Mahara&Co presents Two New Art Exhibitions: Tender Hours, featuring Miami-based artist Natalia Juncadella and Read Me, a group show that brings together artists who place language at the center of their practice.

 

Enjoy the Opening Reception of  Tender Hours at Mahara&Co featuring new paintings by Miami-based artist Natalia Juncadella, curated by Veronica Sesana Grajales on Saturday, March 7th from 5 - 8pm. Her work explores interior spaces, diasporic memory, and the poetics of light—transforming domestic details into meditations on stillness, identity, and Latin American visual language. This exhibition is on view from March 7–31, 2026. 

Guests will also experience the opening of Read Me, a group show that brings together artists who place language at the center of their practice. Curated by Veronica Sesana Grajales. Through cut paper, manipulated newspapers, woven text, altered signage, and commemorative forms, the exhibition considers what it means to "read" in an era defined by speed, scrolling, and visual overload.

Together, these exhibitions engage material, memory, and meaning from distinct yet resonant perspectives—one rooted in intimate domestic space, the other in the public life of language. Exhibitions are on view March 7 - 31, 2026.

The South Florida Wellness Network in collaboration with NAEMI present "Against the Current Outsider Art" Exhibition

 

Gloria de la Caridad, CUBA. The work of Gloria de la Caridad (Havana,1958) is closely linked to the domicile, to the materials – cardboard, magazine clippings, nail painting, textiles, homemade rubber – that she finds around her. With them she builds anthropomorphic collages on a human scale that she obsessively fills with figures. Some of them are feminine (smiling faces taken from couché paper), but there are also masks of primitive resonances, devils and an endless number of decorative motifs that she draws with meticulousness.

The South Florida Wellness Network in collaboration with National Art Exhibition of the Mentally Ill (NAEMI) invites you to the opening of their new location and the NAEMI Gallery space, located in the Wynwood Art District at 3408 NW 7th Avenue in Miami, Florida 33127. NAEMI will present the exhibition, Against the Current Outsider Art, an exploration of works created by outsider artists recovering from behavioral health issues. The Opening Reception will take place at the NAEMI Gallery on Thursday, August 8th 2024, from 6 – 8pm. The exhibition will be on view from August 8th through September 30th, 2024.

Yaniel Agrafojo Sanchez, CUBA. Yaniel Agrafojo Sánchez is a self-taught artist born on December 17, 1984 in Guanabacoa, Havana. From a young age he had an acute photographic memory, reproducing images of locomotives and trains in every detail of their parts, down to the smallest. His social behavior was limited, very introverted, and he demonstrated scant communication skills while growing up.

Featured Artists in the exhibition Against the Current Outsider Art will include: Candice Avery USA, Issac Crespo CUBA, Lisa Chuan Lee Cheng USA, Echo USA, Ramon Losa SPAIN, Misleidys Castillo CUBA, Jorge Alberto Hernández Cadi (El Buzo) CUBA, Sebastián Ferreira PARAGUAY, Yaniel Agrafojo Sanchez CUBA, Gloria de la Caridad CUBA, and Damas USA.

Misleidys Castillo, CUBA. Misleidys was born with brain, hearing and autistic impediments. She has always lived in her own secluded world, inserted in a familiar environment.Painting with watercolors and pencils has been her great passion since early childhood. Over time, the sketching of muscular male figures with hard facial features has become central to her work. Gradually these figures she colors, cuts and pastes on the wall have acquired a large format – even bigger than the actual human size – and can be looked at as sculptures.

South Florida Wellness Network (SFWN) is a recovery focused support network run and driven by young adults, adults, and family peers. We are a community of individuals who have been strengthened by our lived experiences with behavioral, emotional, mental health, trauma and/or substance use challenges. Our shared experience unites and empowers us to help others discover their unique path to recovery.

Echo, USA. Echo McCallister’s style is innocent, childish, primitive. Although not fully aware of it, he has created figures and shapes of intense simplicity. He explores the possibilities of color to recreate fantastic landscapes inhabited by dragonflies, giant flowers, naked trees… all these works bear his unique hallmark, similar to other 20th Century artists like Joan Miró or Jasper Johns.

