Isaiah James Boodhoo (1932 – 2 February 2004) was a Trinidadian painter and writer.
Born in the northeastern town of Sangre Grande in Trinidad, Boodhoo received a governmental scholarship in 1958 which allowed him to study art at England's Brighton College of Art; there, he studied disciplined, formal techniques.
Upon his return to Trinidad, Boodhoo developed the idea of using his art for social and political commentary; his first exhibition, at the National Gallery in Port of Spain in 1970, was strongly influenced by local turmoil, and he was deeply critical of prime minister Eric Williams in some of his work.
Boodhoo exhibited only twice more, once taking themes from the poetry of Derek Walcott, until his "Caroni" series of 1992.
Boodhoo's late paintings, in a more lyrically abstract vein, were inspired by the sugar industry of Caroni Ltd., and he used its sugarcane fields and cutters as the basis for the so-called "Caroni" series.