Kerry Chen

Kerry Chen is a Creative Entrepreneur from Kingston, Jamaica, who has spent most of her life interacting with, researching, and documenting Jamaican culture. Professionally, she leverages artistic expression to disrupt and challenge conventional socio-cultural narratives.

Since 2019, she has been using documentary filmmaking as a means of confronting and exposing the environmental violence and social injustice that is occurring in the Cockpit Country as a result of an expansion in government-sanctioned bauxite mining. 

Recently, she has begun curating local art exhibitions as a means of interrogating ideas and inviting intelligent discourse around topics of social and cultural significance. The 2022 reggae month art exhibition, Vib(e)ration: Reggae in Art, which challenged traditional notions surrounding reggae expressions, was one such show. She also curates and co-produces a monthly film screening event, Films Under the Sky, which introduces viewers to alternative local, regional and international film content. Kerry also produces professional engagement events which connect emerging creatives with industry professionals.