Charmaine Watkiss
The artist discusses her series Plant Warrior 2021–ongoing, a collection of self-portraits in which she embodies the medicinal properties of specific plants, challenging the marginalisation of Indigenous healing traditions within pharmaceutical culture.
Charmaine Watkiss RWA is a British artist whose practice investigates the botanical legacy of the Caribbean. She is particularly interested in healing traditions handed down through the matrilineal line.
Tate Papers, 2026 © Charmaine Watkiss
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