National Art Exhibition of the Mentally Ill (NAEMI) is a non-profit organization established in South Florida dedicated to discovering, studying, promoting, exhibiting, and preserving the art of those struggling with mental illnesses throughout the world. NAEMI has done pioneering work during the past 35 years in recognizing the artistic talent of individuals recovering from mental illnesses and providing a forum for bringing these talents to public awareness.

Jorge A. Hernandez Cadi “El Buzo”, CUBA. The practice of Jorge Alberto Hernández Cadi of scavenging in the garbage has resulted in him being popularly known as “the diver”. He utilizes recycled materials such as brass and wood boxes on whose exterior and interior sides he adds black and white photographs. To do this he trims and draws with a blue pen content of a sexual and diabolical nature.

The South Florida Wellness Network in collaboration with National Art Exhibition of the Mentally Ill (NAEMI) invites you to the opening of their new location and the NAEMI Gallery space, located in the Wynwood Art District at 3408 NW 7th Avenue in Miami, Florida 33127. NAEMI will present the exhibition, Against the Current Outsider Art, an exploration of works created by outsider artists recovering from behavioral health issues. The Opening Reception will take place at the NAEMI Gallery on Thursday, August 8th 2024, from 6 – 8pm. The exhibition will be on view from August 8th through September 30th, 2024.

Founded in 1988, NAEMI emerges while Juan Martin, the Executive Director, worked providing counselling to mentally disabled persons at a community mental health center in Miami. After encouraging a client to paint as a way to escape his intense suffering, Martin remembers how he liked that artwork and realized at that moment that there were probably many other talented persons in psychiatric hospitals waiting to be discovered.

Art collectors and aficionados are cordially invited to attend the Opening Reception of Against the Current Outsider Art, an exploration of works created by outsider artists recovering from behavioral health issues, taking place at the new NAEMI Gallery in Wynwood on Thursday, August 8th, 2024 from 6 – 8pm. The exhibition will be on view from August 8th through September 30th, 2024. The NAEMI Gallery is located at 3408 NW 7th Avenue in Miami, Florida 33127.

Fabien Castanier Gallery: RERO Solo Exhibition "IMAGO" On View Now through April 23

 

IMAGO Solo Exhibition from RERO March 26 - April 23 Fabien Castanier Gallery is excited to present a solo exhibition for French contemporary artist, RERO. The exhibition, entitled IMAGO, is on view March 26 through April 23. This will be the fifth solo exhibition for RERO at the Castanier Gallery, marking ten years of collaboration that began in 2012 with his first solo outing in the U.S. Presenting a new body of mixed media work, RERO continues to transcend genres with his provocative text-based pieces. IMAGO will expound the raw power of words set upon both society's most humble and grand backdrops. While RERO's medium varies to embolden the meaning behind his statements, at times rugged and industrial as poured concrete or filled with deep sentiment as resin covered found objects, for this exhibition he has chosen to conduct a philosophical snapshot of our current moment. Entrenched within a time of extreme change, the artist posits an alternative reality, one that speaks towards a more hopeful and attainable future. RERO, "Untitled (PLEASE REMOVE YOUR EGO HERE...)" mixed media on wood diptych, 40 x 64 in. (102x163cm) Photography by Thomas Granovsky The term "imago" carries multiple intertwined meanings, and this polysemy of interpretations sits at the foundation of RERO's work for his exhibition. The notion of "imago" is rooted within two main sectors. Latin for "image" the term is both the final stage in the metamorphosis of a butterfly or a moth, the optimal state it reaches through its process of growth and development, and an unconscious idealized mental image of someone, especially a parent or loved one, who influences a person's behavior or promotes, develops and facilitates change, resilience, and independence. The chosen phrases for RERO's varied corpus of works circulate around these concepts of change and the chase towards an ideal. Dreams and ambitions mix with skepticism and often sarcasm, where his text delves into the complex psychosis of one who has lived, and perhaps suffered, through our modern world. RERO's work encourages balance. The ever-present strikethrough of his text is meant as a purposeful obfuscation of his intentions. Rather than lean into the extremes of his text's sentiments, the artist prefers to leave the interpretation up to the viewer. One need not condone excessiveness nor austerity, but live somewhere in the middle. A poignant attitude to armor oneself with when faced with the frequent severity of opinions sampled within the pieces' bold declarations. Intriguing, luminous, rich in modern and transgressive poetry, RERO's works have been presented at the MAC/VAL, the Center Pompidou, the CentQuatre, the Vasarely Foundation, the Grand Palais and the MAC Bogotá. Full of audacity, his off-format installations have taken root on the dunes of the Moroccan desert, in the heart of Latin America and in the landscapes of California.   REQUEST AVAILABLE WORKS CATALOG

