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OCEAN DRIVE IGNITES THE SEASON WITH NEW HOLIDAY LINEUP AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES FOR ALL AGES

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The Miami Beach Holiday Festival of Lights at the Betsy Hotel on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach on Dec. 23rd, 2023. (Photo by MagicalPhotos.com / Mitchell Zachs)

OCEAN DRIVE IGNITES THE SEASON WITH NEW HOLIDAY LINEUP AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES FOR ALL AGES

Miami Beach’s Iconic Avenue to Become a Wonderland of Lights, Music and Art for the Holidays

The Ocean Drive Association invites locals and travelers to a dazzling wonderland of lights, music and festive energy by the beach to celebrate the holidays. Starting December 1, 2025, through January 31, 2026, the iconic palm-lined avenue will glow with holiday decor, twinkling light displays, public and private art installations, family-friendly experiences, and free musical performances featuring projection-mapping technology that reflects the city’s coastal charm and cultural vibrancy. Ocean Drive’s newly expanded holiday programming will bring together community partners, local artists and cultural organizations for an unforgettable winter spectacle. For easy access to all the experiences, visitors will be able to use Ocean Drive’s free, on-demand transportation service during the month of December. 

Seasonal highlights include:

  • Miami Beach Holiday Festival of Lights – December 13-14 & 20-21

Presented by Miami Beach Classical Music Festival (MMF), this annual holiday spectacular will delight audiences of all ages with live orchestral performances; festive characters like Santa Claus, the Grinch and Elsa; and mesmerizing projection-mapping displays. The festival is free and open to the public, featuring performances outside The Betsy (1440 Ocean Drive) on December 13 at 6:15 p.m. and 7:15 p.m., followed by City of Miami Beach Holiday Extravaganza. Additional performances will take place on December 14, 20 and 21 at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

  • City of Miami Beach Holiday Extravaganza – December 13

Taking place in Lummus Park between 12th and 13th streets, the City of Miami Beach Holiday Extravaganza will light up the sky at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. with cutting-edge aerial technology, creating dazzling, choreographed patterns above Miami Beach. This free event promises a one-of-a-kind visual experience.

  • Ocean Drive Promenade Music Series – Every Sunday in December

Presented by the Ocean Drive Association, with support from the City of Miami Beach and the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB), this free, weekly concert series invites visitors to enjoy live performances on the lawn at Lummus Park between 14th Street and 14th Place. Concerts begin at 5 p.m. on Sundays (with early start times at 4:30 p.m. on December 14 and 21). Bring a picnic blanket, lawn chair, or enjoy outdoor dining at one of the nearby local restaurants and enjoy enchanting evenings filled with jazz quartets, trios and other talented musicians.

  • No Vacancy – Public Art Projects – Through December 20

No Vacancy is a juried contemporary art competition presented across a selection of iconic Miami Beach hotels. Designed to spotlight and support local artistic talent, the program transforms hotel lobbies, courtyards and public-facing spaces into immersive, site-specific installations that blend visual art, architecture and storytelling. The annual initiative invites residents, visitors and art enthusiasts to explore Miami Beach through a curated cultural lens, turning hospitality spaces into pop-up galleries that celebrate creativity and community. Featured works include “A Soft Pixelation” by Andrea Myers at Avalon Hotel Miami (700 Ocean Drive) and “Portal to Niña” by LIZN’BOW at The Betsy (1440 Ocean Drive), along with many others around the city.
 

  • The Betsy Orb Installation – Through December 31

A highlight of Ocean Drive’s public art scene, “The Betsy Orb” is an egg-shaped architectural sculpture that bridges The Betsy’s two buildings. The illuminated piece adds to the festive atmosphere by creating a striking visual along the avenue. The Betsy is also part of the Miami Beach Culture Crawl.

  • New Year’s Eve Fireworks – December 31

Ring in the New Year with a spectacular fireworks display on the sands of Miami Beach by Lummus Park. This free, family-friendly celebration invites the community to gather along the shore for an unforgettable countdown to 2026.

  • New Year’s Day Orchestra Concert – January 1, 2026

Miami Beach Classical Music Festival will host a free orchestra concert at Lummus Park on New Year’s Day at 6 p.m. to ring in 2026. 

  • 100 Years of Art Deco: A World Celebration in Miami Beach – Through January 31, 2026

“100 Years of Art Deco: A World Celebration in Miami Beach” is an open-air exhibition at Galeria Ocean Drive that traces the global reach of the art deco design movement while highlighting Miami Beach’s signature tropical deco style. Featuring more than 100 images from around the world, the installation offers a visual journey through the evolution of art deco architecture and aesthetics. The exhibition also includes community-led cultural events celebrating the enduring art deco spirit.

During the first week of December, Ocean Drive will also come alive as it hosts multiple acclaimed art fairs. Some of the top events that will draw global artists, collectors and culture lovers to the city include: 

Recognized as a premier platform for contemporary art, SCOPE Art Show brings together more than 90 exhibitors from over 20 countries. The fair showcases emerging and cutting-edge artistic talent, giving visitors a rare opportunity to engage with international contemporary works in an open-air, beachfront setting.

Untitled Art is a curated international art fair focusing on artistic integrity and balance, featuring over 170 exhibitors from 34 countries. Visitors can view contemporary and modern works in a variety of media, interact with artists and gallery representatives, and participate in a global dialogue about creativity.

For more information on Ocean Drive’s holiday programming and citywide events, visit oceandrivemb.com. 

About the Ocean Drive Association

The Ocean Drive Association is an organization committed to preserving, enhancing and promoting the cultural and historical legacy of Miami Beach’s most famous street, Ocean Drive. Founded to unite residents, businesses and property owners, the Ocean Drive Association works collaboratively with the City of Miami Beach and community partners to ensure the district remains a world-class destination that balances its tourism economy with the needs of its local community. Recognized globally for its art deco architecture, oceanfront beauty and rich social history, Ocean Drive represents the heart of Miami Beach’s identity. The association serves as a steward of that legacy, fostering initiatives that celebrate its heritage, support local business vitality, and maintain the area as a safe, clean and welcoming environment for all who live, work and visit here. For more information, visit oceandrivemb.com. 

Highlights of Art Basel Miami Beach 2025

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ABMB22 Ambiance Photography James Jackman
ABMB22 Ambiance Photography James Jackman

Art Basel Miami Beach 2025: Where the Pulse of the Americas Meets the World Stage

The 23rd edition unites 283 leading galleries from 43 countries, foregrounding the voices, histories, and innovations that define the American art scene today — within a truly global conversation.

Art Basel Miami Beach returns to the Miami Beach Convention Center this December, platforming the most vital artistic currents of the Americas and beyond. Now in its 23rd edition, the fair presents 283 galleries, including 49 first-time participants, affirming its position as the premier meeting point for Modern and contemporary art in the Western Hemisphere. The show runs December 4–7, 2025, with Preview Days on December 3–4, and its Global Lead Partner is UBS. Tickets are available at artbasel.com/miami-beach/buy-tickets. 

“Art Basel Miami Beach stands at the intersection of culture and the market — a platform where artistic vision and economic energy converge to define what comes next,” said Bridget Finn, Director, Art Basel Miami Beach. “Each edition responds to the urgency and ambition of its moment while laying groundwork for the future. In 2025, we bring together exceptional galleries, artists, and patrons in an environment defined by rigor, exchange, and possibility.” 

As the premier fair of the Americas, Art Basel Miami Beach offers a panoramic view of the region’s artistic production within a global framework, underscoring the dialogue between North and South America and their shared histories of migration, innovation, and cultural cross-pollination — in conversation with Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. This year’s edition highlights Latinx, Indigenous, and diasporic practices and re-examines Modernism through a trans-hemispheric lens, from mid-century masters to contemporary voices remapping the canon. 

“The 2025 edition foregrounds the multiplicity of American art — not as a single narrative but as a constellation of perspectives,” said Vincenzo de Bellis, Chief Artistic Officer and Global Director of Fairs, Art Basel. “From Indigenous modernisms to emergent diasporic practices and digital forms, the fair traces how artists throughout the Americas continue to reshape global artistic imagination.”

