Experience 'Monumentalizing the Trace' at The Frank Pembroke Pines, the first solo exhibition by the collaborative artist duo TREIZMAN + ZURILLA

Monumentalizing the Trace by TREIZMAN + ZURILLA, formed by Miami-based artists Denise Treizman and Julia Zurilla, OPENS on May 14th and is on view at The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery through August 29, 2026.

Monumentalizing the Trace presents the first solo exhibition by the collaborative artist duo TREIZMAN + ZURILLA, formed by Miami-based artists Denise Treizman and Julia Zurilla, on view at The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery from May 14 through August 29, 2026. Conceived as a continuous installation that unfolds across the gallery, the exhibition transforms the space into an immersive environment where image, material, and architecture converge. Art lovers and the community are invited to attend the Opening Reception for Monumentalizing the Trace on Thursday, May 14th from 6–9pm at The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery. This event is free & open to the public, located at 601 City Center Way in Pembroke Pines, Florida 33025.

Monumentalizing the Trace, 2026. Exhibition view, The Frank C. Ortis Gallery. Photograph by Rafael Núñez. Courtesy of the City of Pembroke Pines.

Working across video, sculpture, and spatial intervention, Treizman and Zurilla construct a dynamic dialogue between analog and digital processes, presence and absence, permanence and impermanence. Familiar elements appear displaced and reconfigured, inviting viewers to reconsider the ways objects, images, and fragments accumulate meaning over time. Rather than presenting the monument as a fixed symbol of permanence, the artists shift attention toward the trace—the fragment, the remainder, the subtle evidence of transformation. In doing so, Monumentalizing the Trace proposes that what endures after change—the residual mark, the fleeting image, the material echo—may itself become a form of monument.

Monumentalizing the Trace, 2026. Exhibition view, The Frank C. Ortis Gallery. Photograph by Rafael Núñez. Courtesy of the City of Pembroke Pines.

The collaboration between Treizman and Zurilla emerged from a shared interest in tension, contradiction, and material interplay as generative forces. What began as an experimental encounter during Stile Tale at Satellite Art Show in 2023 has evolved into an ongoing artistic investigation into how two distinct practices can remain intact while producing a shared visual language. Their work embraces paradox as a creative engine, placing opposites in productive relation: material and immaterial, analog and digital, fragility and structure, excess and restraint.

Monumentalizing the Trace, 2026. Exhibition view, The Frank C. Ortis Gallery. Photograph by Rafael Núñez. Courtesy of the City of Pembroke Pines.

This investigation has taken form in immersive installations such as Coincidentia Oppositorum (2023), DREAMCATCHER (infinity loop) (2024), and Luminous Vacancy (2025). Through these environments, TREIZMAN + ZURILLA approach collaboration not as fusion, but as a dynamic space where difference becomes the catalyst for new aesthetic and conceptual territories.

Monumentalizing the Trace, 2026. Exhibition view, The Frank C. Ortis Gallery. Photograph by Rafael Núñez. Courtesy of the City of Pembroke Pines.

Denise Treizman (Santiago, Chile) is a Miami-based artist whose practice combines repurposed materials, handcrafted elements, and remnants of mass consumption to create immersive sculptural installations. Her work explores systems of accumulation, transformation, and material memory. Treizman has presented solo exhibitions at institutions including the Wiregrass Museum of Art, Coral Springs Museum of Art, and Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago, and has participated in group exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally. She has completed residencies at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, MASS MoCA, and NARS Foundation, among others. Recent recognitions include the South Florida Cultural Consortium Award (2024), the Oolite Arts Ellies Creator Award (2025), and the No Vacancy Public Art Award (2025). She holds an MFA from the School of Visual Arts and is a resident artist at Laundromat Art Space in Miami.

Monumentalizing the Trace, 2026. Exhibition view, The Frank C. Ortis Gallery. Photograph by Rafael Núñez. Courtesy of the City of Pembroke Pines.

Julia Zurilla (Caracas, Venezuela) is a Miami-based multidisciplinary artist whose work explores themes of memory, displacement, and belonging. Working with 8 mm film, digital video, photography, and generative text, she constructs fragmented narratives that move fluidly between analog and digital worlds. Zurilla has received several awards, including The Ellies Cinematic Award (2025), the Green Space Miami Open Call Award (2025), and the No Vacancy Public Art Award (2024). Her work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including Galería de Arte Nacional (Venezuela), MAC Lima (Peru), Coral Gables Museum, CIFO Miami, and Americas Society in New York, and is held in several private and institutional collections. She holds a BFA and MFA from IUESAPAR and is a resident artist at Laundromat Art Space.

