Aqua Art Miami, Miami's favorite boutique fair, opens to the public today from 12-9pm at the Aqua Hotel, Miami Beach. Aqua Art Miami is the premier location for art aficionados to procure works by young, emerging and mid-career artists. The 2024 edition features 44 international exhibitors presenting fresh works by over 120 artists in intimate exhibition rooms which open onto the beautiful courtyard of a classic South Beach hotel. The Fair runs through Sunday, December 8th. PURCHASE TICKETS.
Fabien Castanier Gallery @ AQUA Art Miami December 4 – 8, 2024 Room 203
Fabien Castanier Gallery is excited to participate in this year's edition of the AQUA Art Miami fair, taking place December 4-8. The gallery will showcase the work of contemporary Portuguese artist ADD FUEL, in a solo exhibition entitled REQUIEM (for) APOPHENIA. The gallery's space at the Aqua Hotel in Miami Beach will invite visitors into the mesmerizing kaleidoscopic imagination of the artist as he presents a new body of work that sits in dialogue with an immersive installation. The exhibition will extend beyond the walls of the solo show, as guests to the fair will witness the façade of the hotel transformed. ADD FUEL will complete a mural on the front of the building, entitled "MOVIMENTO EN ÁGUA".
ADD FUEL's work continues to showcase the meticulous technique in which the artist has honed, the manipulation of ceramic tiles. Incorporating masterful rendering of patterns, he creates work that engages the eye with visual depth both within the sculptural nature of his pieces as well as in the intricate painted motifs. His exhibition for the AQUA fair will incorporate his pieces within an installation, including adorned floors and walls. The show will allow visitors to enter another world, surrounded by echoing motifs and complex imagery that create gateways to the unexpected, where every transposition conceals a story yearning to be observed and deciphered.
As an exploration of different aesthetic possibilities and the juxtaposition of heritage and modernity, ADD FUEL's work reinterprets the language of traditional tile design, specifically that of the Portuguese tin-glazed ceramic azulejo. Historically used as large-scale decoration upon buildings, the Portuguese tile work inhabited a cultural space that contained biblical and mythological references and blended seamlessly with their architecture. Utilizing the complexities and depth offered by this style, ADD FUEL creates multi-layered patterned compositions that produce a poetic rhythm, playing with perception and illusion.
ADD FUEL (b. 1980, Cascais), Portuguese visual artist Diogo Machado, began his practice with a degree in graphic design from Lisbon's IADE – Institute of Visual Arts, Design and Marketing. He spent several years working in design studios in Portugal as well as Munich, Germany, and since 2007 has focused exclusively on his artistic work. Exploring a wide range of both manual and digital techniques in the fields of drawing, painting, ceramics, and printing, his practice expresses a sophisticated dialogue between the old and the new. Besides numerous public art presentations he has created all around the world, ADD FUEL continues to showcase his work with solo and group exhibitions in international galleries.
Portuguese Artist ADD FUEL Transforms Aqua Hotel's Façade With Special Blue Ceramic Tile Mural, Alongside Highlighted Works by Ashley Longshore, Paris Brosnan, Jenny Chandler, and more
Aqua Art Miami is pleased to feature new works, solo presentations, and special projects from 41 global galleries. The fair kicks off with a VIP Preview on Wednesday, Dec. 4, featuring a special performance by renowned DJ A-Trak, and runs through Sunday, Dec. 8. The fair continues to push boundaries and drive the conversation around contemporary art.
This year's edition will feature highlights including inaugural U.S. presentations by global artists, special projects, and groundbreaking works by artists pushing the envelope with relevant topics such as the environment, humanitarian efforts, and the intersection of technology and art. Aqua's roster of well-respected international galleries will showcase fresh artists' works in intimate exhibition rooms, which open into the beautiful courtyard of the classic South Beach hotel.
Aqua Art Miami at the Aqua Hotel 1530 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139 FABIEN CASTANIER GALLERY, ROOM 203
Crossing Art is thrilled to announce its participation in CONTEXT Art Miami, set to take place from December 5th to 10th, 2023, at Booth A18. Leveraging its distinctive position as a nexus between North America and Asia, Crossing Art unveils a vibrant selection of preeminent contemporary artists hailing from the United States and China: Qin Feng, Jiang Miao, Zheng Jiang, Bruce Rubenstein, Cary Hulbert, and Michael McGrath. These artists are relentless in their pursuit of pushing the frontiers within their respective artistic mediums, drawing inspiration from indigenous cultures while seamlessly blending elements of Eastern and Western traditions to create groundbreaking expressions.