Across its core sectors — Galleries, Positions, Nova, and Survey — the fair presents Modern and contemporary work of the highest caliber, reflecting an expanded commitment to curatorial depth, geographic breadth, and historical rediscovery. Meridians returns as the curatorial epicenter under Yasmil Raymond with the theme The Shape of Time, and a revitalized Conversations program brings artists, collectors, and thinkers together for three days of live debate and visionary exchange — opening with a full day devoted to art and sport with celebrated athletes and featuring the return of daily Digital Dialogues. 

Curated by Eli Scheinman, Art Basel’s Zero 10 debuts in Miami Beach as a new platform for art of the digital era, before expanding to select Art Basel fairs in 2026. Presented with the support of OpenSea, the initiative connects leading and next-generation artists, studios, galleries, and digital innovators with Art Basel’s global curatorial and market ecosystem. Featuring 12 international exhibitors in its inaugural edition, Zero 10 establishes a new benchmark for how digital art is exhibited, contextualized, and collected today. 

The edition also marks the U.S. premiere of the Art Basel Awards, presented in partnership with BOSS, and the unveiling of the inaugural Gold Awards on Thursday, December 4. Honoring 11 outstanding practitioners and institutions across visual art and adjacent creative fields, the Awards celebrate excellence, innovation, and collaboration within the global contemporary art ecosystem. Conceived as a platform for creative achievement and cross-disciplinary dialogue, the initiative reflects Art Basel’s commitment to championing visionary figures shaping the future of art and culture. 

Alongside these initiatives, a constellation of partnerships across fashion, design, technology, and hospitality underscores Art Basel’s role as a catalyst for artistic discovery and collaboration — strengthening the cross-disciplinary networks that sustain and propel the world’s most dynamic art market. 

In 2025, Art Basel Miami Beach articulates a vision of the Americas as a living laboratory of creative dialogue — a place where histories are re-examined, boundaries blurred, and new voices rise to meet the future. It is an edition defined by ambition, depth, and renewal — a snapshot of art’s ever-shifting shape in our time. 

Discover this year’s standout presentations, programs, and initiatives below. Navigate to the section of your choice by selecting it via the drop-down menu below.

Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2025 Champions a Collaborative Art Market

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Untitled Art Miami Beach
Untitled Art Miami Beach

Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2025 Champions a Collaborative Art Market

The 2025 edition introduces a fresh approach and new programming with a focus on Community, Collaboration, and Artist-Led Projects

Miami Beach, FL — November 12, 2025 – Returning to the sands of Miami Beach for its 14th edition – and following a standout inaugural presentation in Houston earlier this year – Untitled Art unveils its 2025 program, reaffirming its position as the leading fair dedicated to community and collaboration. Guided by its mission to evolve the art fair model, the 2025 edition introduces a reimagined format under the direction of Executive Director Clara Andrade Pereira and guest curators Petra Cortright, Allison Glenn, and Jonny Tanna with Harlesden High Street, featuring focused artist presentations, Special Projects, an expanded Nest sector and a new section dedicated to non-profits, and intentional new partnerships. These initiatives build on the fair’s commitment to accessibility and community engagement within the contemporary art market. Challenging conventions in the art fair experience, Untitled Art continues to bridge artistic integrity, curatorial rigor, and collector insight through progressive programming.

This year’s Special Projects sector, guest-curated by Allison Glenn, Artistic Director-at-Large of The Shepherd in Detroit and Curator of the 2026 Toronto Biennial of Art, presents art as a resonant cultural experience. This sector welcomes site-specific installations and ambitious projects across the fair and throughout the city. Offering a dynamic approach, inviting exhibitors, organizations, and artists to activate presentations beyond their booths, the sector features eighteen projects for its largest presentation to date. Glenn explores the theme of water as both metaphor and material – its fluidity, fragility, and power as a simultaneous site of connection and crisis. Set against Miami Beach’s shoreline, the sector transforms Untitled Art’s iconic oceanfront tent into an urgent conversation about climate, bodies, and industry. “Untitled Art Special Projects presents an opportunity to engage with artists’ practices as they relate to global waterways, which is one of the guiding frameworks of my current curatorial research,” states Glenn. “The fair’s location on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean in proximity to the Caribbean Archipelago and Gulf of Mexico provides an ideal setting for many of the dialogues being presented.” Glenn’s Special Projects sector will also prioritize women-led galleries and organizations, including Other Plans Gallery (New Orleans, LA), JO-HS (Mexico City, MX / New York, NY), and Tulsa Artist Fellowship and Central Standard (Tulsa, OK), and the residency and non-profit incubator Buffalo Prescott (Detroit, MI), underscoring Untitled Art’s dedication to amplifying new and underrepresented voices.

Highlight presentations in the sector include Los Angeles-based artist Cameron Harvey, presented by also woman-led Official Welcome (Los Angeles, CA), featuring a new body of work that reimagines painting through organic form and material. Moving her entire body across unstretched, shaped canvases, Harvey’s paintings consider the limits of her form. Inspired by flora observed and gathered on long walks in Southern California, Harvey sees her paintings as protective bodies that hold space for the viewer to contemplate their own relationship to the present moment, their physical body, and their similarities to other forms in nature. Her Miami debut is significant, as Glenn will also be including a new commission of her work at the highly anticipated Toronto Biennial of Art, opening September 26, 2026.

Additionally, Tiff Massey, representing Tiff Massey Studios (Detroit, MI), will present a new sculptural installation in which Massey reimagines Belle Isle—Detroit’s historic island park—as a sculptural sanctuary that honors the emotional and ancestral gravity of water. Titled Belle Island, the presentation complements Massey’s work currently on view as part of DETROIT SALON at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, a group exhibition of Detroit-based artists. Continuing his exploration of water as both inspiration and medium, Leonel Vásquez’s installation, presented by Casa Hoffmann (Bogotá, CO), centers on sound – amplifying the voices of aquatic landscapes degraded by climate change, industrialization, and armed conflict by paying tribute to rivers that now fall silent. This work builds upon his presentation currently on view as part of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo.

For the first time, the Special Projects sector will extend beyond South Beach, activating Miami’s mainland through a series of large-scale public digital installations presented in partnership with Orange Barrel Media. Through its IKE Smart City platform, Orange Barrel Media will promote Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2025 across its network of digital kiosks throughout Greater Miami and beyond, bringing the curatorial vision of the fair’s Special Projects section into the public sphere. The program features new works by Cristina Molina (presented by Other Plans Gallery, New Orleans, LA), whose practice examines the waterways of the American South, and Kite (Oglála Lakȟóta) (presented by Tulsa Artist Fellowship and Central Standard, Tulsa, OK), whose work interprets the Lakota understanding of the Milky Way as Wakpá Iyóžaŋžaŋ—a river of light that carries loved ones across the sky.

Additional highlights across the sector include a large-scale installation at the entrance of the fair, developed by artist collective Celeste, supported by JO-HS (Mexico City, MX / New York, NY), exploring the cosmos flower’s ability to migrate naturally, following the cycles of water, and Carlos Rolón’s ongoing series of embroidered tarpaulins utilizing salvaged tarps once employed for post-hurricane shelter as a motif of resilience and cultural pride, presented by HEXTON Gallery (Aspen, CO). Meanwhile, Detroit-native Scott Hocking’s work presented by Library Street Collective (Detroit, MI), is created and sourced from a former WWII-era marina in Detroit, forming a layered response to water’s roles in shaping the physical landscapes and histories of labor and ecological transformation. A large-scale, outdoor installation of work from this series is currently on view at The Shepherd in Detroit. Also presenting sculpture, Hugo Blomley’s work’s polished surfaces evoke mechanical and industrial forms while mottled pigments take on an organic appearance; his Special Project is presented by Neon Parc (Melbourne, AU).

