PHYLLIS HOLLIS

JUST DROPPED!!! Ep.281 Anina Major (b. 1981, Nassau, Bahamas; lives and works in Upstate New York) holds an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. She is the recipient of numerous awards and residencies, including being a 2026 USA Fellow, finalist in the 2025 Loewe Craft Prize, winner of The Armory Show Pommery Prize 2024, The Future Perfect Prize 2024, the 2023 Joan Mitchell Fellowship and an artist residency at EKWC, the European Ceramic Workcentre.

Major's work has been exhibited throughout The Bahamas, Europe, and the United States, and is on permanent display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.

Her work is held in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of The Bahamas; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Carnegie Museum of Art; the RISD Museum; Pérez Art Museum Miami; and the Detroit Institute of Arts, among others.

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

“Anina Major: The Sacred Mangrove”
October 1, 2026 - August 1, 2027
Pérez Art Museum Miami

SOON COME HOME
Anina Major
September 16-October 26, 2026
TERN | Mahogany Hill, Western Road ( at The Island House)

Photo by Melissa Alcena

Enjoy anytime, any where, at your leisure to hear our insightful conversation about her practice.

Link in bio ~ website + Youtube. Listen on major podcast platforms.

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