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Art studio in Design District/ Wynwood/ Allapattah

Artist-in-Residence
Artist-in-Residence

Art studio in Design District/ Wynwood/ Allapattah

Art studio address:

North Miami/ El Portal

Bakehouse Art Complex
561 NW 32nd St
Miami, FL 33127
Accessibility: First floor is wheelchair accessible with an elevator to the second floor. Parking: Free street parking is available around the complex.

Jason Aponte
Maria Theresa Barbist

Judith Berk King
Thomas Bils
Luján Candria
Maritza Caneca
Amalia Caputo
Domingo Castillo
Alain Castoriano
Carolina Casusol
Beatriz Chachamovitz

Robert Chambers

Community Justice Project

Cynthia Cruz
Fernando Cuetara

Woosler Delisfort

Bernadette Despujols

Morel Doucet
Chris Dougnac


Jenna Efrein
Diana Espin
Augusto Esquivel
Ian Fichman
Chris Friday
Gabriela Gamboa
Gabriela Garcia
Juan Pablo Garza

GeoVanna Gonzalez

Nadege Green
Adler Guerrier
Gonzalo Hernandez
Moira Holohan
Loni Johnson
Monique Lazard

North Miami/ El Portal

Rhea Leonard
Amanda Linares
Philip Lique
Tara Long
Monica Lopez de Victoria

Xavier Lujan

Roberto Mata
Juan Luis Matos

Nicole Maynard-Sahar

Yucef Merhi
Sean Mick
Patricia Monclus
Najja Moon
Isabela Muci
William Osorio

Christina Pettersson

Jose Pita Vasquez

Michelle Lisa Polissaint

Jennifer Printz
Sandra Ramos
Chire Regans
Sterling Rook
Nicole Salcedo

Bookleggers Library

Mary Ellen Scherl

Mateo Serna Zapata

Lauren Shapiro
Carrie Sieh
Troy Simmons
Monica Sorelle
Andrea Spiridonakos

Clara Toro
Gerbi Tsesarskaia

Cornelius Tulloch

Tonya Vegas
Pedro Wazzan
Valeria Yamamoto

Alberto Cavalieri

1037 NW 23rd St Miami, FL 33127

Accessibility:
ADA Compliant Free street parking

Daniel Fiorda
2300 N. Miami Ave.

Miami, FL 33127 Accessibility:
ADA Compliant Paid street parking

Leticia Sanchez Toledo

3257 NW 7th Ave

Miami, FL 33127 Accessibility: ADA Compliant Street parking

Lucia Maman

1344 NW 22nd St.

Miami, FL 33142 Accessibility:
ADA Compliant Free street parking

North Miami/ El Portal

Marvin Weeks
2136 NW 8th Ave., Suite 118

Miami, FL 33127 Accessibility:
ADA Compliant Paid street parking

Jared McGriff

2930 NW 7th Ave

Miami, FL 33127

Accessibility: Non-ADA Compliant

Free street parking

Kerry Phillips
5 NW 39th St., Loft 4

Miami, FL 33127 Accessibility:
ADA Compliant Paid street parking

Kelly Breez
1059 NW 36th St.

Miami, FL 33127 Accessibility:
ADA Compliant Paid street parking

Oliver Sanchez

3940 N Miami Ave.

Miami, FL 33127 Accessibility:
ADA Compliant
Street Parking or Paid Garage

We Are Nice’n Easy

4604 NW 7th Ave Miami, FL 33127 Accessibility:

ADA Compliant Parking Lot

Art studio in Liberty City

Artist-in-Residence
Artist-in-Residence

Art studio in Liberty City

Art studio address:

North Miami/ El Portal

Collective 62
827- 901 NW 62 Street
Miami, FL 33150
Accessibility: This complex is on one level and wheelchair accessible. There is a wheelchair accessible bathroom.
Ample free parking in the lot next to 931 NW 62nd Street.

Artists:

Amy Gelb
Capucine Safir
Cara Despain
Catalina Rojas
Deryn Cowdy

Flor Godward
Gianna Dwin
Jeanne Jaffe
Marcela Marcuzzi
Maria Boneo
Marina Font

Molly McGreevy
Nina SurelOrly Kadosh
Veronica Pasman

Art studio in Little Haiti/ Little River

Artist-in-Residence
Artist-in-Residence

Art studio in Little Haiti/ Little River

Art studio address:

North Miami/ El Portal

Fountainhead Studios
7338 NW Miami Ct
Miami, FL
Accessibility: ADA Compliant, most studios located on wheelchair accessible first floor. Second floor available only via stairs.

Parking: Street Parking

Alex Nuñez Barbara Roca Bibiana Martinez David Rohn Doris Kloster Elaine Defibaugh Erni Vales Hermes Berrio Javier Barrera Joyce Billet Juana Valdes Julie Davidow Karen Starosta Lori Nozick

Marc Anthony
Mette Tommerup Michelle Weinberg Nereida Garcia Ferraz Olan Quattro
Pangea Kali Virga Paolo Ambo
Peter Hosfeld
PJ Mills
Polen Cerci
Robert Posner Samara Ash Santiago Rubino Sara Stites Stephanie Eti Hadad Stephen Arboite Vickie Pierre

North Miami/ El Portal

Laundromat Art Space
185 NE 59th St
Miami, FL
Accessibility: ADA Compliant Parking: Street Parking
Public Transportation: 9 and 10 Metrobus run on NE 2nd Ave, the closet stop is on NE 59th Street

Anna Goraczko Claudio Marcotulli David Olivera Denise Treizman Devora Perez Donna Ruff Fereshteh Toosi Juan Henriquez Julia Zurilla

Lisu Vega
Luna Palazzolo Regina Jestrow

EXILE PROJECTS
5900 NW 2nd Avenue Miami, FL 33127 Accessibility: ADA Compliant Parking: Free Lot

Amanda Keeley
Tom Virgin/Extra Virgin Press Katelyn Kopenhaver

North Miami/ El Portal

Dimensions Variable
101 NW 79th St
Miami, FL 33150 Accessibility: Ground Floor Parking: Free

Anita Sharma
Carrie Sieh
Frances Trombly
Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova Magnus Sigurdarson

Misael Soto

Carolina Sardi
260 NE 60th St. Miami, FL 33137 Accessibility:
ADA Compliant Free Street Parking

