Petra Toyin Haynes

Petra Toyin Haynes is an award-winning, multi-talented, artistic and self-motivated young lady who injects energy and creativity into any organization or activity she is engaged with. She has led various artistic and cultural workshops around the island and brings to the table a vast collection of skills and experience. Petra is a highly accomplished artist in many disciplines; Face and Body Art, Painting, Sculpture, Masquerade and Costume Design, Mural Design and Production, Set Design for Stage and Film. Her work exemplifies extensions of herself or in most instances direct self-portraits. African influences are demonstrative of formative years spent in Nigeria. Her parents Wendell and Francilla Haynes both educators taught in Nigeria for a number of years and Petra grew to be strongly influenced by the country’s artistic expressions, motifs and symbols found primarily in masks and sculpture.

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