Monumentalizing the Trace, 2026. Exhibition view, The Frank C. Ortis Gallery. Photograph by Rafael Núñez. Courtesy of the City of Pembroke Pines.

About The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery

The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery is a contemporary art space operated by the City of Pembroke Pines in South Florida. The gallery presents rotating exhibitions by emerging and established artists working across disciplines, alongside dynamic public programs designed to foster dialogue between artists and the community.

The community can learn more about the City of Pembroke Pines’ latest Events by subscribing to Pembroke Pines Media on YouTube, to NewsFlash, a twice a month digital newsletter at www.ppines.com/Newsflash, by reading the city’s digital newspaper City Connect and website via www.ppines.com, checking the city’s digital signage, or by visiting the City’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/cityofpembrokepines, and @cityofppines for Twitter and Instagram. Residents with Comcast can view Pembroke Pines Media programming on Channel 78.


For more information visit www.thefrankgallery.org
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Monumentalizing the Trace, 2026. Exhibition view, The Frank C. Ortis Gallery. Photograph by Rafael Núñez. Courtesy of the City of Pembroke Pines.

Discover Art Exhibitions on view at the Bakehouse Art Complex: featuring Artists Luján Candria & Sterling Rook

Explore current exhibitions on view at The Bakehouse Art Complex in Wynwood, featuring two artists with compelling solo exhibitions currently on view in Miami— each engaging memory, material, and personal history in distinct and fruitful ways: Luján Candria & Sterling Rook.

Luján Candria

Miami-based Argentine artist Luján Candria works across a wide range of media to create introspective works that explore memory, reminiscence, and oblivion. Luján often uses the repetition and juxtaposition of images to create intimate and poetic narratives imbued with nostalgia.

Luján has been a resident artist at Bakehouse since 2021. To experience more of her work, visit her studio here at Bakehouse, or see Still More Fragile, her solo exhibition currently on view at Faena Art through May 3.

Sterling Rook

Miami-based artist Sterling Rook works across sculpture and fiber, using materials such as forged steel, handmade rope, and organic elements to explore ancestry, craft, and material memory. Drawing from a lineage of textile and fiber traditions on both sides of his family, Rook approaches art-making as both a generative and regenerative process, connecting personal and cultural histories across time.

Sterling currently has work on view at Tunnel Projects as part of his solo exhibition Shupingagua, on view through Saturday, April 25. Don't miss this last opportunity to experience the exhibition!

Learn more about Luján and Sterling's practices, their growth in the studio residency program at Bakehouse, and their solo exhibitions currently on view!

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale presents Rob Pruitt's Flea Market

 

FREE ADMISSION NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale brings Rob Pruitt’s Flea Market back to Fort Lauderdale for its encore on Sunday, April 26. The internationally renowned contemporary artist has been staging his nomadic flea markets around the world since 1999, in locations from New York to London’s Tate Gallery and at NSU Art Museum in 2021. Pruitt is inviting local artists to sell their art and wares during the one-day happening, which will be held at NSU Art Museum (One East Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL). Taking the form of a traditional open-air bazaar, Rob Pruitt’s Flea Market is an opportunity to meet artists and take home an original artwork in a relaxed atmosphere. By highlighting bartering and haggling as both economic and performative, and featuring a diverse array of goods from artwork to housewares, Pruitt’s Flea Market blurs the line between art and commerce.

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Date: April 26 Time: Noon - 5 pm Price: Free to the public Location: NSU Art Museum, One East Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 United States

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS Kevin Arrow Aaron Bondaroff / A1A Chris Byrd Daniel Clapp Donna Haynes Malik Isaac Amanda Keeley, Katelyn Kopenhaver, Gio Navas / EXILE Projects Luba Kladienko-Ramirez - JuanCarlos rLora / Art to Save Lives  Philip Lique Emilio Martinez / Fred Snitzer Jed-Lee Metayer Vincent Miranda Luna Palazzolo, Alicia Bilbao, Fharid LaTorre - Tunnel Projects Rob Pruitt Patricio Rodriguez and Horst Kohlem Sterling Rook Lulu and Oliver Sanchez / Swampspace Ingrid Schindall / Shared Print Fac Rachel Simon Addison Wolff Aaron Young