David Ross
5600 NW 7th Ave Miami, FL 33127 Accessibility:
ADA Compliant Free Street Parking

Federico Uribe
250 NE 60th St Miami, FL 33137 Accessibility:
ADA Compliant Free Street Parking

North Miami/ El Portal

Gonzalo Fuenmayor

165 NE 64th St Miami, FL 33138 ADA Compliant Free Street Parking

North Miami/ El Portal

Igor Montoya-Laske

180 NE 75th St. Miami, FL 33138 Accessibility:

ADA Compliant Free Street Parking

Heloisa Maia
7010 NE 4th Ct
Miami, FL 33138 Accessibility: ADA Compliant Parking Lot

Jenny Perez
164 NE 56th St.
Miami, FL 33137 Accessibility: ADA Compliant Street Parking

Johanna Boccardo
6777 NE 2nd Ct. Miami, FL 33138 Accessibility:
Ground Floor
Parking Lot

James C. Cunningham Jr. 260 NE 60th St.
Miami, FL 33150 Accessibility:

ADA Compliant Free Street Parking

Juan Raul Hoyos
6940 NE 4th Ave. #103 Miami, FL 33138
Accessibility:
ADA Compliant
Parking Lot

North Miami/ El Portal

IKandi Stirman
210 NW 73rd St Miami, FL 33150 Accessibility: Non-ADA Compliant Free Street Parking

Leslie Gabaldon
7269 NE 4th Ave, #103 Miami, FL 33138 Accessibility: Non-ADA Compliant Free Street Parking

Rebecca Setareh 364 NE 62nd street Miami, FL 33138 Accessibility:

ADA Compliant Parking Lot

Rosa Naday Garmendia
164 NE 56th St.
Miami, FL 33137 Accessibility: ADA Compliant Street Parking

Art studio in North Miami/ El Portal

Artist-in-Residence
Artist-in-Residence

Art studio in North Miami/ El Portal

Art studio address:

Brookhart Jonquil

18955 NE 4th Ct

Accessibility:
ADA Compliant

Free Street Parking

Carol Jazzar
158 NE 119 Street

Accessibility: ADA Compliant

Parking lot

Dan Bondroff
8365 NE 2nd Avenue

Accessibility:
Not ADA Compliant

Paid Street Parking

Ernesto Kunde
890 NE 129th Street

Accessibility:
Not ADA Compliant

Free Street Parking

Jake Abood
1343 NE 119 Street

Accessibility:
ADA Compliant Parking lot

Juan Carlos Lora

9705 NE 2nd Ave

Accessibility:
ADA Compliant Free Street Parking

North Miami/ El Portal

Latin for Glory
11601 Biscayne Blvd, Suite 212

Accessibility:
ADA Compliant
Parking Lot

Kristen Thiele Bridge Red Studios

12425 NE 13th Ave

Accessibility:
Not ADA Compliant Parking Lot

Magnus Sodamin

533 ne 83rd st

Accessibility: ADA Compliant Parking Lot

Sheila Elias
1510 NE 130 Street

Accessibility: ADA Compliant

Free Street Parking

Stephanie Bloom

1510 NE 130 Street

Accessibility:
ADA Compliant

Free Street Parking

Rudolf Kohn
1343 NE 119 Street Accessibility:
ADA Compliant Free Street Parking

Stephanie Bloom 1510 NE 130th Street

Accessibility:
ADA Compliant
Free Street Parking

What Exactly is an Artist-in-Residence

Artist-in-Residence
Artist-in-Residence

What Exactly is an Artist-in-Residence (and Should Your Museum Have One)?

Ashleigh Hibbins

Artist-in-residence

Description

“Artist-in-residence, or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs which involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs which provide artists with space and resources to support their artistic practice.” Wikipedia

Museum Professional

Artist residencies are a growing trend in museums around the world, but what is an artist in residence?

An artist-in-residence is when a museum recruits a person (or group of people) with a specific skill or attribute to produce work, provide advice, and/or promote the museum for a defined period of time, from just a few days to a year or more.

When done right, everyone can benefit from an artist residency: the museum gains new knowledge, ideas, products, and audiences, the artist-in-residence gets special access to the museum’s collections, spaces, and expertise to inform their own work, and the museum’s visitors can enjoy the new displays, experiences, and approaches that are produced by the artist-in-residence. As artsy.net says, residencies are incubators for productivity, funding, forging relationships, and finding inspiration – but there’s no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. Read on to explore how to run a successful artist residency at your museum.

Artist Residencies in Atypical Museums

Even if you’re constrained by budget or space, an artist in residence could still work for your museum with a little creative thinking.

Side Street Studios in Cape Town isn’t your standard art museum – it’s a complex of studios, workshops, and galleries spread across three once-abandoned buildings. Since 2015 they’ve leveraged their unique spaces to host three-week residencies with a particular focus on street art, urban exploration, and community engagement. Resident artists live in the complex for free, and in return create a piece of artwork for the museum. By basing their residencies on in-kind exchange of creativity instead of cash payment, Side Street Studios has created a more affordable (and maybe even more productive) model that can be sustained long-term.

Artists in residence don’t even need to take up physical space in your museum. Take inspiration from LACMA, which recently launched its first Instagram residency by recruiting a local artist to take over the museum’s Instagram account. Like all successful residencies, this one benefits everyone involved: the artist gets a boost to their profile and work, while LACMA gets fresh content for their social media feeds, and the opportunity to connect with new digital audiences.

Can you only have resident artists?

Many museums host visual artists in residence, but others have taken a less traditional approach. The Delaware Art Museum hosts entire family-in-residences who work together to create art installations in the museum’s family space. On the other side of the Atlantic, the Victoria & Albert Museum currently hosts opera residents to compose a new opera based on the museum’s exhibitions.

Bottom line: With a little imagination and perspiration, you can create an artist in residence programme that works for your unique museum.

OK, I’m convinced about the whole artist residency thing. Now what do I do?

Deciding to host an artist in residence is the most important step; now, it’s time to put your idea into action. The following steps will help you create a successful residency program for your museum.