CONTEXT Art Miami stands as a premier international art fair, providing a platform for galleries to present cutting-edge works. Crossing Art's meticulously curated exhibit embodies a synthesis of creativity and cultural richness, seamlessly blending emerging talents with established luminaries. "We are thrilled to unveil this distinctive collection, a convergence of diverse artistic expressions," remarked Catherine Lee, founder of Crossing Art. "Our aspiration is to engender meaningful dialogue and inspiration among esteemed visitors in Miami."
Attendees are cordially invited to immerse themselves in Crossing Art Gallery's curated showcase, an ode to the transformative power of art in fostering connectivity and intellectual stimulation. For comprehensive work details or invitation inquiry, please kindly reach out to Eris Liu at eris@crossingart.com.
VIP PREVIEW
Tuesday, December 5 | 6:30pm - 10:00 pm
REGULAR HOURS
Wednesday, December 6 | 11am - 7pm Thursday, December 7 | 11am - 7pm Friday, December 8 | 11am - 7pm Saturday, December 9 | 11am - 7pm Sunday, December 10 | 11am - 6pm
Bruce Rubenstein
Bruce Rubenstein is a New York City born, Los Angeles based artist that has been creating art for over forty years. Starting his artistic journey as a young child, Rubenstein came to study art at Parson’s School of Design, and became a member of the prestigious Art Students League located in New York City during the mid-70s. His formal training is imbued into even his most abstract works, which juxtapose sharp, precise brushwork with the contingent, irregular forms he is known for. Influenced primarily by the expressionist movement of the late 50s and early 60s, Rubenstein’s work is overflowing with frenetic energy.
Rubenstein has exhibited in several group and solo shows worldwide since 1992. His works have been collected in a plethora of corporate spaces, including, but not limited to, Guess Inc. Corporate Headquarters, Los Angeles, CA.
Qin Feng
As an artist and scholar spanning Eastern and Western cultures, Qin Feng’s works are poetically compatible with the romance of Western expressionist philosophy and the spirit of Chinese ink painting. Through multi-media research and creation, the development and application of traditional and modern materials, formal language and expressive language are more compatible with the spiritual character of Eastern and Western cultures. Build and form a personal unique language and style. His works have won several awards including the Berlin City Government Award, the Boston International Art and Literature Award, the New Century Award of the Mike Doulas Foundation, and the National Art Contribution Award. He has participated in more than a dozen auction houses including Christie's, Sotheby's, Guardian and Poly.
Qin Feng creates paintings blending Western expressionism with traditional Chinese ink painting. His bold brushstrokes lyrically combine the gestural impulses of action painting with the tradition of Chinese calligraphy. Balancing the dynamic between positive and negative, black and white space, Yin and Yang within the compositions to explore the delicate harmony between humans.
Jiang Miao
Jiang Miao (b.1981) graduated from China Central Academy of Fine Arts (printmaking department) and acquired a M.F.A degree in 2009. Jiang Miao has been strongly intrigued by ancient civilization and high wisdom since she was very young. Since 2003, she began to explore the idea of yin and yang, point and line, energy, and life interpretation, thus forming the Eastern worldview of “Nature and Man as one”.
In recent years, Jiang has been working on themes on life. By applying “trigram”, “spiral” as a symbol of soul, and energy-releasing “colors” as major visuals, her works suggest living truth of spirit, the soul, and body; they absorb energy from the invisible, then, release spiritual energy and magnetic field into the physical world, casting continuous thoughts for the future civilization on the excessive materialized current world. Her works have been broadly exhibited at galleries and museums in Chinese speaking countries.
Zheng Jiang
Zheng Jiang, born in Zhejiang, China in 1980, graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts masters program in 2010. He currently lives and works in Beijing. Zheng Jiang's artwork delves into the fleeting and intangible nature of light, exploring how these ethereal sensations can be translated into concrete and tangible feelings through texture and composition. Simultaneously, he is interested in examining the individual's experience of survival in contemporary society and in visually effectuating the journey of such endeavors.
Jiang won the Third Chinese New Generation Artist Award in 2011 and the John Moore Painting Prize the following year in 2012. He continues to gain recognition for his multimedia, dimensional approach and large-scale works.
Michael McGrath
Michael McGrath is an American artist and painter, with a parallel career in graphic design. He lives and works in Rhinebeck, New York's Hudson Valley. His most recent works draw inspiration from his contemporary surroundings in upstate New York and its history, as well as from his naive curiosity about the mysticism, mythology, and religious cults. His skulls and ghosts represent the afterlife and death with a dash of joy and hope. His faces are frequently those of gods, deities, or the deceased, and he believes that “…if there were gods, ghosts or magic, they would exist in nature and in the landscape; not just beings in the sky, but also in the ground, in the trees, in the flowers and in the animals.”
McGrath has given his audience the freedom to connect with their actual selves, find refuge in their own strength, and create space to become their own gods with the similar audacity of a kid. He has most recently shown work in Rhinebeck, New York, Germany, Belgium, and a solo show at Fir Gallery in Beijing, China.
