Sylvia Waterloo

BASIC INFORMATION

Name: Sylvia Waterloo, 1961
Place of birth: Aruba
Based in: Curaçao and the Netherlands
Discipline: Visual art; painting, drawing, collage, charcoal, and mixed media

EDUCATION

2014 — Graduated from the Academy of Art, Haarlem, the Netherlands

BIOGRAPHY

Sylvia Waterloo (born 1961, Aruba) is an Aruban visual artist and art teacher. She moved to the Netherlands as a teenager and graduated from the Academy of Art in Haarlem in 2014. She has returned frequently to Aruba and also considers Curaçao one of her homes. Working across painting, drawing, collage, charcoal, and mixed media, Waterloo draws inspiration from Caribbean islands, local architecture, and the world around her. Her colourful paintings and black-and-white political sketches explore themes including power, suppression, revolt, death, life, and hope. Her work often tells a story, moving between Caribbean colour and culture and critical reflections on social and political realities.

SELECTED  GROUP EXHIBITIONS IN CURAÇAO

2023 — Goodbye Exhibition, Gallery Alma Blou, Curaçao
2023 — Art Festival, Curaçao Museum, Curaçao
2022 — Taboo, Landhuis Bloemhof, Curaçao
2017 — Isla den nos bida, Curaçao Museum, Curaçao
Date not provided — Kaya Kaya, Otrobanda, Curaçao