It was there—through the year-end Junkanoo street festival—that he was first exposed to art. He has since become an acclaimed conceptual artist, creating work that examines themes of cultural memory and invisibility, scientific inquiry, and global exploration. (In 2013, he became the first Bahamian to travel to the North Pole.) This year, Strachan had his first major museum exhibition in the United States, which is now on view (through January 3, 2027) at Ohio’s Columbus Museum of Art. He splits his time between New York City and the Bahamas (home to The Ocean Club, A Four Seasons