  • Define what you want your artist residency to achieve. Do you want to promote an exhibition or event, create a physical piece of work, develop workshops, produce online content, or something else? Defining what you want will pinpoint the type of residency your museum needs, so be as precise as possible. For example, the Nuuk Art Museum in Greenland runs a residency specifically to encourage exchange between Greenlandic and Nordic artists.
  • Plan a workable budget. Is your museum going to pay your resident artist or cover expenses? Will you need to spend money on extra supplies or marketing? Be realistic about what your residency can achieve within the budget you have.
  • Recruit your resident. You’ll need to put out an open call for people to apply to your residency, or in some cases, approach individuals you may already have in mind. Consider what kinds of candidates you want to attract, and how this will impact where and how you spread the word about the opportunity. You’ll need to create a brief to explain to potential applicants about what the residency involves, the qualities and skills you’re looking for, and what’s in it for them.
  • Make a lasting impression. Before the artist residency even begins, it’s important to consider how it will end. What will the legacy of the residency be – an artistic creation for the collection, new audience relationships, improved knowledge of a topic, or something else? The long-term impact of the residency will ultimately be what defines its success.

Should you start with an artist in residence?

If your museum can achieve all the steps above, then we say YES. Inviting new perspectives, talent, and experimentation can only make your museum even more awesome.

What do you think? Are you intrigued by the idea of having an artist-in-residence at your museum? Are you already doing this? Let us know!

Allison Glenn, curator

Allison Glenn, curator
Allison Glenn, curator

Allison Glenn, curator

Allison Glenn is a curator and writer deeply invested in working closely with artists to develop ideas, artworks, and exhibitions that respond to and transform our understanding of the world. Glenn’s curatorial work focuses on the intersection of art and publics, through public art, biennials, special projects, and major new commissions by a wide range of contemporary artists.

She is one of the curators for the Counterpublic 2023 triennial, running April 15-July 15, 2023 in St. Louis, presenting the work of Sir David Adjaye OM OBE, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Mendi + Keith Obadike and Maya Stovall, in collaboration with The Griot Museum of Black History and the George B. Vashon Museum of African American History.

Glenn received substantial critical and community praise for her curatorial work in the 2021 groundbreaking exhibition at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky titled Promise, Witness, Remembrance an exhibition that reflected on the life of Breonna Taylor, centered on her portrait painted by Amy Sherald. The New York Times selected the exhibition as one of the Best Art Exhibitions of 2021. Glenn was listed as one of the 2022 ArtNews Deciders and on the 2021 Observer Arts Power 50 List.

Glenn was previously Senior Curator at Public Art Fund; Associate Curator, Contemporary Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, where she shaped how outdoor sculpture activates and engages Crystal Bridges’ 120-acre campus; Manager of Publications and Curatorial Associate for Prospect New Orleans’ international art triennial Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp, and Curatorial Fellow with the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.

Previous exhibitions include In Our Time: Selections from the Singer Collection (2022), Color Field (2018), In the beginning, sometimes I left messages in the street (2016), Hank Willis Thomas: Bench Marks (2015); and Out of Easy Reach (2018), which was on view simultaneously at DePaul Art Museum, Stony Island Arts Bank and Gallery 400, which traveled to Grunwald Gallery at Indiana University. 

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EXILE PROJECTS

5900 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33127

Accessibility: ADA Compliant

Amanda Keeley

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“The component that ties my work together is that I am always examining language, semiotics, communication, and linguistics.”

Amanda Season Keeley is a visual artist who lives and works in Miami, Florida. Keeley received her BA in Psychology and Visual Arts from the University of Vermont and her MFA in Sculpture from Parsons School of Art & Design. Her practice utilizes the language of printmaking, sculpture, and text-based works which often take the shape of community collaborations and multimedia interactive installations. 


Select solo exhibitions include Fredric Snitzer Gallery (Miami), Villa Lena (Italy), Basel Liste/ Spencer Brownstone Gallery (NYC/Basel, Switzerland), Wolfsonian–FIU Museum (Miami), de la Cruz Collection (Miami), and Transformer Gallery (Washington), with group exhibitions at the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens (Miami), AGA Lab (Netherlands), Frans Mastereel Centrum (Belgium), and Faena Art Center (Miami). Keeley also has several permanent public art commissions in South Florida at the Hialeah Gardens Library, Arts & Culture Center Hollywood, and The Bass Museum of Art. 

Keeley has been honored with grants such as the Knight Foundation Arts Challenge, Florida Department of State of Cultural Affairs Grant, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and New York Foundation for the Arts. Her work is included in the MoMA permanent collection, New York Public Library, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Smithsonian Museum, and is held within other numerous private and public collections.