The Nest sector, reimagined as a section this year and guest-curated by Jonny Tanna, founder and director of Harlesden High Street and co-founder of Minor Attractions in London, reflects Untitled Art’s dedication to collaboration, supporting emerging voices and fostering greater experimentation. The new Artist Spotlight sector, dedicated to solo presentations and curated by interdisciplinary artist Petra Cortright, amplifies artistic practices that are often underrepresented in art fairs, focusing on digital culture and outsider art. The fair has also launched a new sector for Non-Profit organizations, providing a platform for these spaces within the art fair context while highlighting the role they play in advancing artists’ careers.

Strategic alliances include a new partnership with The Agency Art House, led by real estate expert Mauricio Umansky and distinguished art advisor Arushi Kapoor. The fair launches an advisor-led walkthrough program designed to empower and educate a new wave of art collectors. This initiative reflects a shared commitment to making the art fair experience more meaningful, accessible, and inspiring for a new generation of collectors. Daily guided walkthroughs led by senior art advisors will introduce guests to key presentations, market insights, and acquisition strategies, remaining attuned to shifts in the art market, particularly the growing strength of the mid-range sector.

Returning for its sixth year, The Untitled Art Podcast takes center stage with a series of live, thought-provoking conversations recorded on-site. This season brings together an exceptional lineup of voices shaping today’s art world, exploring the intersections of culture, environment, innovation, and community. Panelists include Annie Armstrong (Artnet News), Benjamin Godsill (Nota Bene), Tim Schneider (The Grey Market), Dennis Scholl (Collector & Artist), John Abodeely (Oolite Arts), Amy Galpin (Museum of Art and Design at Miami Dade College), Leyden Rodríguez-Casanova (Dimensions Variable), Katharina McCarthy (Eighth House Residency), alongside artists Cameron Harvey, Cristina Molina, Celeste, Diana Eusebio, gallerists Chris Sharp (Chris Sharp Gallery), Olga Temnikova (Temnikova & Kasela), Louis Chapple (Studio/Chapple), Bolanle Tajudeen (Bolanle Contemporary), and more.

Building on this dynamic program, Thursday, December 4 from 2–6pm will feature a special activation at the Untitled Art Podcast Lounge with Josh Baer, Art Advisor, Founder of The Baer Faxt, and host of The Baer Faxt Podcast. In an open, drop-in format, Baer will host a live edition of his popular “A.S.K.” (Access Sophisticated Knowledge) segment, inviting new and aspiring collectors to pose their most pressing questions about art collecting, from the fundamentals to the more complex nuances of the market.

“Untitled Art has always been a place where the established meets the new,” says Clara Andrade Pereira, Executive Director of Untitled Art. “Our 2025 programming in Miami Beach continues to expand that vision, pairing rigorous curatorial thinking with a deep dedication to art, community, and emerging talent. This year’s programming reflects an evolving stage for Untitled Art: cultivating a marketplace platform with curatorial intent, creating new opportunities for our galleries and artists through our expansion into a new market, and positioning ourselves as an art fair that drives innovation rather than follows trends.”

Five artist-centric prizes will be awarded, reflecting Untitled Art’s commitment to supporting artists by connecting exhibitors and creators with leading residencies and resources: the newly established Eighth House Residency Prize, offering a two-week summer 2026 residency in Vermont with private studio accommodations, meals, travel, and materials stipend; alongside returning prize partners including the Last Resort Artist Retreat Residency, providing a four-week restorative residency in Baltimore with housing, chef-prepared meals, wellness programming, travel, and a stipend for artists of African descent in the Americas and Carribean; and the CCA Andratx Artist-in-Residence Prize, offering a one-month residency in May 2026 at the renowned CCA Andratx in Mallorca, Spain, including studio space, accommodation, and travel support for the selected artist. The Miami-based Fountainhead Residency Artist Prize was awarded to Mira Dayal (presented by Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY) for a month-long residency in November 2025 with studio space, professional development, and career-enhancing resources. The fair will also offer a Best Digital Booth Prize supported by Arcual, the fair’s Technology and Innovation Partner, with further details to be shared in the coming weeks.

Delta Air Lines and American Express have returned to Untitled Art, Miami Beach as an Official Partner to present a special lounge experience.The Artscape Lounge presented by Delta and American Express will be a beachfront oasis with complimentary bites and beverages curated by five-time James Beard award-winning chef Michael Solomonov. His Philadelphia-based restaurant group also includes AVIV at Miami’s 1 Hotel South Beach. Delta SkyMiles® American Express Card Members, Delta SkyMiles Medallion Members, American Express Platinum Card® & Centurion Members, and Untitled Art VIPs can enjoy the lounge (subject to availability) and Delta SkyMiles® American Express Card Members will have access to exclusive offerings when they show their Card at entry.

Champagne Pommery returns as a partner of Untitled Art for the fifth consecutive year. In addition to champagne flowing all week from dedicated Champagne Pommery bars throughout the fair, Pommery will serve their signature Cuvée Apanage 1874 to guests on December 2nd. This special cuvée, dedicated to the culinary arts, celebrates the 150th anniversary of the creation of the first Brut.

The Official Partners of Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2025 are J.P. Morgan, American Express, Delta Air Lines, Lucid Motors, RADO, Champagne Pommery, By Michael Miller, and 1 Hotels. Our Digital Partner is Vortic, and our Online Marketplace Partner is Artsy. Our Technology and Innovation Partner is Arcual, also a Prize Partner alongside CCA Andratx, Eighth House, Fountainhead Residency, and The Last Resort Artist Retreat. Programming Partners include Commissioner, The Moore Miami, NoReserve from The Baer Faxt, and The Rabkin Foundation. Our Advisory Partner is The Agency Art House and our Educational Partner is Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Our Shipping Partner is Cadogan Tate. With the support of the Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority.

Miami Beach Galleries

Explore the 160 galleries participating in Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2025

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A-Lounge Contemporary (Nest)

ABC-ARTE

ADA Gallery

adhesivo contemporary (Nest)

Adrian Sutton Gallery

albertz benda

Alma Pearl

Alyssa Davis Gallery (Nest)

Anna Erickson Presents

ANNA ZORINA GALLERY

Aperture (Non-profit)

ARDEN + WHITE GALLERY

ArteFASAM (Nest)

Aura Galeria

B

Bahnhof (Nest)

Berntson Bhattcharjee Gallery

Bianca Boeckel (Nest)

Bienvenu Steinberg & C

bitforms gallery

Blouin Division

Bolanle Contemporary (Nest)

Brandt Gallery

BRINTZ + COUNTY

C

Camille Pouyfaucon

Carl Freedman Gallery

CARVALHO

Chilli (Nest)

Cierra Britton Gallery (Nest)

COHJU

Cub_ism_Artspace (Nest)

CURRO

D

DAM Project

Danziger Gallery

Dimensions Variable (Non-profit)

E

EL MIRADOR (Nest)

Enari (Nest)

Espacio Cabeza (Nest)

F

Fridman Gallery

G

Galeria [SN]

Galeria Lume

Galerie Forsblom

Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister

Galerie Nicolas Robert

Galería Fermay

Galleri Urbane

GALLERIA STUDIO G7

Gallery 1957

Gene Gallery

Gillian Jason Gallery

Giovanni’s Room (Nest)

GUESTHOUSE / Camille Obering Fine Art (Nest)

GVCC

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HAIR+NAILS

Harper’s

Heft

Henrique Faria New York

HEXTON Gallery

Hidrante (Nest)

HOLLIS TAGGART DOWNTOWN

Homecoming Gallery

homework (Nest)

Huxley-Parlour

I

Il Chiostro Arte & Archivi

IRL Gallery

J

JECZA

JO-HS

John Doe Gallery (Nest)

K

K Contemporary

KALINER

KATES-FERRI PROJECTS

Kavi Gupta

Kravets Wehby Gallery

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L.U.P.O – Lorenzelli Projects

La Balsa Arte

LA BIBI + REUS

La Cometa

LaiSun Keane

LatchKey Gallery

LATINOU

LATITUDE Gallery New York

LBF (Nest)

LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University (Non-profit)