Pan American Art Projects in Miami presents 'VITAMIN L: The Disruption of Color in Contemporary Landscape'

Visit PAN AMERICAN ART Projects and explore the current exhibition 'VITAMIN L: The Disruption of Color in Contemporary Landscape', on view through August 31, 2019. The exhibition proposes to discuss the contemporary variants of one of the most traditional themes in the history of art: the Landscape. Pan American Art Projects was established in 2001 with the mission to exhibit and promote established and emerging artists from North, Central and South America, providing a context for dialogue between the various regions. The gallery represents a strong roster of contemporary artists of the Americas and hold a collection of important works from Cuba, Argentina, the U.S. and the Caribbean. The gallery's programming reflects these complementary arenas providing a comprehensive historical context for contemporary tendencies in the visual arts from these regions. In 2016 Pan American Art Projects expanded their collection and gallery exhibition space to the Little River/Little Haiti arts district where they produce exhibitions of represented artists as well as historically framed collective exhibits from their collection. The gallery is located at 274 NE 67th Street in Miami, Florida 33138. Tuesday – Saturday / 11am – 5pm.
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Fabien Castanier Gallery in Los Angeles Sept 16th Opening Reception of "Mark Making" Group Exhibition

Mark Making with Aaron De La Cruz, Alex Kizu (aka Defer), & Mark Dean Veca September 16 - October 14, 2017 Opening Reception with the Artists SATURDAY, SEPT 16th @ 6-9PM Fabien Castanier Gallery is excited to announce their next exhibition in Los Angeles, Mark Making, featuring work from Aaron De La Cruz, Alex Kizu (aka Defer), and Mark Dean Veca. Each of these artists present work that is built on a foundation of mark-making. Recalling a variety of styles, including abstraction, design, and graffiti, the artists are most familiar with creating large scale installations, pieces that envelope the viewer in realms of meticulously detailed linework and hypnotizing compositions. The exhibition will include paintings, sculpture and installation. Aaron De La Cruz | "Untitled" (detail) stucco on wooden panel, 1 of 4 panels, 60 x 48 in. (152x122cm) TOP: Alex Kizu (Defer) | "Natural Habitat" (detail) acrylic on canvas, 73.25 x 49.5 in. framed (186x126cm) Aaron De La Cruz presents paintings and sculpture that incorporate patterns and motifs that at their core are very simple, but when gathered together create complex, labyrinthine compositions. His pieces, with bold lines and distinctive use of color, straddle the line between painting and design. He reduces his expression into its most minimal form, keeping in mind the surface that he paints on as his patterns seem to flow over and within the walls and canvas. The artist's marks are more often than not unplanned and instinctual, work that he hopes the viewer will infuse with their own narrative. By combining a minimalist aesthetic and often purposefully minimal materials, he seeks to create affecting work with maximum impact. Alex Kizu's work stems from his culture and connection to graffiti and the urban landscape, representing a profound artistic language which distorts the lines between street art and fine art. Kizu, aka Defer, was one of the pioneer members of the first generation of Los Angeles graffiti writers, and he has distilled the hand-style developed since his youth into abstract pieces that incorporate not only typographic motifs but cultural motifs, and complex patterning. Kizu's paintings are highly detailed examinations of line and color, frenetic structures that flow organically with multi-layered abstractions that create a borderless visual depth and complexity. Mark Dean Veca's newest work evolved out of the textures and patterns found in his more representational compositions. By distilling the line-work aesthetic he has used in part, Veca's paintings and installation are an examination of the patterns and details which have grown organically from his oeuvre. The visual motif in these "Dither" paintings are improvisational – spontaneous and abstracted tessellations that exist un-tethered to any particular orientation. By observing his paintings and stepping into his installation, the viewer is engulfed within an optical meditation. While purely abstract, his forms express a refined organic geometry and a sense of depth and illusion contained within a balanced yet tumultuous array. Mark Dean Veca | "Dither 004" (detail) acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 in. (91x61cm)

For press inquiries or for available works, email contact@castaniergallery.com. www.castaniergallery.com

Irreversible Projects Presents a Special Exhibition 'Satis House' at Artium Miami Gallery in Celebration of the Gallery's New Location / *Call To Artists

Irreversible Projects presents a very special exhibition in celebrating the new location of Artium Miami Gallery. An established gallery with 15 years in the art market, Artium Gallery is considered one of the most prestigious galleries in Chile. In 2015 the gallery opened their sister location in the Wynwood Arts District of Miami, Florida. They relocated the gallery this past summer to a new location in Wynwood at: 2085 NW 2nd Avenue in Miami, Florida 33127. You are cordially invited to celebrate this occasion with us and enjoy the Opening Reception of 'Satis House' on Saturday, September 9th, 6pm at Artium Gallery's new location - this is a very special exhibition curated by Noor Blazekovic of Irreversible Projects.

CALL FOR ARTISTS

ARTIUM MIAMI GALLERY

Exhibiton Titled: Satis House

Satis House is a fictional estate in the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations.

“Its other name was Satis; which is Greek,
or Latin, or Hebrew, or all three - or all one to me - for enough.’
‘Enough House,’ said I; ‘that’s a curious name, miss.’
‘Yes,’ she replied; ‘but it meant more than it said.
It meant, when it was given, that whoever had this house, could want nothing else.” ― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations.


Soft Opening - September 9th, 2017 at 6pm
VIP Opening – September 16th at 6pm
Curator Noor Blazekovic

Please email your Submission to irreversibleprojects@gmail.com 

SMALL & MEDIUM FORMAT
Quantity: 3 pieces
Sizes: from 10x10 inches to 16 x16 inches maximum
Curatorial Salon Style

Installation September 1st, 2017 –
Breakdown October 2017

Entry Guidelines: Open to all professional artists; emerging, established, national and international artists over 18 years age.

Eligible Media: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Photography, Mixed media, Digital art, Installation art, Earth art, Video art, Textiles, site Specific installation, Upcycled Art, will be considered.

Please be brief, send a .pdf​ ​include most recent works and prices for consideration.

The Dreamy Landscape Paintings of Switzerland-based Artist Katia de Carvalho

Switzerland-based painter Katia de Carvalho is an internationally recognized artist known for her dreamy landscapes and scenic images that give the viewer a colorful glimpse into the moments being captured through her work.

‘Carnival Parade’, oil on canvas, 20 x 28 inches.

The artist paints vivid urban and rural scenes of everyday life, from people dancing in the night, a distant farm in the hills, to ladies doing laundry by the shore.

‘End of Carnival Ball’, oil on canvas, 21 x 31 inches.

Each painting shares a little slice of day-to-day life with an innocent style reminiscent of the Naive art genre, which is what makes the work interesting, having a unique expression of perspective and color.

‘Venice’, oil on canvas.

Much of Katia’s early works were dedicated to Venice, portraying the waterways and the facades of the buildings hanging like sheets between the air and the water. Her timeless vision of everyday life bares the child-like ruminations of her heart and soul as with most self-taught artists who strive to relate – by means of brush, paint and canvas – the fairy tale figments of their fertile imaginations.

‘The Three Dancers’, oil on canvas, 26 x 39 inches.

Genuine naive artists are hard to come by; however, one runs across the real thing occasionally, and Katia de Carvalho is one of them. There is such a disarming candor in the simplicity of approach, and such a guileless directness in feeling, that one cannot help being enchanted by these paintings.

‘Nativity’, oil on canvas, 24 x 32 inches.

To learn more about this talented contemporary artist visit www.katia-de-carvalho.ch for commissions and inquiries email the artist at info@katia-de-carvalho.ch

Fabien Castanier Gallery at NY Urban Art Fair June 29 - July 3, 2017

Fabien Castanier Gallery is excited to participate in the first New York edition of the Urban Art Fair, taking place June 29 – July 3, 2017. The gallery will exhibit work from Speedy Graphito (FR), Andrew Schoultz (US), and Mark Jenkins (US), Zes (US), JonOne (US/FR), and RERO (FR). Started in Paris in 2016, the Urban Art Fair is an international showcase of the world's leading urban and contemporary art, featuring new work from today's image-makers as well as historic pieces from the genre's inception. The fair will present 24 international galleries as well as special exhibitions and projects. Mark Jenkins | "Birds of a Feather", mixed media and taxidermy sculpture, 34 x 30 x 55 in. (85x76x140cm) TOP: Andrew Schoultz | "Gold Dripping Flag (Exposed)", acrylic and gold leaf on dyed and stained American flag stretched over panel, 30 x 52 in. (76x132cm) The fair will take place in New York's Spring Studios, a 120,000 sqft. interdisciplinary studio located between SoHo and Tribeca, the home for design, fashion and art. The Urban Art Fair will also present an exhibit dedicated to fashion, "Urban Influence", highlighting the various creative interactions between street art and the fashion industry. Spring Studios 6 St Johns Lane New York, NY 10013 For more info visit: http://urbanartfair.com/en/ The gallery has complimentary tickets, please contact us for more information. Speedy Graphito | "My Perfect Studio" acrylic on canvas, 55 x 48 in. (140x122cm)

For press inquiries or for available works, email contact@castaniergallery.com. www.castaniergallery.com Copyright © 2017 Fabien Castanier Gallery, All rights reserved. LOS ANGELES | 2919 La Cienega Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 | tel 310 876 3529 MIAMI | 82 NE 26th Street, Suite 111, Miami, FL 33137 | tel 305 602 0207 BOGOTÁ | contact the gallery for details

'King Kong' by Artist Vito Bonanno

#ArtoftheDay --> 'King Kong' by internationally recognized artist Vito Bonanno, who taps into the daily emotional and social challenges of living with autism, placing his innermost feelings onto canvas. His work is image and concept driven and embedded in his personal philosophy. His art contains the essence of his life, feelings, thoughts and dreams, coupled around objects or topics that “get stuck in his head”, including traffic lights, grids, ceiling fans, graffiti and pop culture. The work shown here is 'King Kong' from the artists Obsessions & Meditations series made with aerosol, acrylic, craypas, paint marker, archival glitter on canvas, 53.5 “ x 63.5” framed. See more work and learn more about this incredible artist at: www.vitobonanno.com

Opening Reception of 'Rubber Time' at Fabien Castanier Gallery in Wynwood on Saturday, May 20th from 6-9pm featuring work by Andrew Schoultz and Mark Jenkins

Andrew Schoultz, “Don’t Tread on Me” (Broken Flag). Gold leaf and acrylic on torn, dyed and re-assembled flags, 30X52. Fabien Castanier Gallery in Wynwood presents a dual exhibition, 'Rubber Time', featuring work by Andrew Schoultz and Mark Jenkins. Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday, May 20th from 6-9pm. Both artists will present new work, paintings and sculptures. “Rubber Time” refers to an idiom from Indonesia that expresses the tendency for a relaxed and flexible perspective on punctuality and time-keeping. Schoultz and Jenkins apply this concept of “elastic time” to our current societal climate in the United States, seeing the present period as a suspended limbo with troubling unknowns both in the past and in the near future. Mark Jenkins, “Standing Reader”, life-size sculpture. Their work touches on political and cultural issues with dark humor and irony, reflecting on what they see as the development of a unique moment in history. Both of the artists often address societal issues that are not easy or comfortable to confront, but are relevant and necessary to reflect upon. While seeking out the dark corners of our current moment, Schoultz and Jenkins present the turmoil and anxiety with a tinge of hope for the future. The exhibition runs through July 31st at Fabien Castanier Gallery in the Wynwood Arts District, located at 82 NE 26th Street, Suite #111 in Miami, FL 33137.