Exodus Crooks is a British-Jamaican multidisciplinary artist and educator, interested in self-determination and how it is steered by religion and spirituality. Informed by a fractious domestic life, their practice is auto ethnographical and exists in the orbit of their educational role where they work to reimagine Western pedagogy.
Exodus is currently experimenting with gardening, text, moving image, and installation to better understand indigenous thought and tend to the breaks that occur in the human experience. Their art is often research focused and follows the lead of the many radical Caribbean artists and thinkers exploring indigenous ways of living.
Exodus serves on a regional arts advisory board and a national artists council that advocates for the development and protection of artists and has previously exhibited and worked with Ikon Gallery, the International Curators Forum, iniva, Freelands Foundation, LUX Scotland and the National Gallery in London. They are proud to be based in heart of the Midland’s vibrant art community, working closely with local galleries and organisations such as Grand Union, Vivid Projects, The New Art Gallery Walsall, and Wolverhampton Art Gallery.