ABOUT

RESIDENCY

  •  2021 - Virtual Artist in Residence, Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy

AWARDS

  • 2022 - The Catapult Art Award Winner, The Caribbean Creative Network, Kingston Jamaica

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

  • The Kingston Creative Network

  • The Caribbean Creative Network

  • The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF)

  • The Things Jamaica Group

PRESS

  • TV Interview, Smile Jamaica TV Show, Jamaica

  • Radio Interview, Power 106 FM, Jamaica

EXHIBITIONS

  • 2024 - The Tourism Linkages Network - The Ministry of Tourism - Montego Bay Convention Center, Jamaica

  • 2024 - Liguanea Art Festival - 134 Old Hope Road, St. Andrew, Jamaica

  • 2023 - Liguanea Art Festival - 134 Old Hope Road, St. Andrew, Jamaica

  • 2022 - Mandeville Art Fair - St John Bosco Auditorium in Hatfield, Manchester, Jamaica

  • 2021 - The Artist Way – Art Gallery Décor VIII – 8 Hillcrest Avenue, Kingston, Jamaica

  • 2021 - Contemporary Venice 2021 – The Secret Garden International, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Venice, Italy

  • 2021 - The third appointment of the Borders International, THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space, San Marco, Venice, Italy

  • 2020 - Contemporary Venice Internationa, Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venezia, Italy

  • 2019 - CIBC Bank, Fairview, Montego Bay, Jamaica

  •  2019 - Christmas in July, Pegasus Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica

  • 2019 - Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE), Montego Bay Convention Center, Jamaica

  • 2018 - Christmas in July, Pegasus Hotel, Kingston Jamaica

Jamaica based emerging artist, Īṣā Orí, has been honing her skills in portraiture and landscape painting for the past 6 years. Though self-taught, she has taken immense care to reinvent herself as a full-time professional artist after discovering her talent in 2018.

She has exhibited in solo exhibitions at CIBC Bank, Fairview, Montego Bay, Jamaica. Her numerous group exhibitions include The Tourism Linkages Network at Montego Bay Convention Centre, Jamaica and The third appointment of the Borders International at THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space, San Marco, Venice, Italy. Isa Ori was honoured with the Catapult Art Award in 2022 and has appeared on the popular Jamaican TV Show, Smile Jamaica.

Ori, who is now shifting her focus, aspires to embark on an artistic path that allows creativity to meet with activism to bring about social change. Her objective is centred around creating impactful art which resonates with collectors and leave lasting impressions on the art world.