Library Street Collective

Long Story Short (Nest)

Louis Buhl & Co

LUCE GALLERY

M

Madeline MenaRamos Projects

MARC BIBILONI

MARC STRAUS

Marshall Gallery

Meliksetian | Briggs

Miro Presents

MKG127

Morgan Lehman Gallery

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Negrón Pizarro

Neon Parc

New World School of the Arts (Non-profit)

Nil Gallery

NINO MIER GALLERY

NORITO (Nest)

NYC Culture Club Inc. (Non-profit)

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Ora Galeria

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Pablo’s Birthday

PALMA

Palo Gallery

PARISA Projects (Nest)

Patrick Heide Contemporary Art

Peninsula

PIBI GALLERY

PIERMARQ*

Pipeline (Nest)

PLAN X

PNC Gallery

Post Times

Project Loop (Nest)

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Rajiv Menon Contemporary (Nest)

RHODES

Richard Beavers Gallery

Richard Heller Gallery

RONCHINI

rosenfeld

Rulay Magazine (Nest)

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s t a r c h (Nest)

SAENGER GALERIA

SANATORIUM

SARAHCROWN

Sears-Peyton Gallery

SECCI Gallery

SGR Galería

SKETCH (Nest)

Soho Revue

Sorondo Projects (Nest)

Souvenir 154 (Nest)

Spencer Brownstone

Stems Gallery

Studio/Chapple (Nest)

Sundaram Tagore Gallery

Superposition

Swivel Gallery

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Tappeto Volante Projects (Nest)

TERN Gallery

The ANT Project

The Fridge

the Landing

The55Project Art Foundation (Non-profit)

V

Vangar (Nest)

Vigo

VODA Gallery (Nest)

W

WHATIFTHEWORLD

Wilder Gallery (Nest)

Wishbone

WIZARD

Women Artists Archive Miami (Non-profit)

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Yancey Richardson Gallery

Yiwei Gallery

Yossi Milo Gallery

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Johan Galué: la verdad de su imaginario a través de personajes flotantes

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Dougla Bravo
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Johan Galué
Johan Galué

Johan Galué: la verdad de su imaginario a través de personajes flotantes

Johan Galué: la verdad de su imaginario a través de personajes flotantes
Las inspiraciones de Johan Galué nacen de un territorio profundamente emocional, íntimo y simbólico. Según lo que ha expresado en sus propias palabras durante entrevistas y reflexiones, estas son algunas de las fuentes clave que nutren su obra.

A lo largo de 32 años dedicados intensamente a la creación artística, Johan Galué ha recorrido una travesía única en la que la sinceridad, el orden interno y la belleza de la sencillez han dado forma a una obra poderosa. Su trazo (tanto del lápiz como del pincel) es firme pero no autoritario; revela más de lo que impone. En la última década, Galué se ha dedicado a pintar a tiempo completo sin rebuscamientos ni sutilezas, ha apostado por una práctica artística plena y honesta, sin artificios ni rebuscamientos nos da una mirada de sus personajes que se insertan en contextos difusos en los que subsisten suspendidos, revelando al espectador que no siempre lo evidente existe en lo real tal como lo podemos ver y apreciar.

Sus personajes, suspendidos en atmósferas etéreas, nos transportan a escenarios donde lo irreal se fusiona con lo íntimo, lo vivido. En esta conversación, el artista zuliano nos lleva desde sus primeras inquietudes hasta la vibración emocional que hoy habita en su obra más reciente.

¿Cómo descubriste tu vocación por el arte?

Fue una inquietud interna que tomó forma cuando tenía 12 años, al visitar la casa de mi tía Milagro Carrizo. Su padre, Rufino Carrizo, me mostró un retrato hecho por él y fue como si algo en mí hiciera clic. No sabía nada de arte, pero supe que quería aprender eso. Él me explicó con humildad cómo trabajaba con cuadrículas, de manera empírica. Tomé ese consejo con gratitud, y empecé a dibujar sin parar. Con los años fui notando que tenía una destreza, una necesidad de seguir ese camino.

¿Qué papel jugó tu familia en este proceso?

Mi mamá fue mi primer marchante de arte. Ella vendía productos y, sin que nadie se lo pidiera, llevaba paisajes que yo había pintado en óleo. Se los mostraba a sus clientes como quien muestra un tesoro. A veces los vendía, y eso me ayudaba a comprar materiales. Ese respaldo fue crucial. Me reafirmaba que lo que yo hacía tenía valor, aunque entonces no lo entendiera del todo.

Sabemos que fuiste funcionario de la policía mientras estudiabas arte. ¿Cómo viviste esa etapa?

Fue una decisión difícil. Estaba en segundo semestre de la Facultad de Arte de la Universidad del Zulia cuando, por la situación económica y la salud de mi madre, decidí ingresar en la Policía del Estado Zulia. A pesar de lo contrastante, nunca dejé de dibujar. Incluso durante el curso policial, retrataba a mis compañeros y profesores. Eso me generó ingresos y me dio la posibilidad de seguir apoyando a mi madre mientras mantenía vivo mi impulso creativo. Estuve 15 años en la institución, llevando en paralelo mis estudios y mi obra, sin desviarme de lo que siempre quise ser: artista.

¿Cómo ha evolucionado tu obra a lo largo de los años?

Mi obra ha pasado por tres grandes etapas. La primera, de 2004 a 2011, fue un periodo centrado en el dibujo académico, donde reinaba la figuración pura y técnica. Luego, entre 2011 y 2016, comencé la transición a explorar más la pintura, en donde el dibujo convive con una explosión de color y texturas. Desde 2017 hasta hoy, mi trabajo ha madurado hacia una propuesta más personal, donde el color toma el mando y mis personajes ya no provienen del mundo visible, sino de mi imaginario. En ese momento comienzo a identificar una nueva gama de posibilidades creativas, permitiendo que mis personajes adquieran una identidad propia definida por mi visión. Reconozco que no es necesario buscar influencias externas para su desarrollo, sino que pueden surgir genuinamente de mi imaginación y de mi manera particular de representar la realidad, consolidando así un discurso plástico propio. A partir de este punto, mi obra adquiere mayor solidez y se orienta hacia nuevos horizontes, en los que me siento cada vez más cómodo y abierto al descubrimiento de múltiples oportunidades dentro de mi proceso creativo.

Hay una estética más introspectiva, una narrativa propia y me interesa que cada personaje tenga un espíritu propio, ya no busco representar lo que se ve, sino lo que resuena dentro, lo que surja desde mi imaginación. En este periodo mi relación con el color se volvió más íntima, más emocional. Las escenas ya no están delimitadas por la lógica del espacio real, sino por atmósferas ambiguas donde mis personajes flotan, sobreviven y significan. Considero que, como artista, es fundamental mantener una constante búsqueda de autoconocimiento y conexión con la propia obra. Es importante superar los temores y trascender los límites, explorando el vasto mundo de la imaginación, que concibo como ilimitado. Este proceso implica sumergirse en un universo donde es posible descubrir innumerables posibilidades.

¿Quién ha sido clave en tu mirada artística?

José Ramón Sánchez. No me enseñó a pintar: me enseñó a pensar. Conversar con él me
abrió la mente a otros enfoques, a interpretar el arte más allá de la técnica. Me hablaba de
sus vivencias en Europa, de su forma de ver el mundo, y eso se sembró en mí como una
semilla de cambio. Hoy, cada vez que me encierro en el taller, su voz sigue presente, como
un eco.

¿Quién ha sido clave en tu mirada artística?

José Ramón Sánchez. No me enseñó a pintar: me enseñó a pensar. Conversar con él me abrió la mente a otros enfoques, a interpretar el arte más allá de la técnica. Me hablaba de sus vivencias en Europa, de su forma de ver el mundo, y eso se sembró en mí como una semilla de cambio. Hoy, cada vez que me encierro en el taller, su voz sigue presente, como un eco.

¿Cuál ha sido el punto de inflexión en tu carrera reciente?

