Visual Arts

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”  ― George Bernard Shaw Antenna is a performative and interactive installation constructed primarily to solicit auditory participation created by the collective FeCuOp. With this installation FeCuOp seeks to create a social experiment with communication as its foundation. During the run of the exhibition FeCuOp will stage a series of activations … +

Bucarolito is Spanish artist Alfonso Borragán’s first exhibition in the United States. The action at the center of each of Borragán’s experiences is “to ingest” and to inscribe and reveal an image through this action. A sort of alchemy. For, in his environment of magenta phyto lights and dusty air, groups ingest stones together. In this case, they eat bucaros, which are … +

Bomb Shelter Miami is proud to announce Miami street artist Claudio Picasso, aka CP1′ solo exhibition for the month of September 2019. Honored to be the first gallery to show works from the artist new series. CP1 is a staple in the Miami street art and graffiti scene, and his murals can be seen on buildings all across Wynwood. Claudio’s photo-realistic portraits are often inspired in the … +

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep includes Painting and Sculpture by Artist Vaughn Spann. Considered an artist to “keep a close eye on” by art specialists; his work has been featured in a myriad of art publications specially during 2019. This exhibition develops at the threshold between personal and political circumstance, taking as its subject the artist’s own childhood, his experience … +

A fine-art photography collection by the much-praised author of Aftermath, One Woman is an inspired collaboration between photographer and muse. Through John Botte’s masterful eye, Elicia Ho, a former ballerina, has realized a lyrical, visual diary of her becoming. Botte’s richly toned and beautifully lit signature images are reminiscent of the golden age of sumptuous portraiture à la Studio Harcourt and Cecil … +

Borders of Freedom features six artists living in El Salvador and its diaspora, whose work addresses the concept of freedom from different perspectives, connecting it with intimacy, spirituality, gender, migration and sociopolitical context. Curated by Patricio Majano, four artworks from artists Alexia Miranda, Abigail Reyes, Crack Rodríguez and Fredy Solan were selected. Adding to this selection, Majano selected works by Sayre Quevedo and Guadalupe Maravilla. Collectively, the works … +

The public is invited to join a conversation on contemporary definitions and challenges relating to the studio with artist/curator Michelle Weinberg. She will be joined by artist and author of Studio Life Sarah Trigg, documentary filmmaker Robert Adanto whose work focuses on individual artists responding to challenges, and artist Onajide Shabaka, who will be activating a gallery space in the Center as … +

“Portals” marks the first solo museum project for New York– and Richmond-based multidisciplinary artist Guadalupe Maravilla (b. San Salvador, El Salvador). An installation comprising newly commissioned sculptures, “Portals” responds to the artist’s geo-cultural displacement and personal mythology, referencing his own story as part of the first wave of undocumented children to arrive in the United States due to the Central American conflicts … +

The title of this project is “High Kill” by Photographer Marcos Garcia. Miami Dade Animal Services (MDAS, for short), is the local county shelter, and the location of this project. These photos were taken while volunteering at MDAS. Unlike most shelters, MDAS cannot turn away any animal surrendered to it, found as a stray, or confiscated by police. This “open admission” policy … +

Invited by artist and guest curator Michelle Weinberg, more than 50 artists will contribute drawings of their workplaces in a unique project that exposes the diverse ways that artists perceive their own creative work and lives. What is a workplace like when the conventional definitions of work and play don’t apply? Artists Draw Their Studios is an opportunity for the public to appreciate the … +

This exhibition celebrates the 40th anniversary of Robert Rauschenberg’s  cover designs for The Miami Herald Tropic Magazine. It includes Photography, Video, Print, Ephemera, and more. The exhibition features items from Miami-Dade Public Library System, as well as Vasari Project and Permanent Art Collection. Opening reception: Sep 4, 2019, 3PM

Overexposure | Miami is a solo exhibition by French artist Julien Graizely. This body of work is a result of WOFA Artist-in-Residence Program that the gallery launched this summer where Graizely is its first participant. The exhibition is comprised of mixed media paintings and drawings. “Overexposure | Miami” is a reflection of South Florida through the eyes of a French artist: his … +

The dream-like exhibition ORACLE, featuring Painting and Installation comes to an end soon. The focal point is  a singular painting by Lo Castro, which is also titled Oracle. The artist worked closely with Agudello of Artechouse to select a similar color palette to complement the initial piece. In “Oracle,” the artist pays homage to the art deco style of the ‘30s and … +

ICA Miami presents “Melee,” the first solo US museum exhibition for Paulo Nazareth. An artist who works across mediums, Nazareth uses performance and sculpture—monumental and ephemeral—to critique the colonial experience in Brazil and the Americas. His durational performances and installations draw from his joint African and Indigenous heritage to highlight marginalized historical legacies, non-Western cosmovisions, and potential methods of nonexploitative living and … +

Spheres of Meaning: An Exhibition of Artists’ Books presents a range of artists’ books from manipulated texts to new narrative forms and books presented as sculpture. These “spheres” present philosophical inquiries, personal reflections, and ruminations on complex and often related notions such as nurture and nature. Moreover, this exhibition celebrates the rich and varied talent of artists living in Miami or artists who once … +

The Commuter Biennial in conversation with artists Michelle Lisa Polissaint and Terence Price will be held at the Bakehouse Art Complex. As part of the inaugural Commuter Biennial exhibition, both Michelle and Terence have a series of photographic installations in bus shelters in Miami-Dade beginning from August 1 for five weeks. This artist talk will delve into each of their respective practices, … +

Onajide Shabaka is a South Florida-based artist whose “studio” occupies a metaphorical space of a walk or a hike within the built urban environment. His walking practice takes him by many unkempt edges and along undeveloped or disused lots, habitats that are often overlooked or considered “weed”-infested or “vacant.” His work comprises drawings, watercolors, photographs, video and installation as it weaves plants, … +

Artist Amalia Caputo will install Transferences 2.0, a project for which she has photographed more than 1,700 personal objects from her collection. The image archive is mounted to the wall, and a “living archive” of the actual objects is displayed in the gallery. During the course of the exhibition, objects will be distributed to gallery visitors. Transferences activates our relationship with the … +

Probing the intersection of identity, race, class, and media and popular culture, Thomas appropriates images from historical advertisements in order to highlight their subliminal structures of racial prejudice. “In recent years, I have approached my art practice assuming the role of a visual culture archaeologist, “I am interested in the ways that popular imagery informs how people perceive themselves and others around … +

Mindy Solomon Gallery presents A Mass on Foreign Ground, an exhibition of six recent New World School of the Arts graduates curated by Miami-based artist and gallery owner Eddie Negron. An opening reception with the artists will take place Saturday, August 20th, from 7-9pm. The exhibition will remain on view through September 3rd. In this exhibition featuring Ani Gonzalez, Joshua Veasey, Elizabeth Newberry, … +

Nina Johnson exhibits historic paintings by the Florida Highwaymen. The Florida Highwaymen were an informal collective of African American artists who painted and sold idyllic landscapes to tourists traveling along the A1A and US1 starting in the 1950s. Defined by the celestial illumination of the Hudson River School, myths of manifest destiny and the open road, and the rise of the middle … +