BIOGRAPHY
Born in New London, CT
Lives and works in Miami, FL
EDUCATION
MFA in Sculpture, Parsons School of Art & Design, New York, NY
BA, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2021 to present
Crossroads, VOX, Miami, FL (Miami Dade Public Art in Public Places permanent commission- In
Progress)
2020
Las Palabras Me Bañan Como el Mar (Let The Words Wash Over Me Like the Ocean), Hialeah
Gardens Library (Miami Dade Public Art in Public Places permanent commission), Miami, FL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Edible Cookbook Dinner Party, Villa Lena, Italy
2017
Neon Library, Arts & Cultural Center Library, Hollywood, FL (Permanent commission)
2016
Feel The Edges, UNTITLED Fair Special Projects, Miami, FL
The Pleasure of Text, Transformer, Washington, DC
2015
Orange Oratory, Wolfsonian–FIU, Miami, FL
Dance Intervention (Double Arc), UNTITLED Fair Special Projects, Miami, FL
Dance Constructions, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
In(k) Process, de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space, Miami, FL
2014
Book & Fruit Cart, UNTITLED Fair Special Projects, Miami, FL
1995
Exit Wounds, Essex Railway Station with Burlington Public Art Fund, Burlington, VT
Windows, Griffin Gallery, Burlington, VT
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
No Vacancy, Hotel Croydon, Miami Beach, FL
Inner States, Security Building, Miami, FL
A Subtropical Affair III curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Good to Know.fyi Project Space,
Miami, FL
2019
Windows and Leaves, Frans Mastereel Centrum, Belgium
FLORA, UNTITLED Art Fair Special Projects, Miami, FL
2018
Sex, Guns, and Motifs, AGA Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2017
Dual Frequencies, Arts & Cultural Center, Hollywood, FL
Art Cart, Bass Museum’s Creativity Wing, Miami, FL (Commissioned work)
2016
We Came in Peace, Faena Art Center, Miami, FL
12425 NE 13 Ave, #4, Miami, FL
Lost Spaces and Stories of Vizcaya, Vizcaya Museum, Miami, FL
2014
Books Fuel Ideas, Bas Fisher Invitational, Miami, FL
Sunday in the Park, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
SWEAT 2 , Miami Dade Kendall Campus Gallery, Miami, FL
Blackburn Fellowship Exhibition, 20/20 Gallery, New York, NY
2013
6 x 6, Turn-Based Press, Miami, FL
Part of the Story, Lower Eastside Printshop, New York, NY
2012
Action Symphony, TAPS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
For January, go ask Alice, Fitzroy Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Product Porch, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Mixed Messages, La Mama la Galleria, New York, NY
2010
The Vitrine, Paris, France
2009
Vendorbar @ Editions/Artists Books Fair, X-Initiative, New York, NY
2007
Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Editions by Artists, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY
2005
Spiritual America , Tart Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Red White Blue, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
Postcards from the Edge , A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Back to the Garden: Art for the Proliferation of Peace, Ruby Falls, New York, NY
2004
101 Artists’ Editions, Wallspace Gallery, New York
2003
Holiday Show II, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
Scope Art Fair, Taxter & Spengleman, Miami, FL
Wild Nights: Remembering Colin De Land, CB’s 313 Gallery, New York, NY Tribute to CDL, Pat
Hearn/AFA Gallery (PHAG), New York, NY
2002
Holiday, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
Final Frontier, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
Untitled, American Fine Arts, New York, NY
2000
Artforum Berlin, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Liste Basel, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
1999
XXX Dope Show curated by Colin De Land, American Fine Arts, New York, NY
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists’ Space, New York, NY
Surveillance, Printed Matter, Inc., New York, NY
HONORS
Locust Projects, the WaveMaker Grants program, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the
Visual Arts, 2021
Oolite Home + Away Fellowship, 2021
Dashboard Grant, 2020
Knight Foundation Arts Challenge Award, 2019
Rijksmuseum Research Fellowship, 2018
Wavemaker Grant, via Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, 2018 and 2017
South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship, 2017
Metabolic Studio/ Annenberg Foundation Grant, 2017
Miami Downtown Development Authority Grant, 2016
Knight Foundation Arts Challenge Award, 2015
Feast Miami, 2015
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award, 2014
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Deering Estate AIR Program, Miami, FL, 2022
Chalk Hill, Sonoma Valley, CA, 2021
Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO, 2021
Metropolitan Fukujusou, Kyoto, Japan, 2020 (Exhibition and residency postponed)
Villa Lena, Italy, 2019
Frans Mastereel Centrum, Belgium, 2019
AGA Lab, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2018
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA 2016
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Studio Fellow, NYC 2015
Lower Eastside Printshop Keyholder, NYC 2014
Vermont Studio Center, VT 2010
PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sackner Archive of Concrete & Visual Poetry, Miami, FL
Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Boca Raton, FL
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Colin De Land and Pat Hearn Archives, work acquired by Smithsonian Archives of American
Art, Washington, DC
Printed Matter, Inc., New York, NY
Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Founder and Director, EXILE Books, 2014 to present
Advisory Board, Miami Cancer Institute Artist’s Residency Program, 2019 to present
Curator, Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, 2017 to 2019
Curator, Yoko Ono Archives and Exhibitions, 2005 to 2014
Contributor, Bookforum and Whitewall Magazine, 2000 to 2004
Founder, Issue Magazine and Project Space, 2002
A (not so brief) HISTORY OF EXILE BOOKS:
September 2014 “Sunday in the Park” at Locust Projects
October 2014 “Artist’s Book Occupation” at Books & Books Coral Gables
October 2014 “Words in Revolt” at Books & Books Coral Gables Gallery
November 2014 “Artist Book Lounge” at The Miami International Book Fair
December 2014 “Books Fuel Ideas” at Bas Fischer Invitational
December 2014 “Books & Fruit Cart” at UNTITLED Fair
March 2015 “In(k) Process” at De La Cruz Collection
April 2015 “Love! Rage!! Passion!!!” at YoungArts Gallery
April 2015 “The 2015 Miami Zine Fair” on YoungArts Foundation Plaza
June 2015 “Summer in EXILE” at The Standard Spa Miami Beach
September 2015 ‘LISTEN TO THIS BUILDING” at Miami Center for Architecture & Design
November 2015 “Orange Oratory” at Wolfsonian—FIU Museum
November 2015 “Artist’s Book Lounge V.2” at The Miami International Book Fair
December 2015 “Fruit & Book Cart” at UNTITLED Fair
January 2016 “Tropical Titles” EXILE at LA Artist’s Book Fair, Geffen Contemporary at MOCA,
Los Angeles
February 2016 “Artists Publisher in Residence” at HistoryMiami Museum
April 2016 “The Miami Zine Fair” on the Cultural Plaza at HistoryMiami
June 2016 “Summer Recess” at The Standard Spa Miami Beach
July 2016 “The Pleasure of Text” at Transformer Gallery, Washington D.C.
October 2016 “ID Project” at Lowe Museum with University Of Miami Special Collections
December 2016 “Feel the Edges” at UNTITLED, Miami Beach
April 2017 “Miami Zine Fair” at University of Miami
June 2017 EXILE Books moves into our new home in Little Haiti!!!!

Tom Virgin/Extra Virgin Press

Biography

My work spans a range of media from prints and book arts, to sculpture and public works. Two degrees in printmaking, over a decade of residencies in artist’s communities/National Parks, and a parallel career teaching art in Title I Public High Schools for over 20 years have nurtured a desire to make my work accessible to a broad range of people, and supportive of the communities that I am part of. By making multiples I am able to spread my own community around, while leaving pieces of Miami in the communities I travel to. I bring Miami wherever I go, and bring other artists home to my friends and colleagues.