Cary Hulbert
Cary Hulbert is a multidisciplinary New York-based artist, educator, and curator. Hulbert received her MFA from Columbia University in 2016 and her BFA from Montserrat College of Art in 2007. She has teaching experience in the printmaking and drawing departments at both Columbia University and Mass Art while also partaking in exhibitions internationally at the Bronx Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, and the Taimiao Art Gallery in Beijing, to name a few.
Hulbert’s work merges design with art, bringing the old into the new through a playful, idyllic color palette that evokes feelings of nostalgia and ephemerality. She primarily uses colored pencil, gouache, acrylic paint, and silkscreen to materialize her imagined natural landscapes, which express alluring interactions between texture, color, and composition.
One Herald Plaza (NE 14th Street & Biscayne Bay), Miami, FL 33132 On Biscayne Bay between the Venetian & Macarthur Causeways
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary (PBM+C) presented by Art Miami returns for its sixth edition opening with an exclusive invitation-only VIP Preview benefiting the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens on Thursday, March 23rd and running through Sunday, March 26th, 2023 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.
The most important contemporary art fair of the winter season, PBM+C brings together world-class investment quality art presented by an internationally acclaimed group of galleries.
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary (PBM+C)
PBM+C will coincide with the world-renowned Palm Beach International Boat Show, located along the waterfront and Flagler Drive in Downtown West Palm Beach, FL. The show will feature more than $1.2 billion worth of yachts and accessories, including hundreds of boats ranging from 8-foot inflatables to super yachts nearly 200 feet in length.
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary (PBM+C)
FAIR HOURS
Thursday, March 23, 2023 VIP Preview: 5pm – 9pm Access for PBM+C VIP Passholders & Press, benefiting the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens
GENERAL ADMISSION Friday, March 24 11am – 7pm Saturday, March 25 11am – 7pm Sunday, March 26 11am – 6pm
Miami’s foremost winter art fair, Art Wynwood, produced by Art Miami, returns for its 10th edition. Taking place over Presidents Day Weekend, the fair will launch with an exclusive VIP Preview on Thursday, February 16 benefit The Bass Museum, before opening to the public Friday, February 17 through Sunday, February 19 at One Herald Plaza.
Art Wynwood
Art Wynwood provides a unique opportunity for collectors to discover and explore the world’s most prestigious contemporary, emerging and modern art galleries in the vibrant cultural hub of South Florida. Since Art Wynwood’s ninth edition in 2020, the city’s real estate boom has been one of the country’s largest transfers of wealth, making Art Wynwood 2023 the best opportunity to collect some of the most important art works of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Art Wynwood
More than 50 leading international galleries from countries spanning England, Italy, the Dominican Republic, Canada, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Austria, and throughout the U.S. will showcase an elevated array of murals, pop surrealism, street art and other modern and contemporary genres by innovative emerging artists as well as top names.
Art Wynwood
Art Wynwood 2023 will coincide with the Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show, taking place on Biscayne Bay between the Venetian and MacArthur Causeways, adjacent to Art Wynwood.
VIP Preview Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 6pm – 10pm Access to Art Wynwood VIP Passholders and Press
Public Hours Friday, Feb 17 | 11am – 7pm Saturday, Feb 18 | 11am – 7pm Sunday, Feb 19 | 11am – 5pm
Art Miami & CONTEXT Art Fair returns for Miami Art Week through Sunday, December 4th. Recognized as one of the preeminent international modern and contemporary art fairs, Art Miami continually showcases the most significant artworks of the 20th and 21st centuries and is a “can’t miss” event for collectors, curators, museum professionals and art enthusiasts. Distinguished for its quality, depth, and diversity, Art Miami 2022 will feature investment quality paintings, drawings, design, sculpture, NFTs, video art, photography and prints from more than 160 leading galleries across 17 countries. The fair will be held along with its sister fair CONTEXT, at the prestigious waterfront location of One Miami Herald Plaza on Biscayne Bay nestled between the Venetian and MacArthur Causeways in the heart of Downtown Miami. Art Miami offers an unparalleled level of accessibility to the activities and collectors on Miami Beach. See links for ticket info!
KX2 looks forward to returning to Art Miami this year, November 29 – December 3, with Sponder Gallery in booth AM141.
For those visiting from out of town and are interested in a studio visit, please let KX2 know. They have an incredible new studio that is meant to be experienced in person.
STUDIO NEWS
We are happy to announce our new gallery partnership with OA Fine Art in Paris. This is our first gallery in the EU and we are thrilled to introduce our work to a new collector base.
