K. Khalfani Ra lives and works in Kingston where he was born in 1958. He was educated at the Jamaica School of Art (now the Edna Manley School of the Visual and Performing Arts) where he received a Diploma in Painting in 1983 and a Bachelor of Fine Art degree (BFA) in Painting and Drawing in 2015.

Exhibitions (Selection):

2020 We little but we Tallawah: Representing the Unrepresentable and Underrepresented - Issues in Iconoclasm and Iconography, Olympia Mini Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica (Solo)

2012 Caribbean: Crossroads of the World, Queens Museum of Art, NY, USA (Group)

2007 Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art, Brooklyn Museum, NY, USA (Group)

Residency

1994/95 British Commonwealth Fellowship (Award), Residency, Pachipamwe International Triangle Arts Workshop, Zimbabwe