I am born and raised in the Midwest (Detroit), transplanted to South Florida and loving it.

solo exhibitions and site specific work
2015. Tom Virgin: Open Book, Installation. Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2014. “Conversation Too”, Book release. Emerson Dorsch, Miami, FL
2012. “When We Work”, Public Art. Station #8, Gainesville Fire Department, Gainesville, FL
2011. 13 Views of Mount Hood. John D. Mac Arthur Library, Florida Atlantic University. Jupiter, FL
2010. “Einstein Cafe” Site Specific Sculpture Installation. Miami Dade College- Hialeah, Hialeah, FL
2009. Books: Burden & Bliss. John D. Mac Arthur Library, Florida Atlantic University. Jupiter, FL
2008. “Rise” Site Specific Stairwell Mural. Miami Dade College- Hialeah Campus, Hialeah, FL
2008. “He Said, She Said” (installation). University of Miami/Wynwood Project Space. Miami, FL
2007-2008. “INDU Project” (Large Format Banner). Ingalls and Associates. Miami, FL
2007. “Stilts and Cranes” Public Art. MDCPS/ Schools of Choice, Museum Magnet Program. South Side Elementary School. Miami, FL
2007. “Duty and Remembrance,” Art in Public Places Commission, Florida Keys Council of the Arts/
Monroe County Art in Public Places. Key Largo, FL
2006. 800 Window/ Summer Studio. ArtCenter South Florida. Miami Beach, FL
2004. Tom Virgin: Escape and Other Diversions. Miami International Univ. of Art & Design. Miami, FL
2003. Reflections and Dreams. Leonard Tachmes Gallery. North Miami, FL
2001. PRESSURE: relief. Recent Prints. MDCC, Wolfson Gallery. Miami, FL
1994. Recent Work. ETC Gallery. University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
1994. Portraits, Keys and Godsend. Dorsch Gallery. Miami, FL

public collections
Anderson Center at Tower View. Red Wing, MN
Arthur and Matta Jaffe Collection of Books as Aesthetic Objects, FAU, Boca Raton, FL
Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Broward Main Library, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (with DC Art Press, Leon Loughridge)
Florida Keys Council for the Arts/ Monroe County Art in Public Places. Key Largo, FL
Gainesville Art in Public Places. Gainesville, FL
Iraq National Library, Baghdad, Iraq
Miami-Dade Art in Public Places. Miami, FL
MDC Museum of Art + Design, Miami, FL
Miami-Dade College, Hialeah Campus, Hialeah, FL
Miami-Dade Public Library System, Permanent Art Collection. Miami, FL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Mail Art Collection. North Miami, FL
Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL
South Side Elementary School. Schools of Choice, Museum Magnet, MDCPS. Miami, FL
University of California-San Diego, Mandeville Collection. San Diego, CA
University of Denver, Penrose Collection. Denver, CO
University of Miami Library, Special Collections. Coral Gables, FL
Vanderbilt University, Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Special Collections. Nashville, TN
Walker Art Center, Artist’s Book Collection. Minneapolis, MN
Wells College, Book Arts Center. Aurora, NY
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS (with DC Art Press, Leon Loughridge)

awards and grants
2015. Finalist, Extra Virgin Press. Knight Arts Challenge, Miami, FL
2013. Helen F. Salzberg Artist in Residence Fellowship, the Jaffe Center for Book Arts. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2001, 2004-2015. Artist Access Grants. Tigertail Productions/ Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. Miami, FL
2015, 2014, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007. Creative Capital Professional Development Program. Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. Miami, FL
2010. Honorable Mention, Florida Artists Book Prize. Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Broward Main Library, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2010. Finalist. Miami-Dade Art in Public Places. Doral Fire Training Complex. Miami, FL
2009. Surdna Art Teachers Fellowship. Surdna Foundation. New York, NY
2008. Honorable Mention, Florida Artist Book Prize. Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Broward Main Library, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2009. Best in Show, “Leila Thirteen Times,” BookEnds. Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD
2008. Finalist, Site Specific Sculpture Proposal. AppalCART Art in Transit /Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Design and Art In Transit Project, Boone, North Carolina
2007. Artist Enhancement Grant. State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs. Tallahassee, FL
2006. Winner, Florida Artists Book Prize. Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2003. Honorable Mention, Florida Artist Book Prize. Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Broward Main Library, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1992-1994. Full Tuition Remission. University of Miami, Department of Art and Art History. Coral Gables, FL

artist’s residencies
2015. Artist in Residence. Anderson Center. Red Wing, MN
2014. Artist in Residence. Anderson Center. Red Wing, MN
2013. Artist in Residence. Anderson Center. Red Wing, MN
2013. Helen M. Salzberg Artist in Residence. Jaffe Center for Book Arts. FAU. Boca Raton, FL
2012. Artist in Residence. Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Gatlinburg, TN
2011. Artist in Residence. Anderson Center. Red Wing, MN
2011. Artist in Residence. Montana Artist Refuge. Basin, MT
2010. Artist in Residence. Jentel Artist Residency. Banner, WY
2009. Artist in Residence. Anderson Center. Red Wing, MN
2008. Artist in Residence. Ucross Foundation. Clearmont, WY.
2007. Artist in Residence. Oregon College of Art and Craft. Portland, OR
2006. 3 Month Juried Artist’s Residency. ArtCenter South Florida. Miami Beach, FL
2006. Artist in Residence. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Porter, IN
2004. Artist in Residence. Glen Arbor Art Association. Glen Arbor, MI

