| Karl 'Jerry' Craig was born in Jamaica. He earned the NDD from St. Martin's School of Art in London, England and an MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art, USA.
Craig's desire to help young artists develop has motivated him as an art educator while continuing his own work as a professional artist. From1966 to1971 he was a Senior Lecturer at Avery Hill College of Education, London, England and from 1971 to1981 he was Director of the Jamaica School of Art (now the Edna Manley School for the Visual and Performing Arts) in Kingston, Jamaica. While at the School of Art, he established departments of Fiber Arts, Jewel Craft and Art Education and expanded the departments of Painting, Sculpture, History of Art, Graphics and Ceramics. From 1981 to 2001 he was Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Education at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica. He has been a consultant for UNESCO and the OAS in the Caribbean region and a Guest Lecturer at Universities and Colleges in the USA, Canada, England, Finland, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Kitts, and St. Lucia.
His work is represented in private and public collections in many countries. He has held solo exhibitions in Jamaica, the USA and England, and exhibited regionally and internationally in group exhibitions in England, the USA, Canada, Japan, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Mexico, Cuba and Botswana. His work has been purchased by Prime Ministers of Jamaica for presentation to President Regan of the USA and President Nyrere of Tanzania. He was also commissioned on two occasions, by the Government of Jamaica to paint Easter Eggs for the White House Collection. | |