SAVEARTSPACE: New Open Call For Art! "Motherhood" Curated by Diana 'Didi' Contreras

New Open Call For Art! SaveArtSpace: Motherhood Curator: Diana "Didi" Contreras Location: Miami, FL Open call ends: June 1, 2026

SaveArtSpace is proud to present Motherhood, a public art exhibition on bus shelter ad space in Miami, FL, opening July 17, 2026, curated by Diana "Didi" Contreras. We invite artists of all backgrounds to submit work about motherhood. This can be about being a mother, having a mother, missing a mother, or defining it in your own way. We welcome all styles and perspectives—personal stories, cultural experiences, or abstract ideas. Motherhood can be loving, complicated, joyful, or challenging, and we want to see all sides of it. We invite artists of all ages and talents to submit their artwork between April 20 and June 1, 2026 in order to be considered for the exhibition. This is an opportunity to have your work placed on bus shelter ad space in Miami, FL.

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Bakehouse Art Complex: Calling Miami Artists to Apply to the Bakehouse Studio Residency Program

 

Now Accepting Applications for the Studio Residency Program

Bakehouse Art Complex is now accepting applications for an upcoming Studio Residency Program! This is a two-year cycle term, designed to support artists at all stages of their careers. Whether you're emerging or established, this is an opportunity to deepen your practice in a dedicated, creative environment.

What they offer:

• Affordable studio spaces (capped at ~50% of market rate)

• 24/7 access to your private studio + shared facilities

• Professional and creative development opportunities

• Open Studios & exhibition opportunities

• Studio visits with recognized art professionals

• Internal programming & a collaborative artist community

• Dedicated staff committed to your growth and success

Residency Term:

November 1, 2026 – October 31, 2028

Renewal Opportunity:

Residents may apply to renew after two years through a jury process evaluating studio use, artistic growth, and community engagement.

Selection Process:

Applications are reviewed by a panel of external jurors, with input from their internal team.

Studio Fees:

Fees are determined through a financial disclosure process to ensure accessibility and equity.

Don't miss your chance to be part of the Bakehouse artist community!

Deadline to submit: May 1st, 2026 (11:45PM EST)

Explore the Work of Miami-based Artist Yamily Castillo, Where Earth, Sea, and Texture Converge

 

The artist pictured with her work, Bimini Wall (2026), 48″ x 48″, Mixed Media on Canvas

Yamily Castillo is a Miami-based contemporary artist and founder of Atelier Viento. Her work explores the relationship between material, movement, and landscape through layered compositions using sand, mineral elements, and acrylic. Drawing inspiration from coastal and geological formations, her paintings evoke both stillness and depth, bridging physical texture with emotional presence. Castillo is set to present a new body of work in a solo exhibition at Spectrum Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach Week December 2–7, 2026, marking an exciting milestone in her evolving practice.

Quiet Cove I, 36″ Round, Mixed Media on Canvas

Her work is built through layered processes using mineral compounds, sand, and acrylic, forming sculptural surfaces where texture defines rhythm and structure carries tension. Rooted in the dialogue between wind, ocean, and earth, each piece reflects accumulation, erosion, and quiet persistence inviting a slower, more intentional way of seeing. We recently had the pleasure to chat with the artist to learn more about her incredible work and projects:

Q – What is the best part about being an artist, and where does your inspiration come from?

A – The most meaningful part of being an artist is the ability to translate internal states into something physical, something that can be experienced beyond words. My inspiration comes from nature, particularly landscapes shaped by movement, oceans, deserts, horizons. I’m drawn to environments where there is constant motion, yet a sense of stillness. The ocean, especially within my recent “Oceanique” body of work, has been a central influence, its depth, rhythm, and quiet force. For me, nature is a place of recalibration. It grounds me, and that grounding becomes the foundation of each piece.

Exuma, 30″ x 40″, Mixed Media on Canvas

Q – Your work is deeply rooted in the physical intelligence of the landscape. Can you tell us how geology, sediment, and erosion became central themes in your practice?

A – My connection to geological forms developed naturally through my attraction to landscapes, mountains, deserts, coastlines, spaces shaped over time through pressure, movement, and erosion. I became interested not just in how these environments look, but in how they form. The layering, the compression, the gradual transformation, these processes began to mirror something internal. Over time, geology became less of a reference and more of a language. It allowed me to express time, endurance, and transformation through material rather than image.


Q – You work with mineral compounds, sand, pumice, and acrylic to create sculptural surfaces. What drew you to these materials, and how do they influence the final composition?

