Trinida­di­an artist Si­mone Jacelon is giv­ing au­di­ences a new way to ex­pe­ri­ence her ac­claimed ex­hi­bi­tion, The Flow of Her—this time in an in­ti­mate, sen­so­ry-rich set­ting at Ukiyo Restau­rant. Af­ter cap­ti­vat­ing view­ers at The BRIX, Au­to­graph Col­lec­tion, the artist now of­fers a week-long ex­ten­sion that in­vites guests to en­counter her lat­est works up close, sur­round­ed by the warmth, fra­grance, and am­bi­ence of a cu­rat­ed din­ing space.

While the orig­i­nal ex­hi­bi­tion high­light­ed Jacelon’s evo­lu­tion in form, colour, and fem­i­nine ex­pres­sion, the Ukiyo pre­sen­ta­tion shifts the ex­pe­ri­ence from gallery view­ing to qui­et im­mer­sion. Here, her pieces are framed by na­ture-in­spired dé­cor, soft light­ing, and the restau­rant’s or­gan­ic aes­thet­ic, deep­en­ing the con­nec­tion be­tween art­work, en­vi­ron­ment, and emo­tion.

“In this ex­ten­sion, I want­ed to cre­ate an at­mos­phere where the art is ex­pe­ri­enced in a dif­fer­ent way,” Jacelon ex­plains. “The pieces at Ukiyo speak soft­ly, in­ti­mate­ly. They’re ground­ed in na­ture—trees, flo­rals, still­ness, move­ment—but they al­so car­ry the emo­tion­al lan­guage that runs through my work.”

One of the most dis­tinc­tive el­e­ments of the Ukiyo in­stal­la­tion is its fu­sion of vi­su­al and culi­nary artistry. Guests can move through the space at their own pace, en­coun­ter­ing paint­ings and sculp­tures as they en­joy spe­cial­ly paired wines, tapas, and mul­ti-course tast­ing ex­pe­ri­ences. The re­sult is an ex­hi­bi­tion that en­cour­ages vis­i­tors not just to look, but to taste, breathe, and linger—al­low­ing all the sens­es to shape their in­ter­pre­ta­tion of each piece.

The week opened with an ex­clu­sive first look yes­ter­day that fea­tured wine and tapas along­side new works re­vealed for the first time. From to­day, the art­work will be on dis­play each evening, al­low­ing guests to en­joy the col­lec­tion in a re­laxed, at­mos­pher­ic din­ing en­vi­ron­ment. The ex­ten­sion con­cludes Sat­ur­day at 7 pm, with a two- or four-course hors d’oeu­vre pair­ing by pri­vate chef ST Palate, thought­ful­ly matched with el­e­gant wines. Ad­vance book­ing is re­quired for this cu­rat­ed tast­ing ex­pe­ri­ence.

Lo­cat­ed at #2 Fla­ment Street, Port-of-Spain, Ukiyo of­fers a unique plat­form for Jacelon’s works, blend­ing art and din­ing to cre­ate a space where guests can en­gage with both vi­su­al and culi­nary sto­ry­telling.

For reser­va­tions and in­quiries, call 343-3325.

About Si­mone Jacelon

Si­mone Jacelon is a Trinida­di­an mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary artist whose work ex­plores emo­tion, mem­o­ry, and the fem­i­nine ex­pe­ri­ence through vi­brant palettes and flu­id, or­gan­ic forms. Her pieces have been ex­hib­it­ed both lo­cal­ly and in­ter­na­tion­al­ly, with The Flow of Her mark­ing her largest and most per­son­al body of work to date.

This Ukiyo ex­ten­sion is not just an ex­hi­bi­tion—it’s a sen­so­ry cel­e­bra­tion of art, na­ture, and the fem­i­nine voice, of­fer­ing an ex­pe­ri­ence that lingers long af­ter the fi­nal toast.

For reser­va­tions and in­quiries, call 343-3325.