Artists

Through April 2010. The Grovehouse Artists space in Coconut Crove has selected Miami-native artist Lynda Wellens as their artist of the month.

Most of the time we know what the right thing to do is, however, having this knowledge does not exactly mean that we will always do so. We know that we should not do to others what we would not like done to us, we know that we should be kind, we know that we should support each other, these are all … +

I have always been puzzled by the thought of “stage fright”: isn’t the very idea of a stage one that offers a platform of relative anonymity? I say “relative” because performers do not necessarily wear a mask or disguise, or remain nameless to their public, but

March 2010. The non-for-profit LegalArt has selected six Miami-based visual and multimedia artists to participate in Miami’s s first live/work artist residency program, scheduled to open in the Downtown Arts and Entertainment District this spring.

From Feb 19th through Mar 9th, 2010. Pyramid Studios is presenting two new exhibitions this month: Gretchen Scharnagl’s Ephemeral Mapping, and Collaboration: new works by studio artists Fred Karrenberg, Daniel Portnoy and Darren C Price.

Artist in Residency. Ongoing. Leonor Murciano was born in Havana, Cuba. In 1960, together with her parents and eight brothers and sisters, exiled to Spain and resided in Asturias and Madrid. In 1968, the family moved permanently to Miami, Florida.

It is hard to find the right words sometimes, isn’t it? There have been about a thousand instances in which I knew exactly what I was feeling, exactly what was driving me, yet my brain was incapable at that specific moment of producing a phrase that would accurately describe the sensation.

From Sept 12 through Oct 12th, 2009. The exhibition Quo Tendas by Cuban artist Ana Albertina Delgado is currently on view at Blue Door Fine Art and open to the public by appointment until October 12th, 2009.

Performance at Spinello Gallery. Jul 16th, 2009. Spinello Gallery recently presented On My Knees, a photo-performance by Miami’s own Agustina Woodgate. Woodgate once again invited the audience to her photo shoot – experiencing a daunting performance and witnessing her artistic process as she created her next photographic series, On My Knees, based on the fairy tale “Cinderella.”  This was Woodgate’s 4th performance … +

MOCA North Miami. July 25th, 2009. 2:00 p.m. Artist Fritz Haeg will lead a workshop on his project Salon Colada: Miami HQ, an installation and series of salon discussions he initiated for the exhibition Convention currently on view at Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA,) in North Miami. The workshop will be held on Saturday, July 25th at 2:00 p.m. at MOCA and … +

Gallery and Studio Space. Summer 2009. In recent years, the work of Klara Chavarria has gain reputation and it is currently part of important collections throughout the United States, Latin America and Europe, including a public collection piece exhibited at the Museum of Science and Industry and at O’Hare International Airport, both in Chicago, IL. The award winning artist’s work is recognized … +

Like a one-man band, Teo Castellanos is a cacophony of characters and vernaculars all rolled into one. Widely recognized for NE 2nd Ave, a performance that incurred many accolades in it’s global jaunts including the prestigious Fringe First Award in the Edinburgh Festival, Castellanos draws from the diverse demographical complexion of Miami to create his characters. Whimsical, brash, sociological, and tragic all … +

Potential energy is more or less defined as “the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its position; rather than it’s motion”. The idea of stored energy seems to refer to Miami local Robert Lorie in several different ways – it not only embodies the work he has been creating over the past few years, but also highlights the spring-loaded … +

April 2009.   Kiki Valdes recently opened up for the first time his newly built workspace “The Glass Studio” for a special public viewing of new works. On April 25th, Valdes offered an informal and raw presentation of exhibiting works within the very studio in which they were created, offering a fundamental way for art and public interaction to cross feed in a way, … +

March 28th, 2009.  Art in Public Places is about to unveil its latest art commission: the work of Miami-based artist Lydia Rubio at The Women's Park located on Flagler Street in Miami. The installation is comprised of a sculptural gate and a mosaic floor, and the exhibition will be complemented by twenty-two preparatory drawings and maquettes used to conceive the artworks.

From the Whitney Biennial to museum and gallery appearances across the country to booth stops at international art fairs, Miami homeboy Gispert has exported an urban, Cuban-American imagery throughout the world.

Artist in Residency. Ongoing.  Linda Copeland Studio / Gallery, located in Wynwood Art District, is a space solely dedicated to showcase the work of its owner  / artist in residency Linda Copeland.

Alexander Gassel. From Nov 8th through Dec 7th, 2008. Alexander Gassel's work is a surrealistic dance of old symbols and contemporary subjects reflecting life experiences of a Russian artist in America. You might have seen work by Alexander Gassel before if you happened to visit Vatican, but if you have not, you shouldn't miss his solo exhibit, which will be running until … +

December 2008.  Steven Gagnon, a Miami-based artist, will be driving his Border Cruiser, a mobile video installation in a former police car during the week of Art Basel Miami Beach.

October 10th, 2008.  Entertaining and housing artists in their Design District home for the past two years, local artists Yvonne Grams and Romain Gateau felt their pain. They knew Miami was ground zero for dozens of exquisitely talented artists who weren’t being given the breaks of more, well connected painters, sculptors, performance/ video/graffiti artists and others who were being exhibited at the … +

Until he died, Jorge Bartlett lived his art. The performance and visual artist in fact morphed into a persona he called Art Kendallman (a.k.a. KMAN) – he was a man, he lived in Kendall, and he was a piece of art. This is what he had recorded on his Website, under the heading “My Complete Profile”: About Me: Art ; Interests: Art; … +