Susan Mains is a self-taught artist with a formal background in education. For more than 35 years she has explored in paint and installations the intricacies of the Caribbean in landscapes, people-scapes and social interactions. She has exhibited world wide, and in 2020 she was awarded with the British Empire Medal from Queen Elizabeth for services to art. She has been the Commissioner for the Grenada Pavilion at la Biennale for 5 consecutive editions and has also curated other international exhibitions of Grenada’s art. She believes that art has social and economic power, but just like any natural resource, needs investment for the rewards to be fully realized.