En 2017 conocí al coleccionista y galerista de arte Agop Tarsinian, después de haber oído hablar de mi trabajo, se puso en contacto conmigo para solicitar una muestra de mis obras a través del teléfono; al día siguiente me visitó y adquirió nueve piezas. A partir de ahí, se creó una conexión con mi trabajo que marcó un giro en mi obra pues a través de su ayuda mi trabajo comenzó a circular internacionalmente, como fue mi individual en Nueva York con la galería estadounidense Unix Gallery en New York, un espacio donde nunca imaginé llegar a exponer, pero más allá de lo geográfico, lo importante para mí como artista plástico es sentir que mi pintura conecta con público de cualquier cultura y que ella, mi obra, encuentra su lugar.

“Pinto para mantenerme fiel a quien fui de niño. Ese que dibujaba sin saber de técnicas, pero con la urgencia de decir algo verdadero. En el fondo, esa urgencia sigue ahí, todos los días, con cada trazo.”

DOUGLAS BRAVO
DOUGLAS BRAVO

El de más allá.

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El de más allá.
El de más allá.

El de más allá.

Soy una mente insertada a un cuerpo que responde a mi mando. Hago de él lo que me satisface, aun vaya en contra de mí mismo. Puedo destruirlo con mis hábitos y hasta hacer que me suicide.

Todo lo tengo controlado y a mi servicio. Solo tengo que cuidarme yo, de mí mismo, ya que a veces suelo pensar sin entender lo que pienso. Es como si dentro de mí hubiese “otro” que intenta descubrirse.

Uno que me pregunta cosas que no sé responder y que me incita a pensar en los imposibles de la vida. Como si él quisiera decirme “la verdad” pero no logro escucharlo.

No sé si “ese” soy yo o “algo” más allá de mí. Como si “en verdad” ese es realmente el que es y yo, un farsante ocupando el lugar de otro…

Ese “otro”, sospecho que sabe cosas vedadas a mí y que si me las revela, dejaría de ser lo que pienso que soy. Pero además, hay “otro”, es decir, un tercero con el que sí puedo “razonar” y tomar “decisiones”.

Ese tercero es “discernitud”, digamos, con el que discuto si perdono o no, si odio o amo, si me gusta o no. En esta “trilogía” de seres se debaten temas que no siempre se resuelven. Y nos dejan, a los tres, resignados a no insistir, ya que el cuerpo es quien más reciente los golpes.

Podemos destruirlo solo con los pensamientos y llevarlo al borde de la locura, descontrolando todas sus facultades motoras y demás sentidos que lo componen.

Si continuamos con “esta disputa” de “definir” quién tiene la razón de los tres, podríamos terminar todos ahogados y ocupando un cuerpo enfermo e inservible.

Yo, quien soy el “más cuerdo” de todos, y quien además “controla realmente” al cuerpo, he optado por “fluir” sin cuestionar nada ni hacerle caso al del “más allá”, porque ese solo “insinúa” sin decir nada y el otro, el que “discierne”, es tan temeroso que no me deja vivir…

¿Se imaginan ustedes que entre ellos dos se la pasan discutiendo sobre “el sentido de la vida”, uno que especula y el que en verdad sabe, es mudo, aunque intenta, telepáticamente, “aclararlo todo”?

Yo no puedo vivir, el poco tiempo que se me ha dado, poniéndole atención a estos “yos” que viven en mí y posiblemente de mí. Me intentan distraer de esta dimensión terrena, que de paso acarrea un montón de vainas más y uno como un equilibrista sorteándolo todo.

No me interesa saber nada, ni razonar, ni pensar, ni descubrir. Porque si me dicen que yo no soy yo, ni el que discierne, ni el del más allá, ¿qué gano con eso? 

¿Acaso usted ganaría algo si descubre que usted no es usted, ni el otro tampoco, ni su mujer, ni sus hijos, ni nadie? Que todo es una simulación y que “el sentido” del sinsentido tiene “razón”…

Amigo, mi recomendación final ante estos desvaríos es que se vuelva vagabundo, o sea, como dicen los dominicanos, ¡se me importa to! No le dé mente ni se ponga a escuchar a “esos dos individuos” que ocupan su mente.

Enfóquese en ser simple y viva cada día como si fuera el último, sin cohibirse de nada ni aguantarle M a nadie. Total, al final se va a morir y seguramente el “del más allá” se hará cargo del asunto, pero mientras tanto, ¡usted es el que manda aquí! Así los otros dos le digan lo contrario. ¡Salud! Mínimo Allanero.

Miami artists

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Miami artists
Miami artists

Zubi

Zubi creates vibrant, expressive works that blend abstraction with cultural storytelling. His visual language explores rhythm, movement, and the emotional landscapes shaped by memory and identity.

Dora Abbo

Costa Rican–born, Miami-based artist Dora Abbo is known for her lyrical abstraction and intuitive mark-making. Her work reflects movement, spirituality, and the quiet power of color as an emotional language.

Nadia Benatar

Nadia Benatar’s practice bridges contemporary form with poetic symbolism, exploring themes of belonging, transformation, and cultural resonance. Her works invite viewers into intimate spaces of reflection and presence.

Isaac Bencid

Isaac Bencid’s paintings express a dynamic fusion of gesture, geometry, and emotional depth. His compositions explore inner landscapes, cultural memory, and the universal search for balance and clarity.

Nahila Campos

Nahila Campos works across painting and mixed media, weaving together color, texture, and symbolism to explore identity, intuition, and the connectedness of human experience. Her pieces evoke both energy and quiet contemplation.

Catamo

Catamo creates contemporary works rooted in bold form, expressive imagery, and conceptual clarity. His work often addresses personal mythology and the evolving relationship between self and environment.

Simón Cruz

Simón Cruz’s art blends figurative and abstract elements to explore humanity, vulnerability, and the complexities of interpersonal connection. His pieces reveal intimate emotional worlds through subtle detail and atmosphere.

Monica Czukerberg

Monica Czukerberg’s practice merges abstraction, texture, and delicate materiality. Her works explore memory, emotion, and the poetic moments that arise from gesture and repetition.

Diego Damas

Diego Damas creates visually striking works that engage with identity, social narratives, and contemporary cultural dynamics. His art combines strong imagery with conceptual depth, offering commentary on the modern human experience.

Veronica Dumas

Veronica Dumas explores emotion, femininity, and introspection through layered compositions and expressive color. Her work reflects the delicate tension between vulnerability and strength.

Víctor Alejandro Fernández

Víctor Alejandro Fernández works across painting and installation to examine symbolism, spirituality, and the architecture of inner life. His art opens contemplative spaces where form and meaning unfold in subtle harmony.

Adriana Fontes

Adriana Fontes creates contemplative works that merge abstraction, memory, and material presence. Her practice explores the emotional resonance of color, form, and texture through subtle, poetic compositions.

Luis Gomez

Luis Gomez works across photography, installation, and conceptual strategies to examine perception, language, and the shifting boundaries between reality and representation.

Mario Marinoni

Mario Marinoni’s work blends geometry, symbolism, and quiet gestural rhythms. His practice investigates spiritual balance, inner landscapes, and the visual architecture of contemplation.

Mayra

Mayra creates expressive, emotionally charged works that explore identity, movement, and transformation. Her pieces often reveal an intuitive relationship between gesture, color, and feeling.

Rafael Montilla

Rafael Montilla is a multidisciplinary artist whose performance Kube Man: We Are One with the Universe anchors a practice centered on unity, geometry, and collective consciousness. His work spans sculpture, photography, conceptual installation, and public interventions.

Bernardo Olmos

Bernardo Olmos uses drawing, painting, and poetic abstraction to explore memory, fragility, and the rhythms of the natural world. His work balances expressive movement with quiet introspection.

Marianela Perez

Marianela Perez creates vibrant works rooted in cultural memory, gesture, and chromatic intensity. Her practice often reflects on identity, transformation, and the layered narratives of the human experience.

Tania Riera

Tania Riera works in painting and mixed media to explore personal history, emotional states, and the delicate interplay between intuition and structure.

