Carlisle Chang

[3] Chang had two older siblings—a sister, Beryl, and brother, Wesley, in addition to a half-brother from his father's previous marriage in China.

[1] Chang was educated at Tranquillity Government Boys’ School in Port of Spain where he was classmates with Boscoe Holder.

The exhibition, which was organised by Amy Leong Pang, also included work by Sybil Atteck and Boscoe Holder.

[1] After returning to Trinidad and Tobago, Chang opened a studio and gallery where he produced paintings, Carnival costume designs, and other works.

Chang also produced Conquerabia, a concrete structure on the outside wall of the Port of Spain City Hall.

Other works included the Legends of the Ibis, Folk Festivals, The Story of Oil, and Lord Krishna and the Milkmaids.

[5] When it came to designing the national flag, Chang's chose to arrange the of blocks of red, white, and black with an eye to simplicity.

[1] His artistic style has been described as "a thoroughly indigenous fusion of the traditions of Europe with Trinidad’s folk art, coloured always by his own eclecticism".

Artist and designer Peter Minshall described Chang as "among the first to understand that this place is an incredible laboratory of the New World".