Simon Tatum

Simon Tatum is an interdisciplinary artist from the Cayman Islands, currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. His work delves into processes inspired by W.E.B. Du Bois’s concept of double consciousness. Simon Tatum deconstructs and reconstructs printed imagery—such as advertisements and documentary photos—and found objects to create a personal visual language. His chosen imagery and objects reflect his interest in colonial narratives, tourism, and his experience as a mixed-race Caribbean man navigating external expectations of cultural aesthetics.

Born in George Town, Grand Cayman, Simon Tatum earned a BA in Art from the University of Missouri in 2017, followed by an MFA in Sculpture and Expanded Media from Kent State University in 2021. His thesis exhibition, Romantic Caribbean, was shown at the CVA Gallery of Kent State University in March 2021.

Simon Tatum has participated in several notable group exhibitions, including Arrivants: Art and Migration in the Anglophone Caribbean World at the Barbados Museum and Historical Society (2018). In 2022, he joined the Alice Yard contingent at Documenta 15 in Kassel, Germany, presenting posters from his series See Your Travel Agent.

Simon Tatum currently lives in Nashville, where he continues his artistic practice and works at Vanderbilt University.