches of Barbados and dwelling just below the surface – where the land, sea, and sky blur into abstraction. Through slow observation, distortion, and hyper-saturated imagery, the work imagines the Caribbean outside of a familiar visual narrative, one shaped by consumption, fantasy, and tourism.