Kavir Mootoo
Kavir Mootoo, born and raised in Trinidad, and trained at Kingston University, Kingston-Upon-Thames, UK, BA (Hons.) (Landscape Architecture) has been working as a visual artist since 2016.
His work has been inspired by nature, fashion, architecture, landscape architecture and the need for environmentally sustainable lifestyles.
A selection of exhibitions in which Mootoo's works have been included are: "Beneath The Blue", Horizons Art Gallery (South), San Fernando, Trinidad, July 2026; "Mas in Miniature", Horizons Art Gallery (South), San Fernando, Trinidad, February 2026; "A Carnival Consignment", Arnim's Art Galleria, San Fernando, Trinidad, February 2025; "Free Form: A Representation of Life's", The Rotunda Gallery, The Parliament Building of Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, June 2024; "New Beginnings", The Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, March 2024; "Wire, Sculpture, Miniature and Textured Art", The Rotunda Gallery, The Parliament Building of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad, January 2024; "Empowerment, Resistance, Defiance", CAISO: Sex and Gender Justice Exhibition for LGBTQI+ artists, Trinidad, December 2023; and Public Services International "People Over Planet" Global Art Exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland, October 2023.
Mootoo paints on canvas and clothing. His recent works, reflective of his background in architecture, involve sculptural and bas relief works that make use of salvaged plastics.
His work on clothing revives previously-worn items, making them new again, so that the wearer has a dynamic, planet- and people-friendly alternative to buying 'new' clothes, and which are works of art in themselves.
Mootoo lives and works in Trinidad and Tobago.