Martin Rincon

Martin Rincon’s work engages with line, form, and rhythm to examine movement, tension, and the abstract qualities of perception. His pieces often evoke architectural and spatial resonance.

Ernie Rodriguez

Ernie Rodriguez creates works that merge expressive mark-making with conceptual reflection. His practice investigates presence, memory, and the symbolic weight carried by everyday gestures.

Jaime Suarez Toro

Jaime Suarez Toro explores identity, material experimentation, and the history of the Caribbean through sculpture, ceramics, and installation. His works examine the political and cultural forces that shape place and heritage.

Flor Troconis

Flor Troconis creates atmospheric works inspired by nature, emotion, and spiritual resonance. Her use of color and gesture evokes both serenity and transformation.

Maru Ulivi

Maru Ulivi’s practice blends abstraction, organic forms, and meditative process. Her works explore cycles of growth, renewal, and the subtle emotional landscapes of lived experience.

Context Art Miami

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Context Art Miami 2025

Artists List

A

Camilla Ancilotto
Christian A. Albarracin
Deborah Argyropoulos
Encarna Albert Bosch
Evangeline Ang
Fabio Abbreccia
FRED ALLARD
Gayane Arushanian
Ilič Arnone
Isabel Alonso Vega
Maran An
Pavlina Alea
Selin Esendemir Abdian
Susanne Auslender
Tali Almog
Zabel Artiste

B

AGNES BELEZNAY
Alan Bolton
Alicia Brown
Andrea Borga
Beddru
Béatrice Bizot
Bermano Gallery C2
Betti Brillembourg
Brayden Bugazzi
Carmine Biladello
Dalia Berlin
Davian Bryan
Demet Barlas Dayı
Electric Beast
Giacinto Bosco
Gregory Baôo
Helder Batista
Jane Baldridge
Jaq Belcher
Jonah Ballad
Kader Boly
Kelly Boesch
Latchezar Boyadjiev
Mary Barr Rhodes
Pamela Bell
Roberto Bernardi
Simone Benedetto
Silvia Berton
Soledad Bence

C

Alessio Ceruti
Alyssa Crosby
Attilio Cianni
Carla Chiusano
Carol Calicchio
Carol Carpenter
Catherine Coady
Cheraine Collette
CJ Cowden
Coderch&Malavia
Dai
Emma Coyle
Francesca Cesarini
Giovanni Confortini
Heekyung Chung
Jae-eun Chung
Jayne Cooper
Jessie Chaney
Laura Ciccarello
Lucio Carvalho
Magdala Charles
Marco Cornini
Mike Cohen Jr.
Orus
Rod Cusic
Samantha Carell

D

Ada Da Silva
Alexandre De Poplavsky
Anne de Villeméjane
Catherine Devine
David Datuna
Jacopo Dicera
Kim Dohwa
Kimberly Dawnly
MaMà Dots
Peter Demetz
Roland de Fries
Sarah Duggar

E

Ali Esmaeilipour
Catherine Eaton Skinner
Darren Evans
Michael Edwards
Montana Engels
Natan Elkanovich

F

Almudena Fernandez Vicens
ANGEE FERRIN
Facundo Yebne Fly Miami
Giselle Fenig
Joy Fennell
Marita Ferro
Nuria Formenti
Pablo Fernandez Junior
Paul Foropoulos
Roberto Ferri
Sarah Fishbein

G

Andrea Gallotti
Angels Grau
Antonio Galvan
Arnaud Gibersztajn
Astrid Verhoef (note: actually V, see below if you want to move)
Diana Gamboa
Erol Gunduz
Ethel Gittlin
Hayley Goodhead
Josephine Giordano
Julio Garcia
Larry Gordon
Lynn Goldsmith
Madeleine Gross
Marco Grassi
Monaco & Sly George Gerez
Roman Gulman
Sergio Gutierrez
Shubhi Gupta
Srinjoy
Sue Graef

H

Allison Harrell Mistier
Anton Hoeger
Bob Hest
Brian Higgins
Bruce Holwerda
David Hollier
Du Hyun Hwang
Jonty Hurwtiz
Margarita Howis
Negin Haghighi-Mismas
Sam Halaby
Tetiana Hordiichuk
Zhuang Hong Yi

I

Donna Isham

J

Carole Jury
Christopher Jeffries
Juan Luis Jardi
Laura Lee Junge
Yeong Hwan Jeong

K

Bongjun Kim
Dennis Kleidon
Donghyun Kang
Elsa Marie Keefe
Jean Paul Kala
Kaethe Kauffman
KEDRIA
Kevin Komadina
Kreatia Kali
Lana Kaufman
Luis Kaiulani
Matt Karas
Mykola Khodorovsky
RAFKA
Sebin Kim
Thomas Kelly
Tom Kiewra
Victoria Kovalenchikova

L

AleLoop
Aphrodite Lutz
Candy Le Sueur
Donah Lee
Domenico Ludovico
Elena Lipkowski
Han-Su Lee
JeeYoung Lee
Jonas Leriche
Paige Ladue Henry
Punk Me Tender
Rick Lowe
Young Lee
Yeul Lee
Zach Lieberman
Zachary Lieberman

M

Alberto Murillo
Arnold Miranda
Astrid Verhoef (again, really V – we can move if you prefer)
Brgitte Moeckli
Daniel Maier
Francisco Mery
Gabriele Maquignaz
Hwallam Moon
Jamie MacLean
Jennifer McCurdy
Jen Meyer
Joanna Morgan
Laura Manuel
Matthew McClaning
MST
Phillip Michaels
Sergio Montoya
Sun Young Moon

N

Donyanaz Nazem
Doris Tinsley Nadel
Emre Namyeter
Diogo Snow
Raisa Nosova

O

Ahmet Oran
Carola Orieta Sperman
Daniele Oldani

P

Alina Poloboc
Claus Potthoff
Daniela Pasqualini
David Patchen
Federica Poletti
Fernando Prieto
John Peralta
Jose Luis Puche
Marianela Perez
Parallel.fbx
Park L
Sharron Parker
Sharon Pierce McCullough
Sonia Payes
Sylvain Piget
Matteo Pugliese

Q

Paolo Quaresima

R

Ana Remok
Dubi Ronen
Esther Rosa
Gabriela Roman
ISABEL RUIZ
Jeff Robb
Jose Rivera
Marie Ross
Nancy Race Art
Resh Ramrattan
Veronika Radkevich

S

Aliz
Annibale Siconolfi
Antonio Sannino
Apollo Clay Smith
Ayden Snider
Bryan Scariano
Charles Sherman
Cheryl Sette
Debra Steidel
Edward Spitz
Fernando Silva
H. A. Sigg
Jamie Scott
Julia Shestak
Kwooni Shin
Martha Sanders
Mei Shibata
Mr. Sly
Nancy Race Art (duplicate R if you want to unify)
Nino Sarti
Pamela Schiappacasse
Park Sunjin
Raphaella Spence
Regina Sultanova
Saloua Sarhiri
Samir Sammoun
Silvia Salvagno
Sydney Swisher
Vee Speers
Yoshi Sodeoka

T

Cuchi Taborda
Gary Traczyk
Punk Me Tender
Tai Taeoalii
Yener Torun

U

Buyankhishig Unurbayar
Dilek Uzunoğlu Örs
Michele A. Utley-Voigt
Stefan Ullrich

V

Astrid Verhoef
Christian Verginer
Dori Vanderheyden
Etienne Viard
Matthias Verginer
Rosaria Vigorito
Stefania Vichi
Valeria Vaccaro

W

Dean West
Denis Woychuk
F V T
Jason Watts
Jillian Whelan
Leon Weinreb
Moonwalker
Nancy Wise
Roberta Wynwood
Robin Walker
Shawn Williamson
Victoria White

Y

David Yarrow
Didem Yagci
Ekrem Yalcindag
Kiyoka Yamagata
Sergey Vriev
Soile Yli-Mäyry
Stephen Yau
Yaryna Yuryk

