Boynton Beach, Florida

Caron Bowman is a multi-disciplined artist and her work spans many techniques including drawing, painting, and fiber media. She received international recognition and exhibited at the Marc Chagall Museum, DuSable Museum, Harlem Fine Arts Show, ARCO Madrid Fair, Continuum Art Fair, and Art Africa Fair. An American artist of Afro- Honduran descent, she was born in West Palm Beach and her parents are from Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras. Caron has a B.A. in History and M.A. in ESE. Her influences were pop art, surrealism, and graffiti art that she synthesized into her work. Her artwork is about intensity of color, curved lines, and daring patterns unified into one language with a dream-like quality to the rhythm and unfurling of the forms in her work. She describes her art as SoFlo Superflat with emphasis on dark outlines and flat areas of color. She said, “My personal quest is to create art with a spirit, moreover, transforming two dimensional materials into spiritual substance. I use the vocabulary of color to speak, visually, in different languages, creating a relationship between the unconscious and conscious mind via abstraction and symbolism."

Regarding the sculpture, Caron wrote, “Known as the High Priestess of Soul, Nina Simone was an iconic African-American singer whose distinctive voice brought an unmatched level of eclecticism across five decades. The artwork expresses the connection between art and musical improvisation.” Kinetic Biennial

Since 2013, the City of Boynton Beach has curated an internationally unique, one-of a-kind kinetic art experience every two years. Art and technology collide to create kinetic art, which is fine art powered by solar, wind, light, sound, robotics, water, gravity and other elements. The fifth Kinetic Art Exhibit displays 20 outdoor sculptures along E. Ocean Avenue, between Seacrest Blvd. and U.S.1. On the weekend of March 6-7, 2021, a symposium, indoor gallery exhibitions, food trucks and musical performances were held in Boynton Beach Town Square. www.boyntonbeacharts.org Karibu Spinners

Six of the kinetic sculptures originate from the exhibition Karibu: A Celebration of Black Artists in Palm Beach County. ATB Fine Art Group Inc. curated the exhibition for the Cultural Council of Palm Beach in Lake Worth in the Winter of 2021. Karibu (pronounced kah-ree-boo) means “Welcome, come in,” in Swahili. The artists are Caron Bowman, Anthony Burks Sr., Tracy Guiteau, Cynthia Simmons, Raquel Williams, and Gillian Kennedy Wright.