Aldeide Delgado in conversation with Dahlia Dreszer at Green Space Miami
Join us for a lively discussion between Aldeide Delgado and Dahlia Dreszer at Green Space Miam – it’s going to be a fascinating artist talk!
Dahlia Dreszer, in dialogue with curator Aldeide Delgado, delves into the profound ways our homes serve as vessels of cultural memory and identity. This exhibition reimagines Green Space Miami as an immersive environment where tropical botanicals, site-specific installations, and striking large-scale photographs intertwine. Through intricate compositions of flowers, ancestral textiles, and cultural artifacts, the installation blurs the boundaries between interior and exterior spaces, evoking a sensory journey through heritage and place.
Bringing the Outside In explores how our homes become vessels for cultural memory and identity. The exhibition transforms Green Space Miami into an immersive environment where large-scale still life photography merges with site-specific installations, creating a dialogue between interior and exterior worlds. Through a layered visual language of rescued flowers, ancestral textiles, and cultural artifacts, the work examines themes of preservation, migration, and the fluid nature of home, suggesting that “home” is not a fixed place but a constant dialogue between memory, identity, and the spaces we inhabit.
“Bringing the Outside In” merges cultural objects, textiles, printed works, and flowers into meticulously composed still lifes. Each photograph creates a layered narrative exploring cultural identity through carefully arranged domestic spaces.
Live plant installation by Tournage (@tournagemia).
Artist talk – Aldeide Delgado in conversation with Dahlia at Green Space
Join us for an exciting artist talk featuring Aldeide Delgado and Dahlia at Green Space Miami. Get ready to dive into the minds of these talented individuals as they discuss their inspirations, creative processes, and more. This in-person event is a unique opportunity to gain insight into the world of art and connect with fellow art enthusiasts. Don’t miss out on this engaging conversation!
Aldeide Delgado is a Cuban-born, Miami-based independent Latinx art historian and curator, and the founder and director of the Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA). Delgado brings extensive experience in writing, curating, and presenting on photography at prominent art history forums. She has delivered lectures at esteemed institutions, including the Tate Modern, Palais de Tokyo, The Clark Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), DePaul Art Museum, King’s College London, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), and The New School. Her accolades include the 2023 Ellies Creator Award, 2019 Knight Arts Challenge Award, the 2018 School of Art Criticism Fellowship by SAPS – La Tallera, and the 2017 Research and Production of Critic Essay Fellowship by TEOR/éTica.
Delgado is the visionary behind the WOPHA Congress, the world’s first-ever feminist photography collective conference. Held every three years at PAMM and across South Florida, this groundbreaking event has gathered nearly 100 leading art historians, curators, and women photographers, attracting over 2,000 national and international attendees across its past two editions. Delgado’s work centers on feminist and decolonial perspectives, addressing key topics in the history of photography within Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx contexts. She is the author of the book “Becoming Sisters: Women Photography Collectives & Organizations” (2021). Before founding WOPHA, she created the Catalog of Cuban Women Photographers, the first comprehensive survey of Cuban photography history highlighting women’s contributions from the nineteenth century to the present. She is an active member of PAMM’s International Women’s Committee, US Latinx Art Forum, the Lucie Foundation Advisory Board, and the steering committees of the Feminist Art Coalition and Fast Forward: Women in Photography.
Dahlia Dreszer Artist Statement:
Within the boundaries of conventional photography, Dahlia found a way to begin a path out of it by exploring another dimension of picture-making where She creates unreal spaces that fly with our imagination and dreams.
Through her art, Dahlia intends to free the mind towards a way of understanding that goes beyond the conventional. Expressed through photography and digital manipulation, Dahlia creates compositions that break free from reference in a significant way. She is interested in questions regarding artifice in color and naturalness in color, and how it does or does not belong in the environment. Her pieces are created through a hybrid process where she combines photography, digital technique, and a painters thought process.
Biography:
Born in Colombia and raised in Panama, Dahlia Dreszer is a photo artist with a passion for capturing the essence of life through her lens. A graduate from Emory University, Dahlia holds a comprehensive background in Media and Photography, complemented by a concentration in Film and Media Management from the Goizueta School of Business.
With over a decade of dedicated experience in the realm of photography and artistry, Dahlia’s commitment to her craft is evident in her extensive portfolio. Her artistic journey has been marked by numerous exhibitions, showcasing her work on recognized platforms such as Miami Art Basel week in 2021, 2022, and 2023, as well as notable displays at the Frost Museum in Miami and Perez Art Museum Miami.
Beyond these acclaimed events, Dahlia has left her artistic imprint in various gallery exhibitions across the globe, including vibrant art scenes in Miami, Tulum, the UK, Seattle, and her native Panama. Her work is a testament to a relentless pursuit of aesthetic exploration, pushing the boundaries of conventional picture-making.
As a photo artist, Dahlia’s focus is to push the boundaries of conventional photography and create contemporary pieces that challenge the viewers perception of the medium. Dahlia seeks to inspire dialogue and introspection through her work, and blur the lines between reality and artifice. Dahlia’s work explores themes of identity, memory, and the human experience, as she aims to question the limits of what can be achieved with a camera. Her process often involves manipulating the photograph in post-production, adding layers of meaning and depth to the composition. Dahlia’s work is constantly evolving as she strives to spark imagination and inspire new ways of thinking about the world around us.
