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As an artist, Tavares Strachan is famous for wild, immersive art that shines new light on forgotten stories, particularly around Black history and civil rights issues.
Earlier this past year, his exhibition, Invisibility: Powers and Perils, which ran in So Cal’s PST ART event, spotlighted the conditions Black Americans face and the histories that have driven those cultural narratives.
He also opened an unusual new exhibit in Columbus, Ohio, called Bar Room, a speakeasy that viewers experience interactively. But perhaps his most notable achievement in 2025 was opening, The Day Tomorrow Began, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. This 20-work exhibit, which will run through March 2026, shines a stark light on Black truths that might be inconvenient to the rest of American culture.
Strachan also supports causes in his native Bahamas. He founded the Bahamas Aerospace and Sea Exploration Center (B.A.S.E.C.), a community project that includes an artist residency, exhibition spaces, and after-school programs in Nassau. All in: he’s been using art as a motivating force for change, which more than qualifies him for the Worthy 100.