bibliography
Nerhaugen, Ruth. Red Wing Republican Eagle. Speaking to the heart. Oct 22, 2015
Tschida, Anne. Miami Herald. An exhibition explores downtown Miami history through art and words.
July 14, 2015
O’Miami Poetry Festival Paperback Book. 2014. Pages 30 and 106.
Presenter. Swamp, Miami International Book Fair, SWEAT Broadsheet Collaboration with Michael Hettich. November 2014
Fishman, George. Miami Herald. South Florida printmaking community making a greater impression.
Sat, Aug. 09, 2014
Tschida, Anne. Miami Herald. Three South Florida efforts explore the intersection of books and art.
September 6, 2013
Nerhaugen, Ruth. Red Wing Republican Eagle. Printmaker’s Images Capture Community.
July 10, 2013
Chen, Julie. Editor/Juror. Showcase 500 Handmade Books. Lark Crafts. Fall 2013
Salomony, Sandra. Editor. 1000 Artist Books: Exploring the Book as Art. 2012. illus. 0897, 0898, 0950-0952.
Tschida, Ann. Miami Herald. Celebrating art of endangered icon. (SWEAT). September 8, 2013
Hettich, Michael. Editor. (NO) SWEAT. Tabloid Newspaper. Miami Dade College. 2012
Mosovich, Galena. Miami Herald. South Florida Arts Scene. The Art of Words. SWEAT.
November 25, 2012
Miami Herald. Weekend, Cover Story. Miami International Book Fair, SWEAT Broadsheet Collaboration, Panelist. Broadsheet with Tom Virgin/Campbell McGrath, Illustration. November 16, 2012.
Tschida, Anne. Miami Herald. New exhibit, new direction at ACSF (By Hand). August 19, 2012
Austin, Tom. Miami Herald. The Portable Art of The Book. July 13, 2012
Tschida, Anne. Miami Herald. Surface and Soul. August 7, 2011
Bryan, Jenson. Curator. 2011 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition. Catalog. 2011
Mason, Barbara. Curator. International Print Project 2010. Prints from New Zealand and the USA.
Bellisario, Kerrie; Cook, Linda;  Dunn, BJ. Drawing New Audiences, Expanding Interpretive Possibilities. Artist-In-Residence Programs Of The National Park Service. NPS. 2009. pg. 22-23.
Drost, Lise. Curator. Florida Printmakers Invitational Exhibition. Museum of Florida Art. 2007
Martin, Lydia. Miami Herald. Art Exhibit Gives Place A Fresh New Perspective. April 23, 2006
Morales, Rene. Miami In Transition, catalog essay. Miami Art Museum. April 27-May 19, 2006
Watson, Robert. Juror. Florida Printmakers 14th Competition: International Prints and Drawings. 2005-2006
Virgin, Tom. escape*…restrictions apply. Accent Miami. Issue 5, 2005.
Russel, Candice. City Link. Gallery/Tom Virgin. March 17-23, 2004.
Nickless, Lea. Curator. Turning Pages: Celebrating South Florida Artist Made Books. Miami Dade College, Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Bienes Museum of the Modern Book. 2003-2004.

Katelyn Kopenhaver

KATELYN KOPENHAVER
b. 1992, Doylestown, PA
Currently lives and works in Miami and New York
KatelynKopenhaver.com
EDUCATION
2019 Hunter College, MFA Level Courses, Cultural Studies
2016 School of Visual Arts, BFA, Photography and Video
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Embodied Knowledge, Curated by nico wheadon, Ely Center of Contemporary Art,
New Haven, CT (upcoming)
BluPrint, Curated by Robert Chambers, Bridge Red Studios, Miami, FL
2022 Deconstructing the Sameness, Curated by Ronald Sanchez, The Laundromat, Miami, FL
Fountainhead Artists Open, Miami FL
2021 NADA Art Fair with Printed Matter and Exile Books, Miami FL
Boston University, The Faye G.,Jo, and James Stone Gallery, Boston, MA
THIS IS WHO WE ARE, Pen + Brush Gallery, New York, NY
2020 A Yellow Rose Project, Curated by Frances Jakubek and Meg Griffiths, Texas Woman’s
University, Denton, TX, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
Black & White, Curated by Jenée Daria of Feminist Sackler Center at the Brooklyn Museum and
Ken Jackson, The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Until We Meet Again Curated by Sherri Nienass Littlefield, Treat Gallery, Online, New York, NY
Emotive Objects, Curated by Sharon Butler, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, Online,
New Haven, CT
THIS IS WHO WE ARE, Curated by Dawn Delikat, Executive Director of Pen + Brush, and Parker
Daley Garcia, Curatorial Associate of Pen + Brush, Maggi Peyton Gallery, at the Office of
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer, New York, NY
2019 Katelyn Kopenhaver Paola Martínez Fiterre, Renee Cox, Curated by Dawn Delikat, Executive
Director of Pen + Brush, and Parker Daley Garcia, Curatorial Associate of Pen + Brush, New
York, NY
Crashing the Party, Curated by Barbara O’Brien, Former Executive Director Kemper Museum of
Contemporary Art, The Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY.
2018 On Adornment, Curated by Associate Executive Director of Pen + Brush Dawn Delikat and
Curatorial Associate of Pen + Brush Parker Daley Garcia, Pen + Brush, New York, NY
FELLOWSHIPS
2021 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Interdisciplinary Arts
COMMISSIONS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS
2020 During the Day but Mostly at Night, Zine, for Pen + Brush, New York, NY
A Yellow Rose Project, Epstein Is The Worst Kind of Virus, New York NY.
2019 Bangle, NOT FOR SALE, for Article 22, Artist and Activist Collection, Brooklyn, NY.
GUERILLA
2022 WILL YOU BUY ME, performance, Untitled Art Fair + Art Basel, Miami, FL
2021 MOMA HAS NOT YET RESPONDED FOR COMMENT, installation in bathroom stalls, MOMA, New
York, NY
2020 EPSTEIN IS THE WORST KIND OF VIRUS, Bed Sheet and Acrylic, seen on Filthy Rich Ghislaine
Maxwell, Associated Press, 20/20 ABC News, NY Times, NY Post, Peacock, New York, NY
2019 SHE WAS LAST SEEN, Mattress and Acrylic, site specific, New York, NY
PUBLIC ART
2021 POST for CHEAP, Bologna, Italy
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY / PRESS
2022 “Meet Katelyn Kopenhaver, Multimedia Artist and Photographer” Shout Out Miami, April 13th
2021 Larson, Emily Rose: “I’VE HAD IT UP TO HERE, THE WORK OF KATELYN KOPENHAVER”,
Foto Femme United, October 14th
“Visual Art” Passenger Journal, Volume 2 Issue 7, September 1st
(2021, June 25). Notorious: Ghislaine Maxwell S43 E29) [TV series episode]. In Sloan,
D. (Executive Producer), ABC 20/20, ABC News Productions
Lapin, Tamar “Jeffrey Epstein once threatened to feed rape victim to alligators, lawsuit alleges”,
New York Post, March 30th
2020 West, Deanna: “TWU professor’s photo project honors women’s suffrage”, The Lasso
October 2020
Otalvaro, Nicole: “Katelyn Kopenhaver: The Camera as an Object of Power”, METAL
Magazine, September 2020
Nuemeister, Larry and Hays, Tom, Associated Press: “Maxwell denied bail on Epstein-related sex
abuse charges”, ABC News, July 2020
2019 Jones, Alex: “Pen + Brush” , The Brooklyn Rail, September 2019
Salvadó, Arnau: “Bodies and How To Treat Them”, Metal Magazine, September 2019
2018 Pen and Brush In Print: “Why Is There Blood in The Sink?” And “Untitled 07/15/17, 11:48pm”,
Winter Edition Poems, vol. 2, August 2018, p. 06-08
ARTIST TALKS AND LECTURES
2022 – 2019 Guest Lecturer, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.
Guest Lecturer, Hunter College, New York, NY.
2020 PROJECTIONS with Frank Meo, Jana Ireland and Peter Turnley
Fireside Chats with Samantha Johnston and Carla Jay Harris
2019 ART TALKS, Artist Panel Talk with Renee Cox and Paola Martinez Fiterre, Pen + Brush, New
York NY
Artist in Conversation, with Thea Lanzisero, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
PHOTOGRAPHY PUBLICATIONS
2022 SHOTS Magazine, No. 154 – Winter Issue 2022 : EARTHLY DELIGHTS
2021 Beige Ambition, The Olsen Twins, New York Magazine, New York, NY.
100 Visions of Fatherhood, The Luupe, New York, NY
2019 Director of Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach, Netflix Queue II, Los Angeles, CA.
Alex G Is No Kid in a Candy Store, Interview Magazine, New York, NY.
2018 Reasons to Love NY, Editorial, New York Magazine, New York, NY.
Judgments, Portrait Editorial, New York Magazine, New York, NY.
LIVE PERFORMANCES
2019 Brown Hair, Brown Eyes, Pen + Brush, New York, NY.
2018 Prey, Pen + Brush, New York, NY.
COLLECTIONS
2016 School of Visual Arts Library

