Visual Arts

Ray Smith’s work is as enigmatic as he is. Born in Texas and raised in Mexico, Ray is a Spanish-speaking New Yorker, with the air of a Texas cattle rancher. His work draws from Spanish Modernists and Surrealists, and materializes in a variety of media, often through a stream of consciousness approach. Smith is a painter, sculptor, installation artist and social experimenter. … +

Haroon Mirza (b. 1977, London) is a multimedia artist who works with audiovisual materials, electronic equipment, amplifiers, and found objects to create immersive environments and kinetic sculptures. His work amplifies phenomena that are often imperceptible –such as electricity–and seeks to create or distort the relationship between optics and acoustics, giving unexpected visual and sensorial analogs to what we hear. Mirza uses a particular … +

Sylvie Fleury is known for her seductive works that re-contextualize status symbols, luxury goods and brand slogans. Eternity Now, 2015 is her latest site-specific neon, and is installed on the historic, Art Deco façade of The Bass, facing Collins Park. “Sylvie Fleury uses contemporary iconography to suggest a deeper irony,” says curator Jose Carlos Diaz. “While the museum undergoes its transformation, her … +

This exhibition presents the second iteration of For Those in Peril on the Sea (2011), an installation by Hew Locke (b. 1959, Edinburgh; lives in London) first shown in 2013 during PAMM’s inaugural programming. Consisting of dozens of scaled-down replicas of ships suspended from the ceiling, the installation creates the impression of a massive exodus taking place throughout the architectural space above … +

Spots, Dots, Pips, Tiles. . . showcases artworks that reflect the multilayered aspects of the domino game, a tradition that is heavily practiced in the American South, Latin America, and the Caribbean. This popular game with origins dating to ancient China, has a discernible aesthetic and political vantage point, and offers a look into specific communities that grow around the domino table. … +

A 1987 sculpture by artist George Segal, Abraham’s Farewell to Ishmael, has undergone a complete restoration by Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) thanks to a recent grant award received through the Bank of America Art Conservation Project. This is the second year that PAMM received a grant, used exclusively to treating the sculpture. The conservation effort included repairs to areas with intensive … +

  FLUCTUATIONS evokes a narrative in suspension from two different artists: Flávia Junqueira and George Goodridge. It is frequent in their works the presence of ambiguity of opposing concepts: order and entropy, nature and nurture, restraint and excess, mechanical and organic. Flávia Junqueira and George Goodridge share a particular interest in space, they both bring the concept of Art as an illusion … +

  The exhibition explores a grouping of original and multiple works from Post-war through today’s emerging art scene, highlighting similarities that bind ideas together as recognizable symbols over the course of 50+ years. The work is curated to represent one continuing narrative. “Time & Place” explores the question, “What will today’s artists make of present changes around them? What will they reflect … +

Haroon Mirza (b. 1977, London) is a multimedia artist who works with audiovisual materials, electronic equipment, amplifiers, and found objects to create immersive environments and kinetic sculptures. His work amplifies phenomena that are often imperceptible––such as electricity––and seeks to create or distort the relationship between optics and acoustics, giving unexpected visual and sensorial analogs to what we hear. Mirza uses a particular … +

MARS showcases the work of eleven artists featuring a variety of mediums including: painting, performance, installation, mixed media, audiovisual work, and sculpture. This exhibit invites you to a metaphysical journey to the planet Mars, where artists explore the extrasensory human connection and perception of cosmic energy as symbolized through the “Red Planet.” MARS challenges viewers to explore our deepest human senses through … +

Perez Art Museum Miami announces On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Prez Collection, an exhibition of over 170 works of art, spanning painting, drawing, photography, mixed-media and sculpture. The exhibition is presented in three parts over the course of a year, and features a rich panorama of recent work produced by artists living both in Cuba and abroad. … +

