Local sculptor Jallim Eudovic will be honored

Saint Lucian sculptor Jallim Eudovic will receive the 2024 Sunshine Prize for his contributions to the visual arts.

The 36th Annual Sunshine Awards will be held on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at the Robert Treat Hotel, 50 Park Place, Newark, NJ 07102. The event will begin with a cocktail reception from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, followed by the awards and live performances.

“The program is sponsored in part by Alizé, National Staffing Associates, All Star Motors and Essex County Towing, Trini Breakfast Shed in Brooklyn, New York, Limin’s Café in New Jersey and TAXKO/Fraser, CPA,” the news release said.

The press release further states: “His work, which includes sculptures in wood, bronze and marble, is rooted in Caribbean culture but has international appeal. He has been invited to travel around the world, including China, Africa, Dubai and Martinique, and has been commissioned to create sculptures for public spaces in several Chinese cities, where he has created seven monumental sculptures to date.”

His recent work includes a public monument called “All Out” commissioned by the government for the Castries waterfront in St Lucia to commemorate the island’s independence.

Yudovich is a homegrown talent whose many international achievements have shaped his philosophy of life and made him an influential voice in the African diaspora.

His work has been featured in numerous international publications such as Ebony (April 2015), International Kreole Magazine (August 2015), Garage and ARC (August 2014) magazines, Chinese Sculpture Magazine, Upscale Magazine, and television programs such as PBS’s The Travel Writer and NBC’s The Voyager.

“Yudovich is admired both nationally and internationally for his ability to use and express his indigenous traditions,” the release noted. “In February 2019, he delivered the Up/Rising Lecture at Sir Arthur Lewis Community College and was a special keynote speaker at the 2019 Prime Minister’s Ball.”

Yudovich has been awarded the ANSA Caribbean Laureate Award (2020), the most prestigious award in the field of arts and literature in the Caribbean, and most recently, in 2023, his work was included in the permanent collection of the prestigious Museum of Art of the Americas (AMA) in Washington, D.C., USA.