A – I was drawn to these materials because they carry a physical honesty. Sand, pumice, and mineral compounds are not decorative, they are structural, grounded, and raw. They allow the work to move beyond a flat surface and into something that feels constructed, almost excavated. The textures introduce weight, resistance, and depth, which naturally influence how the composition develops. The first step toward decisions during my process is the thoughts of the landscapes I want to create, through specific places or by imagination only. I build the surface. The materials guide the process, creating compositions that feel both organic and intentional.

Sotavento Lagoon, 48″ x 48″, Mixed Media on Canvas

Q – Many of your paintings evoke strata, horizons, and subtle movement. How does layering and abrasion shape the rhythm and structure of each piece?

A – Layering is central to my process. Each piece develops over time through accumulation, removal, and refinement. I work in stages, building, sanding, reworking, allowing the surface to evolve rather than forcing a fixed outcome. This creates a rhythm that is both controlled and intuitive. The final structure emerges gradually. It’s not immediate, sometimes it’s discovered through the process.


Q – Having been born in Cuba and raised in Italy, how have migration, geography, and memory influenced the visual language of your work?

A – My background has shaped my work in a more internal way than a literal one. Being born in Cuba, raised in Italy, and later building a life in the United States created a sense of constant transition. That experience of movement, of adapting, rebuilding, and redefining, became part of how I see and process the world. There was also a period of instability that deeply influenced me. Over time, I developed a need for grounding, for structure, for something that holds. That need is reflected in my work. The surfaces, the materials, the compositions, they all carry a sense of anchoring. Of finding stillness within change.

The artist is pictured with her work, Quiet Cove I, 36″ Round, Mixed Media on Canvas, part of her “Oceanique” series.

Q – Your surfaces feel both powerful and quiet at the same time. Is this sense of endurance and persistence something you consciously aim to convey?

A – Yes, very intentionally. I’m interested in the coexistence of opposites. Strength and stillness. Movement and control. Tension and calm. My work is meant to hold that duality. Much like the ocean, here is constant motion, but also a deep sense of quiet. The pieces are designed to feel grounded, but not static. They carry movement, but without noise. That balance is central to everything I create.


Q – What is your favorite piece you’ve created and why?

A – Right now, my favorite piece is “Bimini Wall”. It’s a fully textured 48 × 48 work that captures a transition, from depth to shore, from darker tones into light. It reflects both a physical landscape and something more internal. For me, the piece represents contrast dark and light, tension and release, complexity and clarity. It holds multiple states at once, and the transitions between them are what make it complete.


Q – Looking ahead, are there new directions, materials, or projects you are excited to explore as your practice evolves?

A – I’m focused on expanding the work into larger contexts exhibitions, collaborations, and opportunities that allow the pieces to exist within space, not just as individual works. The direction is less about changing the language and more about deepening it, refining the material exploration, scaling the work, and placing it within environments where it can be fully experienced.

Bimini Wall (2026), 48″ x 48″, Mixed Media on Canvas

Art collectors and aficionados are invited to learn more about this fascinating artist by visiting her website, and exploring available works at: www.ateliervientoart.com. For inquiries regarding original artworks, commissions, or additional information, please contact the artist directly at: castillo@atelierviento.com

For further information, please visit: www.ateliervientoart.com
Follow Atelier Viento on Instagram: @atelier_viento

NSU Art Museum Call for Support

NSU ART MUSEUM FORT LAUDERDALE CALL FOR SUPPORT

The goal of this campaign is to continue providing the community with programs that truly make a difference. We are focused on two main areas: Student Outreach: For many local Title I students, a school trip to our museum is their very first time seeing professional art in person. Your support helps us provide the tours and hands-on activities that spark their creativity and help them see the world differently.  Programs for All: We strive to be a place where everyone feels welcome. This includes programs like Sensory Saturdays, which offer a supportive environment for neurodivergent individuals and their families to enjoy the museum at their own pace.   GIVE NOW Our Goal We want to ensure that the museum continues to be a vibrant part of South Florida for years to come. By donating to this campaign, you aren’t just giving to a museum—you are investing in the people we serve. Your gift helps us:  Bring more students into the galleries for educational tours. Provide art supplies and materials for community workshops. Keep our exhibitions and local programs running strong. Join Us We invite you to help us build a bright future for the arts in Fort Lauderdale. Every gift, no matter the size, helps us share the power of art with our neighbors and friends. Thank you for being a part of our story.

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