El oficio como curador de arte

El oficio como curador de arte
El oficio como curador de arte

El oficio como curador de arte

Por: José Gregorio Noroño, curador y crítico de arte

En mi época como investigador y curador del Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Maracay Mario Abreu, mis compañeros de trabajo me sugirieron que hiciera un texto donde explicara qué era un curador, en qué consistía su oficio. Aunque les parezca extraño, en la práctica sabía hacer muy bien mi oficio, pero teóricamente no sabía qué era un curador; en ningún momento me había puesto a reflexionar sobre la actividad de esta figura. Entonces me dispuse a investigar, y entre los textos sobre el tema encontré uno muy interesante, publicado en la revista venezolana Estilo, de la autoría de Félix Suazo, titulado El (sano) oficio de curar, artículo reflexivo que me dio luces, junto a mi experiencia como tal, para desarrollar didácticamente el tema en cuestión. 

Al revisar la etimología del vocablo curar, encontramos que éste proviene del latín curare, que significa cuidar. En español, curar tiene varios sentidos: además de cuidar significa sanar, suministrar los medicamentos a un enfermo, preparar las carnes para conservarlas, curtir las pieles. De curare deriva el vocablo inglés curator —curador— que se traduce como cuidador, como una persona que cuida de alguna cosa, por ejemplo, de los bienes de un menor o de una persona incapaz de administrarlos. De allí, este término se extiende para señalar la actividad de aquellas personas que realizan curadurías.

La tarea que actualmente realiza un curador de arte, anteriormente la realizaba un poeta, un escritor o cualquier persona aficionada o interesada por el acontecer artístico. El curador, como profesional especializado, es una figura que, en nuestra cultura visual latinoamericana, cuenta con unos 30 años de haberse iniciado, la cual ha ido tomando relevancia. El término curador se ha vuelto tan usual dentro y fuera de los museos, que el público no deja de preguntarse en qué consiste realmente su actividad. 

Cuando alguien oye o se encuentra con el sustantivo curador, de inmediato lo relaciona con un sanador de cuerpos, con una persona que sana, repone o restablece la salud de un individuo. Partiendo de esta idea que se ha formado el público, podemos decir que el curador es una suerte de médico que cura ciertas “patologías del arte”, “que es un sanador de lo bello y restaurador de un campo de asepsia para el arte”, como dice Suazo. Visto de esta manera, este término se ajusta más a la función del conservador o restaurador de obras en un museo, ya que, efectivamente, éste actúa como un médico, aplica métodos terapéuticos: previene a las obras de enfermedades y, cuando es necesario, les realiza intervenciones quirúrgicas, figurativamente hablando. 

El curador —si lo vemos bajo la metáfora de Suazo, como un “terapeuta o sanador del arte”— es quien realiza un diagnóstico que ayuda a revelar una situación artística en particular, y sus reflexiones o propuestas teóricas pueden ser interpretadas como prescripciones que permiten entender y atender el estado de salud de la producción artística que le haya correspondido cuidar, es decir, curar. 

Ahora bien, acercándonos más a esta figura profesional, encontramos que el curador de arte, visto en principio como personal de planta de un museo, es el representante general de una colección en particular, bien sea de pintura, escultura, obras sobre papel, nuevos medios, entre otras disciplinas artísticas. Es el responsable de velar por su conservación, de su estudio y conocimiento, además de organizar exposiciones relacionadas con las obras que están bajo su cuidado o curaduría. Claro, él también se interesa por obras de otros museos o coleccionistas particulares, con el fin de realizar, enriquecer o complementar exposiciones vinculadas con su colección.

En la acepción más amplia del término, un curador de arte suele ser el encargado de preparar conceptualmente una exposición, de construir lecturas a través de ese evento, el cual lo integra un grupo de objetos artísticos, a cuyo proceso de producción le hace seguimiento desde la concepción de la idea hasta la puesta en escena. El curador es quien establece el tema o concepto, es decir, el hilo conductor del evento; selecciona al artista o los artistas; hace investigación documental y de campo (visita artistas en su taller, colecciones públicas y privadas, realiza entrevistas, escoge las obras); prepara el guion museológico, supervisa la museografía y el montaje; redacta y supervisa los contenidos del catálogo, tales como ensayo crítico, comentario de obras, síntesis curricular, lista de obras, fotografías, diseño y corrección de estilo. 

En resumen, la figura del curador está muy relacionada con la actividad investigativa, crítica, museográfica y de promoción cultural.

