For many artists, the journey away from home becomes a story of departure. For Bahamian ceramic artist Anina Major, it has become a lifelong investigation into what remains. Across more than a decade of practice, Major has established herself as one of the most compelling voices working in contemporary ceramics today, creating sculptures that examine migration, memory, cultural inheritance and the complex emotional terrain of belonging. Working primarily with clay, she transforms a material deeply connected to the earth into vessels that hold stories of movement, displacement and return. Her works do not simply occupy space; they carry histories, embody absences and invite reflection on the ways identity is continuously shaped through lived experience.
The full piece by Caleb Oheneba-Takyi can be read here:
Africans Column Anina Major interview