Ray Smith Studio is an exhibition organized by Emmett Moore featuring a series of works produced by Ray Smith in his Brooklyn studio between 2007 – 2012. This period in Ray’s career is defined by inclusivity and collaboration, specifically as it relates to a series of works created alongside his then assistants, Nik Gelormino, and brothers Eamon and Keegan Monaghan. Ray Smith’s … +

Fredric Snitzer Gallery exhibits “Avalanches volcanoes asteroids floods” by Assume vivid astro focus, a “quasi-retrospective” featuring paintings, newly commissioned printed rugs, and “home movie” videos of never-before-seen imagery from the artists’ archives. Founded in New York City in 2001 by Eli Sudbrack (b. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1968) and joined by Christophe Hamaide-Pierson (b. Paris, France, 1973) in 2005, Assume vivid astro … +

No burden as heavy is a group exhibition with works by Sanford Biggers, Kate Gilmore, Quisqueya Henriquez, Pepe Mar, Jillian Mayer, Robert Melee, Christina Quarles, Carlos Rolón/ Dzine, Xaviera Simmons, Shinique Smith and Wendy White. It considers the weight of history, invoking the present as a landscape imprinted upon by the gestures, values and practices of the past. The exhibition traces the … +

Two dozen paintings by twelve international mid-career artists featured in ARTvisions International present diverse examples of their technique and subject matter. Highlighting the gallery’s current exhibition are six midcareer contemporary Chinese artists who premiered in previous gallery shows. Dominating their works is a 21-foot triptych by Liao Zhenwu. Other Chinese artists represented include a six-and-a-half foot horizontal painting by Li Bo and … +

Mere Façade is a curated group exhibition consisting of twenty Miami-based artists and cultural producers. The multimedia exhibition includes new, old, and revisited works by Kevin Arrow, Eddie Arroyo, Zack Balber, Franky Cruz, Cara Despain, Nicole Doran, Mauricio Gonzalez, Sinisa Kukec, Angel Garcia , Justin H. Long, Michael Loveland, Nice’n Easy, Jessy Nite, Oliver Sanchez, Tom Scicluna, Serge Toussaint, Agustina Woodgate, Antonia … +

The Deering Spring Contemporary exhibits Platform 450, site-specific works within the historic homes and throughout Deering bay-side landscape. This initiative is hosted on the 450 acres of the Deering Estate, will draw together varied practices that converge on the exploration of scientific data and new technologies as they relate to nature and this historic site. Works on display use virtual reality, microscopic … +

A Curated Selling Exhibit with Historic and Recent Artworks from Cuban Artists of the 80’s Generation The Sagamore Hotel and Aluna Art Foundation present its latest curated exhibit: Cuban Artists: The Prodigious Decade. This thoughtfully curated project showcases a significant selection of historic and recent artworks created by Cuban artists from the 80’s generation, some of the most important artists who pioneered … +

Spanish artists, Joan Tarragó and Alberto (Sabek) will intervene the mural located outside of the Cultural Center of Spain (CCEMiami – 1490 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami FL 33132), June 26th – July 2nd. They will also redesign one of the containers located at the patio at Microtheater. These actions are part of the project, Survibe, a 45-day journey, an experience, a painting trip … +

Cuban artist Luis Gomez’ aesthetics explore the tensions around the concept of “canon”. Gomez sees art as an encounter between the spectator and the artwork, so he aims to recreate environments through installation, photography, drawing, painting or video; where the different media contribute to free the spectator from plain rationality and conceptual understanding. Luis Gómez b. 1968 (Havana)Cuba. Graduate in 1991 of … +

Taking cues from the powerful images of North and South: Berenice Abbott’s U.S. Route 1, thousands of today’s photographers have responded to the call from Instagram forum #JJ Community with a contemporary spin on Abbott’s work. The Long Road to Now: Digital Photos Inspired by Berenice Abbott’s Road Trip presents the top 15 submissions from The Wolfsonian and #JJ’s global social media … +