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La importancia del crítico en el mercado del arte

La importancia del crítico en el mercado del arte
La importancia del crítico en el mercado del arte

La importancia del crítico en el mercado del arte

Por: José Gregorio Noroño, curador y crítico de arte

Hay artistas que no ven con agrado el trabajo del crítico. Esto sucede porque ha habido críticos perversos, mal intencionados; aquellos que creen que hacer crítica es enfatizar las debilidades sobre las fortalezas de quienes tienen por oficio la creación artística. Estos críticos son como esos profesores que disfrutan cuando algunos estudiantes salen aplazados en su cátedra. 
No podemos negar que el artista conoce su obra, como una madre a su hijo, pero como éste, la obra también tiene su propia personalidad, sus propios pensamientos y forma de ser. El trabajo del crítico profesional consiste en desentrañar los pensamientos de su creador y los de su creación: la obra de arte.
Ahora bien, como curador y crítico de arte he advertido que todo artista produce su obra a partir de una intención, de una idea o concepto, de la cual generalmente es consciente, pero en su proceso creativo su obra se va impregnando de elementos de los que no tiene consciencia, aspectos que normalmente no advierte, conceptual y técnicamente hablando; lo que amerita distanciamiento personal, opinión, juicio o interpretación de una segunda o tercera persona. Si bien uno debe ser autocrítico, ser el primer crítico de su obra, considero que como creador uno no suele ser el mejor intérprete de su obra; para que ésta trascienda debe contar con otras miradas.
En el mundo de las artes visuales hay varias figuras que se abocan a atender el quehacer del artista, estos son el galerista, el marchante (comerciante de obras de arte), el coleccionista, el curador y el crítico, particularmente esta última figura, cuyos juicios de valor, opinión, interpretación y comentarios favorecen al artista, contribuyendo a posicionarlo en el mercado del arte, en la comercialización de su producto. Es decir, que una buena crítica, sincera, documentada y objetiva, dentro de nuestra inevitable subjetividad, despierta el interés de los marchantes, galeristas y coleccionistas, garantizando así la circulación y comercialización de la obra de arte, y la proyección de su creador.

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Cosmic Mirrors Exhibition – NSU Art Museum

Roland Dorcely, Lumiere bleue (Blue Light) , 1958
Roland Dorcely, Lumiere bleue (Blue Light) , 1958 Tempera on board NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; gift of Mrs. Edna K. Allen

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale Announces New Exhibition: Cosmic Mirrors

On view from May 26 to Fall 2023, the show highlights 27 Haitian artists who illuminate facets of Haiti’s political history and creative abundance

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale will present Cosmic Mirrors, bringing together some of the most striking artworks created by Haitian artists from the 1950s to 2000s. The exhibition, drawn almost exclusively from the Museum’s rich collection of over 160 Haitian art works features contemporary artists such as Serge Jolimeau (b.1952, Croix-des-Bouquets), Pascale Monnin (b.1974, Port-au-Prince) and Frantz Zéphirin (b.1968, Cap Haitien, Haiti), alongside masters of the Haitian Renaissance, such as Roland Dorcely (1930-2007), Néhémy Jean (1931-2007), Louisiane Saint Fleurant (1924-2005) and Ismael Saincilus (1940-2000), who in the early and mid-twentieth century, established the ateliers, movements and markets that formed the country’s modernist aesthetic. 

The exhibition is mounted in dialogue with the Museum’s concurrent show, Kathia St. Hilaire: Immaterial Being, the first solo museum presentation by the South Florida-born artist.As the child of Haitian émigrés, St. Hilaire combines found objects that act as symbols of Black American experience, such as packaging from hair relaxers and skin lightening creams, with visual and material references to Haitian culture. These combined elements create a visual representation of the St. Hilaire’s identity formation, growing up within the diasporic Afro-Caribbean community in Florida. 

The Museum recently acquired St. Hilaire’s Tout Moun Se Yo Moun (Everyone is Someone) 2022which was purchased with funds provided by the members of the Museum’s Curator Circle. 

Cosmic Mirrors provides viewers with a deeper context through which to orient St. Hilaire’s presentation, while also offering a unique opportunity to view some of the Museum’s most significant artworks connected to this Greater Antillean nation. 

The exhibition thematically guides viewers across an arrangement of work by 27 artists, both celebrated and unknown, that together illuminate facets of Haiti’s political history and creative abundance. Subjects include depictions of the nation’s founding, resultant of the only successful slave-rebellion in modern history, along with representations of the country’s spiritual syncretism between colonial Catholic beliefs and vodou cosmology, as well as depictions of the country’s lush terrain, romantically presented as a pastoral idyll. 

The exhibition’s title refers to the Haitian Vodou belief in a parallel universe, referred to as Laviloka or Afrik Ginen. This land is both real and divine, functioning as an inverse reflection of the physical world. This cosmic sphere is populated by the immortal spirits of the country’s African ancestors and spiritual divinities, and through spiritual ceremony, reaches into our own profane realm. Beyond this understanding of another dimension, the title points to the leitmotif of doubles, reflexives and equivalents, that are persistent throughout Haitian culture.     

Cosmic Mirrors showcases a selection of recently donated gifts to the NSU Art Museum Collection, presented by Carol J. Horning and Linda Marks. These generous offerings have enriched the Museum’s representation of Haitian culture, which remains critical to our mission to reflect and engage with the culture and communities that define our region. 

Situated midway between Miami and Palm Beach, NSU Art Museum is located in the heart of Downtown Fort Lauderdale. The Museum is a premier destination for exhibitions and programs encompassing all facets of civilization’s visual history and is widely known for its significant collection of Latin American art, contemporary art with an emphasis on art by Black, Latin American and women artists, as well as works by American artist William Glackens and the European Cobra group of artists.

About NSU Art Museum

Founded in 1958, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is a premier destination for exhibitions and programs encompassing many facets of civilization’s visual history. Located midway between Miami and Palm Beach in downtown Fort Lauderdale’s arts and entertainment district, the Museum’s 83,000 square-foot building, which opened in 1986, was designed by architect Edward Larrabee Barnes and contains over 25,000 square feet of exhibition space, the 256 -seat Horvitz auditorium, a museum store, and café. In 2008, the Museum became part of Nova Southeastern University (NSU), one of the largest private research universities in the United States. NSU Art Museum is known for its significant collection of Latin American art, contemporary art with an emphasis on art by Black, Latin American, and women artists, as well as works by early twentieth-century American artist William Glackens, and the European Cobra group of artists. Two scholarly research centers complement the collections: The Dr. Stanley and Pearl Goodman Latin American Art Study Center and the William J. Glackens Study Center.

Exhibitions and programs at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale are made possible in part by an endowment from the David and Francie Horvitz Family  Endowment, Taylor-Bryant Foundation, Connie Gordon, and Sansom Foundation. Funding is also provided by the City of Fort Lauderdale, Community Foundation of Broward, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is accredited by the American Association of Museums.

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