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Dr.
Pogus Caesar
Born1953
St. Kitts, West Indies
NationalitySt. Kitts and Nevis
Alma materDoctorate
Known forPhotography and curation
Notable work"Muzik Kinda Sweet"
StylePointillism

Dr. Pogus Caesar (born 1953)[1] is a British artist, archivist, author, curator, television producer and director. He was born in St Kitts, West Indies, and grew up in Birmingham, England.

Early life

Caesar was born on the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts. At an early age, he moved to Birmingham, England.

Career

During the early 1980s, Caesar was appointed director of the West Midlands Minority Arts Service. He was the first chairman of Birmingham International Film & Television Festival.[2]

As a photographer and artist, Caesar has worked in Spain, India, South America, Sweden, Denmark, South Africa, Albania, and Jamaica, documenting diverse communities. Caesar's artwork and photographs have been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery,[3]

In 2022, Caesar was named in CasildART's list of the top six Black British photographers, including Charlie Phillips, Armet Francis, Neil Kenlock and James Barnor.[4]

Exhibitions

Television production credits

References

  1. ^ "Pogus Caesar", Diaspora Artists.
  2. ^ a b Shannon, Roger (8 May 2008). "Life through a lens with Pogus Caesar". Birmingham Post. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Pogus Caesar - Person - National Portrait Gallery". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Top Six Black British Photographers You Should Know". CasildART. 7 February 2022. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  5. ^ VIBES/Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Burning Images Exhibition, 2005.
  7. ^ * Handsworth Riots – Twenty Summers On", BBC, 28 October 2014.
  8. ^ "From Jamaica Row – Rebirth of the Bullring" Archived 29 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Photographs of the development of Birmingham's Bullring OOM Gallery/Pogus Caesar.
  9. ^ "The Art of Ideas". Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  10. ^ Pattern Recognition exhibition Archived 23 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine, The City Gallery, Leicester.
  11. ^ Haynes, Jane (12 March 2019). "Why Handsworth Riots are being revisited with giant billboards across Birmingham". Birmingham Mail.

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