Z

Tatiana Zank
Tatiana Zaytseva

Context Galleries: Exhibitors 2025 Art Miami week

A

AC Latin Art
Buenos Aires

Act Contemporary
Paris

Aldo Castillo
Naples

Alessandro Berni
(no city listed)

Amarna Gallery
North Miami

Art Bond NY
New York

ART R US
(no city listed)

Arte Globale
London

ArtLabbé Gallery
Coral Gables

B

Bermano Gallery
Brooklyn

Blackdove
(no city listed)

C

Ccucu Gall-Art
Miami

Charles Sherman Art
Van Nuys

Chic Evolution Art
(no city listed)

Cinq Gallery
Dallas

Clint Eagar Design
Santa Rosa Beach

coGALERIE
(no city listed)

Contemporary Art Gallery
Miami

CST Gallery Art
Sparta

Cyan Gallery
Miami

D

Daniel Zimmerman Studio
(no city listed)

Daniele Comelli Art
Genova

De Haro Projects
(no city listed)

E

Echo Fine Arts
Cannes

EDWARD SPITZ
Rome

F

Fabrik Projects
Los Angeles

FLECHA
Madrid

G

Galerie Fred Allard
Nice

Galerie Makowski
Paris

Galerie Perahia
Paris

Gallery Eyn
(no city listed)

H

Harman Projects
New York

Hilton Contemporary
Chicago

I

IMAGO Art Gallery
Lugano

Insight Artspace
(no city listed)

Isham Projects
Hidden Hills

Iustitia Fine Arts
(no city listed)

J

Jackson Junge Gallery
Chicago

Jade Flower Gallery
Seoul

K

Kedria Arts
Birmingham / Kyiv

Kraine Gallery
New York

L

Las Olas Capital Arts Presents: Lingua Fine Art
Fort Lauderdale

Latchezar Contemporary
(no city listed)

Latin Art Core
Miami

Liquid art system
Capri

Luminato Gallery
Toronto

M

MiDo Galeria
Medellín

Moowoosoo Gallery
(no city listed)

Museum of Artificial Art
Firenze

N

New Apostle Gallery
New York

NISTICOVICH GALLERY
Tel Aviv

Normal Royal
Fort Collins, Colorado

P

Perseus Gallery
New York

PMA (Phillip Michaels Art)
New York

Q

Quidley & Company
Naples

S

SAB GALLERY COLLECTION
(no city listed)

SAM HALABY – Tribes Gallery
(no city listed)

Sammoun Fine Arts Gallery
(no city listed)

Siempre Avanti
(no city listed)

Sims Contemporary
New York

Steidel Contemporary
Lake Worth

T

Tali Almog Gallery
(no city listed)

The Vault Art Galley
Brussels

TNB Gallery
(no city listed)

U

Uniquity Art Gallery
Cabo Town (Cape Town? Provided as “Cape Town”)

Upsilon Gallery
(no city listed)

V

Victoria White
Santa Monica

VK Gallery
Amsterdam

W

Walter Wickiser Gallery
New York

3th Annual Art of Transformation in Opa-locka

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3th Annual Art of Transformation in Opa-locka
3th Annual Art of Transformation in Opa-locka

3th Annual Art of Transformation in Opa-locka

The ARC (Arts & Recreation Center)

675 Ali Baba Avenue

Opa-locka, FL 33054

Experience the 13th Annual Art of Transformation—six dynamic exhibits across five venues and two city blocks in historic Opa-locka.

WHO: Presented by Ten North Group, a nonprofit arts and culture organization based in historic Opa-locka, Florida.

WHAT: The 13th Annual Art of Transformation, part of Miami Art Week and home to an official Art Basel Miami satellite exhibition, spans six powerful exhibits across five venues and two city blocks. The 2025 featured exhibition, At the Edge of Entanglement, explores how emerging and established African American artists navigate, resist, and reimagine the legacies of slavery, colonialism, and systemic oppression through decolonial aesthetics.

WHERE: Opa-locka Arts District & Ten North Group Campus, centered at 675 Ali Baba Avenue, Opa-locka, FL.

WHEN: December 3–6, 2025.

Positioned where historical rupture meets radical invention, At the Edge of Entanglement features painting, sculpture, installation, digital media, and performance—drawing on the ideas of Saidiya Hartman, Christina Sharpe, Sylvia Wynter, Fred Moten, and Tina Campt to frame Black artistic practice as both witness and architect of liberated futures. Refusing easy resolution, the exhibition invites audiences to dwell in dissonance, confront the tensions of history, and imagine what lies beyond its shadow.

All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Miami artists

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Miami artists
Miami artists

Miami artists

Miami’s contemporary art landscape thrives on its diversity—cultural, conceptual, and material. The artists on this list represent a dynamic cross-section of the city’s creative pulse: voices that challenge form, expand identity, and explore new ways of seeing. Their practices span painting, sculpture, multimedia, performance, fiber art, photography, and experimental processes, each contributing to the rich visual dialogue that defines Miami today. Whether interrogating memory, migration, spirituality, materiality, or urban narratives, these artists push boundaries and offer perspectives that resonate far beyond the city’s geography. Together, they embody Miami’s role as a global nexus for innovation, resilience, and artistic reinvention.

Alexander Zastera

Alexander Zastera is a multidisciplinary artist whose work merges painting, performance, and social action to explore queer identity, ecological futures, and the politics of care. Through vibrant imagery and conceptual interventions, Zastera challenges cultural norms and invites viewers into radically inclusive imaginative spaces.

Cara Despain

Cara Despain investigates environmental trauma, climate politics, and the legacies of extraction through film, installation, and experimental media. Her work transforms data, research, and field recordings into poetic meditations on the vulnerabilities of land and bodies in the American West and beyond.

Chris Friday

Chris Friday uses drawing, installation, and multimedia storytelling to reflect on Black life, identity, and the complexity of communal memory. Her practice balances humor, vulnerability, and sharp social commentary, offering a contemporary lens on race, representation, and resilience.

John DeFaro

John DeFaro blends sculpture, painting, and ecological materials to create meditative works that address environmental fragility and the interconnectedness of living systems. Rooted in observation and sustainability, his practice celebrates nature while questioning humanity’s impact on it.

Josh Aronson

Josh Aronson is a visual artist and filmmaker whose work explores intimacy, identity, and the emotional landscapes of queer experience. Through photographic narratives and poetic moving-image pieces, Aronson captures the subtle tensions between vulnerability, desire, and self-discovery.

MaiYap

Peruvian-born, Miami-based artist MaiYap creates expressive paintings inspired by nature, memory, and cultural hybridity. Her gestural language and vibrant chromatic fields evoke emotional landscapes that celebrate resilience, transformation, and the beauty of organic forms.

Ọmọlara Williams McCallister

Ọmọlara Williams McCallister creates powerful works grounded in Black feminist theory, ancestral knowledge, and social justice. Through performance, installation, and community-based practice, she explores liberation, embodiment, and the intergenerational healing of Black diasporic experiences.

Pangea Kali Virga

Pangea Kali Virga is an artist, designer, and sustainability advocate whose textile works challenge fashion’s boundaries and environmental impact. Through handcrafted garments, upcycled materials, and performative installations, she creates worlds centered on identity, ecology, and radical self-expression.

Sheherazade Thenard

Sheherazade Thenard works across painting, sculpture, and installation to explore mythology, ancestral memory, and the hybrid identities shaped by diaspora. Her richly layered works merge the mystical and the contemporary, inviting viewers into narratives of transformation and cultural reclamation.

Tony Chirinos

Tony Chirinos is a photographer whose documentary and conceptual projects examine mortality, ritual, labor, and the human condition. His precise, emotionally charged images reveal the dignity and complexity of everyday lives, particularly within medical and social environments.

Priscilla Aleman

Priscilla Aleman creates sculptural and installation-based works that explore ritual, memory, and ancestral lineage. Her practice merges organic materials with conceptual forms, generating hybrid objects that evoke myth, cosmology, and spiritual transmission.

