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SDG 10- Reduced Inequalities

Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard.

SDG 14- Life Below Water

  Motivations for creating the art:

As the world faces the global Coronavirus pandemic we are forced to truly understand the true meaning of life in terms of what is most important to us. Our homes, our families good health and love. As we social distance and take necessary safety precautions we must remember that moving forward we should embrace all that life has to offer. Simply put, 'We can’t be afraid to live.'

About the Artist:

Miles Regis (born November 28, 1967), is a Los Angeles-based Trinidadian multimedia artist whose work taps into the emotion and experiences of exotic cultures around the world and presents them in ways that are relevant to today's modernized societies. Regis combines abstraction with figurative work; obscure references with in-your-face writings; symbolic narrative with Trinidadian splashes of color. The artist adds to this drip painting and collage work. His media includes oil, acrylic, charcoal, latex paint and occasional newspaper. He works on canvasses already colored, and on some painted with bold colors; his finished compositions take these as their start. Over the years, the USC graduate has honed a technique that incorporates drip painting and collage work that is both unique and striking. With a style reminiscent of many of history's great master painters, Regis' imagination is saturated with notions, ideas, and images reflective of a world filled with conflicting interests.

His work has been exhibited in solo and group shows nationally. Working in mixed media on both canvas and linen, Regis blends found objects and fabric with acrylic, oil, and spray paints resulting in visually vibrant worlds. His work is characterized by layers of abstract figures and bright hues as he explores themes of storytelling, activism, history, and freedom.

 The impact of their work: