Che Lovelace lives and works in Port of Spain, Trinidad. He received his training at l’Ecole R gionale des Beaux-Arts de la Martinique and is a founder and director of CLAY J’ouvert, a traditional Carnival outfit based in Woodbrook, Port of Spain. In 2003, he co-founded the alternative cinema space Studiofilmclub with fellow artist Peter Doig and is currently a lecturer at the University of the West Indies Creative Arts Campus. His practice increasingly includes elements of performance his own and others, which he absorbs into his painting process.