Jason Aponte

Jason Aponte’s work examines the complexities of cultural identity, masculinity, and the Puerto Rican diaspora. Through photography, painting, and mixed media, he constructs powerful narratives centered on resilience, belonging, and personal mythology.

Elisa Benedetti

Elisa Benedetti works across painting and material abstraction, using texture, color, and gesture to evoke emotional states and natural processes. Her compositions embrace spontaneity and intuition, creating atmospheres that feel both intimate and expansive.

Diana Eusebio

Diana Eusebio’s practice is rooted in textile, craft, and memory. She interweaves traditional techniques with contemporary forms, reflecting on migration, cultural inheritance, and the stories embedded in materials passed from generation to generation.

Heaven Jones

Heaven Jones blends photography, digital media, and conceptual storytelling to explore Black identity, beauty, and futurism. Their work envisions transformative possibilities, emphasizing empowerment, self-construction, and visual sovereignty.

Shayla Marshall

Shayla Marshall creates vibrant figurative works that celebrate the emotional and psychological landscapes of Black womanhood. Her paintings blend realism with expressive color, capturing moments of joy, resilience, and personal reflection.

Phillip Norville

Phillip Norville uses sculpture and installation to investigate architecture, history, and spatial memory. His work often intervenes directly with physical environments, prompting viewers to reconsider the structures—both literal and symbolic—that shape lived experience.

Cristina Maingrette

Cristina Maingrette explores the intersections of identity, diaspora, and cultural memory through mixed media, photography, and archival research. By layering imagery and personal narratives, she examines how the past shapes contemporary experience.

Alan David Mejía

Alan David Mejía blends painting, performance, and conceptual inquiry to examine masculinity, vulnerability, and the construction of the self. His work challenges expectations around body, identity, and emotional visibility.

Luna Palazzolo Daboul

Luna Palazzolo Daboul works in drawing, installation, and poetic abstraction, creating delicate visual systems that reflect on nature, perception, and the shifting boundaries between order and chaos.

Kandi & Katie Stirman

The Stirman sisters collaborate on multidisciplinary projects that merge performance, sculpture, and photography. Their work investigates sisterhood, duality, and the shared emotional language developed through parallel creative lives.

Julia Zurilla

Julia Zurilla explores nostalgia, memory, and the feminine experience through painting and narrative imagery. Her works are intimate and atmospheric, often inspired by personal histories and psychological interiors.

Asser Saint-Val

Asser Saint-Val fuses painting, sculpture, and biomorphic abstraction, creating vibrant works inspired by Afrofuturism, surrealism, and metaphysics. His imagery explores the mind, the body, and the spiritual forces that animate human existence.

Carolina Cueva

Carolina Cueva works across sculpture, drawing, and installation to explore myth, ritual, and ecological consciousness. Her material-based approach highlights the dialogue between the human body, natural systems, and ancestral knowledge.

Dudley Alexis

Dudley Alexis is a filmmaker and visual storyteller whose work examines migration, Black history, and the lived realities of the Haitian diaspora. His films weave personal testimony with historical research, producing emotionally resonant narratives.

Enma Saiz

Enma Saiz creates paintings and mixed media works that explore gesture, materiality, and the emotional charge of color. Her abstractions evoke movement, contemplation, and the fluidity of inner landscapes.

Jacob Stiltner

Jacob Stiltner engages with memory, environment, and the American landscape through painting and mixed media. His work examines the spaces we occupy—physical and psychological—and how they shape identity.

Karla Kantorovich

Karla Kantorovich works in fiber, mixed media, and collage, transforming textiles into layered visual stories. Her practice reflects on fragility, resilience, and the cultural threads that bind people and histories together.

María Gabriela Chérrez

María Gabriela Chérrez explores intimacy, language, and the body through photography, installation, and conceptual practice. Her work amplifies quiet gestures and personal moments, transforming them into poetic reflections on connection.

The Premonition Bureau

The Premonition Bureau is a collaborative platform blending performance, sound, and immersive installation. Their work investigates intuition, futurity, and the collective subconscious, creating atmospheric environments that shift perception.

Sydney Maubert

Sydney Maubert’s architectural and artistic practice foregrounds Black spatial histories, cultural memory, and speculative futures. Working across drawing, digital modeling, and installation, she reimagines architecture as a site of liberation and identity.

Xiomara Forbez

Xiomara Forbez creates multimedia works centered on Afro-Caribbean identity, spirituality, and ancestral memory. Her installations and paintings honor cultural heritage while exploring transformation and self-determination.

Cornelius Tulloch

A multidisciplinary artist whose work blends architecture, photography, installation, and cultural research to explore identity, diaspora, and the Caribbean-American experience.

Diana Eusebio

A textile and mixed-media artist who examines memory, hybridity, and the productive tension between craft traditions and contemporary forms.

Arsimmer McCoy

A writer, poet, and artist whose practice merges language, performance, and archival excavation to explore Black life, place, and generational storytelling.

Lauren Baccus

An artist and cultural researcher working through food, ritual, and material history to explore the Caribbean, migration, and ancestral knowledge.

Lyzbeth Lara & Prem Lorenzen

A collaborative duo whose multimedia work investigates intimacy, queer identity, transformation, and the psychological landscapes of the body.

Morel Doucet

A ceramicist and visual artist known for poetic, detailed works that address climate change, Black identity, and the ecological fragility of the Caribbean.

Nicolle Nyariri

A multidisciplinary artist whose work navigates personal and collective memory through textiles, sculpture, and performative gestures rooted in cultural identity.

Daniella Silvera

An artist blending installation, drawing, and material experimentation to reflect on somatic memory, vulnerability, and the forces that shape human relationships.

Stefanie Paredes

A fiber and mixed-media artist examining migration, intergenerational memory, and the relationship between craft, culture, and the body.

Lauren Shapiro

An artist recognized for collaborative ceramic installations that address ecology, coral reef systems, and community-based environmental education.

Coralina Rodriguez Meer

A multidisciplinary artist whose delicately constructed works consider fragility, nature, and the emotional topographies of lived experience.

Diego Waisman

A visual artist using photography, digital media, and conceptual strategies to explore perception, urban space, and visual systems

Alexander Zastera

A multidisciplinary artist whose vibrant figurative and surreal compositions center on queer identity, ecological futures, and narrative transformation.

Cara Despain

An interdisciplinary artist working with video, sculpture, and research-based practice to address climate anxiety, land politics, and geological time.

Chris Friday

A visual artist exploring Blackness, language, and collective memory through text, drawing, installation, and public engagement.

John DeFaro

An artist whose work blends sculpture, installation, and environmental reflection to investigate nature, decay, and the poetics of place.

Josh Aronson

A photographer and filmmaker whose work documents intimacy, youth culture, queer visibility, and the emotional nuance of contemporary portraiture.

MaiYap

A painter and environmental advocate whose work focuses on nature, preservation, and the lyrical abstraction of organic forms.

Ọmọlará Williams McCallister

A multidisciplinary artist examining Black interiority, healing, ritual, and embodied memory through sculpture, writing, and performative forms.

Pangea Kali Virga

A fashion and fiber artist whose meticulous work weaves together sustainability, garment construction, archives, and community-centered making.

Sheherazade Thenard

A visual artist whose expressive works explore identity, cultural hybridity, and the emotional landscapes shaped by migration and memory.

Tony Chirinos

A photographer whose practice spans documentary and conceptual approaches, investigating mortality, ritual, and the unseen narratives of everyday life.

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Give Miami Day – collaboARTive

Support Miami Artists. Build Creative Community.

This Give Miami Day, help collaboARTive raise $10,000 to fuel our mission through 2026.

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What Your Gift Supports:

✅ Affordable Studio Space – 22+ emerging and mid-career artists pay just $450/month (vs. $533 market rate), saving them nearly $1,000/year to invest in their art careers

✅ Noche de Arte – Our flagship weekly program at InterContinental Miami has welcomed 5,000+ attendees, featured 11 Miami artists, and generated $140,000+ in economic impact—all free and open to the public

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