Tiana Webb Evans

The Jamaica Art Society was founded in 2020 by Tiana Webb Evans, founder and owner of ESP Group LLC, a leading brand strategy and communications consultancy that collaborates with international clients across the art, design, and hospitality industries. She is also the creator of Yard Concept, an experimental cultural platform dedicated to fostering greater collective consciousness through art, design, and community.

Tiana’s experience includes branding, communications, strategic planning, business development, and cultural programming. Before launching ESP in 2014, she served as Communications Director at Phillips Auctioneers, a global corporation focused on the sale of contemporary art, and as Vice President of the Hospitality and Real Estate group at Nadine Johnson & Associates, where her clients worked at the intersection of art, culture, and business. Prior to establishing a career in communications she was the Business Director of Studio Sofield, a celebrated architecture and design firm known for its work with Gucci Group and a host of other notable luxury brands.

In addition to her professional endeavors, Tiana writes about culture, advises and supports emerging artists, and serves on Laundromat Project’s National Advisory Board, the Chair’s Council at BRIC, and the boards of Project for Empty Space and the Female Design Council.