La Vaughn Belle’s artist studio in the Free Gut area of Christiansted, St. Croix, after renovation in 2016; Photo: Tamia Williams
LaVaughn Belle
Born 1974, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago; active Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands
LA VAUGHN BELLE is a maker of maps, myths and monuments. In her multi-disciplinary practice, she creates narratives from the whispers and fragments found in various kinds of archives, including the sea, the trees, the land, and the body. Her studio is based in the Virgin Islands.