10 Digital Artists: Celebrating the Spirit of the Caribbean
Every June, Caribbean American Heritage Month gives us a chance to celebrate the culture, creativity, and lasting impact of Caribbean communities. While the official focus is on Caribbean Americans, we wanted to take a broader approach this year — spotlighting digital artists from across the Caribbean and its diaspora who are creating stunning and meaningful work.
The Caribbean is known for its rich mix of cultures, languages, and histories — and that same energy shines through in its digital art scene. From bold illustrations and experimental animation to interactive experiences, these artists are using digital tools in powerful ways to create meaning. Their work often blends tradition with technology, and local stories with global conversations.
Some of the artists we’re featuring are based on the islands, others live abroad, and a few move between both worlds. What connects them is a shared sense of curiosity, identity, and a unique perspective shaped by Caribbean culture. Whether they’re exploring ancestry, vulnerability, or femininity, they bring vibrant colors and compositions to the screen.
Digital art can sometimes feel a little borderless as it moves easily between countries, devices, and platforms. However, that doesn’t mean it’s disconnected from place. In fact, for these artists, the Caribbean often shows up in the details: a palette, a rhythm, a memory, a pattern, a sense of humor. And that’s exactly what makes their work so special.
Here are 10 digital artists whose art captures the creativity and diversity of the Caribbean.
Scroll to learn more about them! Here’s the featured artists:Chad HammondWildy MartinezMademoiselle BelamourJuan “Wamoo” AlvarezDavid GumbsZoe OsborneKokabKRM DVYМónica Paola RodríguezLamaro SmithLet's be friends on Instagram!
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Chad Hammond is a Jamaican digital artist with a big personality and an even bigger passion for creating. Known for his bold portraits and energetic compositions, Chad brings a vibrant sense of life to every piece he makes. While Photoshop has become his go-to tool in recent years, his background in traditional painting still shapes his sense of detail, light, and color.
Chad’s work feels both personal and playful, inviting viewers into his digital world with confidence and warmth. He’s been drawing for as long as he can remember and continues to challenge himself creatively — recently making it a goal to reconnect with painting, just like riding a bike. Chad’s art is full of character, culture, and love for the craft.
Wildy Martinez, founder of the creative movement “Wildflower Fields,” is a digital illustrator, fashion designer, mother, and hope dealer born and raised in NYC. She shines her positive heart through mixed media and digital art while bringing awareness to racial prejudices.
As a proud Afro-Latina and 1st Generation Dominican American artist, Wildy celebrates diversity in women via fashion, illustrations, and storytelling as well as collaborations. She creates NFTs to emphasize the beauty of Vitiligo and is an advocate for normalizing natural beauty and celebrating imperfections.
Read our interview with Wildy to learn more about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
Mademoiselle Belamour is the creative alter ego of Émilie, a French-Caribbean illustrator whose bold, cheeky, and joyfully stylish work has caught the eye of major brands and fans alike. With a playful approach to color, expression, and storytelling, her digital illustrations bring a fresh sense of personality to everything from product packaging to fashion collaborations.
One of her recent standout projects was with Target’s 2024 Black History Month collection, where she designed graphics for both children’s and adult apparel. Her contributions brought a fun, retro-inspired vibe to the campaign, mixing a 70s aesthetic with contemporary flair. Whether through animated GIFs, mini videos, or printed designs, Émilie’s work is full of energy, humor, and heart — and always rooted in her unique point of view.
Juan Alvarez, also known as Wamoo, is a Dominican-born, Washington Heights-raised artist working at the intersection of music, visual art, and live performance. His practice blends video and self-produced music, drawing from his experience immigrating to the United States as a child. Video games and music served as both a means of adaptation and a coping mechanism, shaping his artistic language. Through experimental music videos, self-produced footage, and found media, Wamoo remixes early digital aesthetics, characters, and cosplay to construct multi-dimensional experiences that merge personal history with pop culture.
His creative process is deeply rooted in the tradition of sampling. Influenced by hip-hop producers like J Dilla and Pete Rock, Wamoo applies a similar collage-based approach to video, treating found footage, digital artifacts, and cultural references as building blocks for new narratives. His work examines how meaning shifts when familiar imagery is placed in a new context, reframing history and emotion through dynamic visual and sonic storytelling.
Humor and absurdity play a key role in his work, creating a tension between hyperactive visuals and deeply personal themes of fear, rejection, and self-actualization. Through his unique fusion of music and visual art, Wamoo challenges perceptions and reimagines cultural narratives with an innovative and deeply personal touch.
Read our interview with Wamoo to learn more about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
David Gumbs is a multidisciplinary artist from the island of Saint-Martin, based in Martinique, whose digital work explores identity, memory, and belonging in the Caribbean. Known for creating immersive experiences using video, sound, and interactive media, David’s art transforms public spaces into poetic reflections on history, ecology, and resilience. One of the recurring symbols in his work is the conch shell — a powerful link between ancestral traditions and the region’s fragile environmental future.
What we love about David’s work is how skillfully it brings together cutting-edge technology with deep cultural storytelling. His visuals are striking, but it’s the emotional layers — tied to place, ancestry, and ecological urgency — that truly linger. His projects have been exhibited across the Caribbean, the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and each one feels like an invitation to reimagine the Caribbean through a lens of both vulnerability and strength.
Zoe Osborne is a physical and virtual interior designer, photographer, and curator from Barbados, and is currently based in Canada.. She has a bachelor degree in Interior Design and was a a creator in Elevate’s inaugural NFT Residency Program in Toronto.
Her digital animations has been showcased in Toronto, New York, Barbados, and Dubai. She is also the founder of Mahogany Culture, a collective for Caribbean history, culture, and community.
Her work focuses on the Caribbean Diaspora with inspirations from Caribbean symbolism and homesickness. The surreal aesthetics of her art are in fact explorations of the feeling of home as well as being a visual escape to paradise – a dreamland that we’d love to be immersed in.
“In my mirror I see dreams of someplace I would rather be.”
Kokab Zohoori-Dossa is a Jamaican illustrator whose art feels like a quiet conversation between nature, memory, and imagination. Based between Kingston and New Zealand, she brings over a decade of freelance experience to her practice — working on everything from global digital commissions to large-scale murals. Her style blends storytelling with softness, often weaving together themes from literature, film, and music.
What makes Kokab’s work stand out is the way she draws from her layered cultural background. With Jamaican, Persian, and Benin roots, her illustrations offer a thoughtful mix of personal heritage and contemporary visual language. Each piece feels intentional and reflective — like a moment of stillness captured in color. Whether it’s a character study or a dreamy landscape, her work invites you to slow down and look a little closer.
KRM DVY, short for Kareem Davy, is a self-taught artist from Trinidad and Tobago whose vibrant world of whimsical characters called PEEPS has captured the hearts of collectors and fans around the globe. What began as childhood doodles evolved into a full-blown artistic practice during the pandemic, when Kareem found his way back to drawing after years in the events world. Inspired by his mother, an artist herself, and supported by friends and family, he turned those playful sketches into something truly unique.
PEEPS are truly a reflection of Kareem’s energy: colorful, imaginative, and full of good vibes. Each piece feels like a celebration of creativity and connection, with a style that’s bold, expressive, and unmistakably his own. Whether you're drawn to the humor or the heart behind them, stepping into the world of KRM DVY is always a joy.
Mónica Paola Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican illustrator and storyteller whose vibrant, character-driven work reflects the warmth and color of her San Juan roots. After years of doodling on desks and experimenting with watercolor paints, she pursued a BFA in Animation with a minor in Illustration at Savannah College of Art and Design. Since graduating, she’s been bringing stories to life across children’s books, animated shorts, and editorial projects.
Her client list includes names like Scholastic, Disney Publishing, Astra Publishing, and SM Puerto Rico — and one of her pieces was even featured in the Smithsonian National American Latino Center. Whether she’s designing whimsical backgrounds or illustrating heartfelt narratives, Mónica creates with curiosity, care, and a deep love for storytelling. There’s always more in the works, and she’s just getting started.
Lamaro Smith, also known as Maro, is a multidisciplinary visual artist, designer, and animator from The Bahamas. With over 12 years of experience in the creative industry, he has built a dynamic freelance career by helping individuals, writers, marketers, and companies bring their ideas to life through bold, engaging visuals.
His portfolio spans a wide range of formats, from storybook and comic art to board game illustration, product animation, and social media design. Whether developing characters, storyboards, or motion graphics, Lamaro Smith blends imaginative storytelling with polished execution. At the heart of his work is a desire to create original, meaningful art that resonates — while continuing to grow as a visual storyteller and collaborator.
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