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Art Fair is back for it's fourth edition January 9-12, 2020. Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary (PBM+C) is presented by Art Miami and hosted by the City of West Palm Beach, FL. PBM+C is the most important fair to take place in Palm Beach during the winter season as it brings a world-class, internationally respected group of art dealers and their artists to one of the most culturally savvy and discerning collecting audiences in the world. Purchase tickets here.
Aqua Art Miami will kick off its 15th anniversary edition at the Aqua Hotel (1530 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139) with a VIP Preview today from 3-10pm and continues through December 8th. The energetic preview has become the destination for influential collectors and art professionals, many of whom migrate from Aqua’s sister fairs, Art Miami and CONTEXT conveniently nestled between the Venetian Causeway and the MacArthur Causeways, and Art Basel Miami Beach, which is located just a few blocks away.
Aqua Art Miami is the premier location for art aficionados to procure works by young, emerging and mid-career artists. Throughout the years, the fair has continued to solidify itself as a completely unique art fair, consistently staying true to its signature relaxed yet energetic vibe. The 2019 edition will present 59 international exhibitors who will showcase the fresh works of over 135 artists in the intimate exhibition rooms, which open into the beautiful courtyard of the classic South Beach hotel.
Vincent Gachaga, "McQueen Bache", Galerie le Capricorne, Saint Paul de Vence
+gallerylabs New Haven | AC Contemporary Buenos Aires | Adriana Budich Contemporary Art Buenos Aires | Alejandro Andres Miami Beach | Alessandro Berni Gallery Perugia | ASMPNew York New York | Beacon Gallery Boston | Belo Art Miami | Beauart Poinciana | BoxHeart Gallery Pittsburgh | BP Project: Maryam Alakbarli Paris | Charabati Bizzarri Mill Valley | CityArts Orlando Orlando | Coloring Wheelz New York | Colour Senses Project Miami | cyc gallery Nassau County | Foropoulos Studios of Fine Arts Clearwater | Galerie le Capricorne Saint Paul de Vence | Gallery Quinze Sauvagnon | Gitter Studios New York | HIMMELJORD ART Fort Collins | Imlay Gallery Montclair | Janus Gallery Brooklyn | KA Projects Chicago | KOTA Gallery Nicosia | Lincoln Michael Galleries Washington DC | Liz Clement Contemporary Boston | LOVE ART GALLERY Norwalk | LUMAS Berlin | Maeve Art Brossard | Marloe Gallery Brooklyn | Miami Art Society Miami | Michele Fontaniere Gallery Miami | Michelle Vella Toronto | Modern Marvel Lake Ronkonkoma | Molly Goldfarb New York | Oksana Tanasiv Art Norwalk | Olan Quattro Miami | Omelchenko Gallery Moscow | Orit Fuchs Tel Aviv | Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery London | Rubber Stamp Art Projects Miami | Ryan Bolton Gallery Brooklyn | Samara Shuter Toronto | SANTAMARIA ART SPACE Moscow | SCAI Seoul | SHIM / Aspen Art Collective Brooklyn | SHIM / Brooklyn Brooklyn | SHIM / International Brooklyn | SHIM / Invitational Brooklyn | Singulart Paris | Skye Gallery Brooklyn | SPACE 776 Brooklyn | Stephen Wilson Studio Charlotte | Studio CI.CO Rome | Super Buddha Miami | The Empty Circle Brooklyn | Tina Psoinos New York | WGS Contemporary Washington | ZOOMGALLERY Seoul
Deming King Harriman, "The Tarot Card Paintings", SHIM Art Network
Wednesday, Dec 4 - Friday, Dec 6 | Open to close | Terrace Lounge
Visual Performance Art
SHIM Art Network brings to view Works inProgress, in which artist Alan King employs a totemic relation to surface painting through his working method of micro abstraction in real time.
@shimartnetwork | @alanking55
Friday, Dec 6 | 3 - 4pm | Throughout fair
Performance
SHIM Art Network in partnership with Mas Tassini Studio, IFA Paris, LCBio Normandie and the mask master Sergio Boldrin present NO PLASTIC, a performance by Alexandra Mas underlining the ecological emergency associated with plastic pollution and our shared responsibility for greater sustainability.
Saturday, Dec 7 - Sunday, De 8 | Open to close | Terrace Lounge
Visual Performance Art
SHIM Art Network reveals the art of divination through Deming King Harriman's genesis of hand-painted Tarot cards and custom readings performed as The Tarot Card Paintings.
@shimartnetwork | @demingkingharrimanart
Wednesday, Dec 4 - Sunday, Dec 8 | Open to close | Throughout fair
Visual Performance Art
SHIM Art Network focuses on creating an open sourced space at Aqua to capture connection through the lens of the Miami Photo Project, an interactive portraiture initiative led by photographer Murphy McCoy of Aspen Art Curation.
A One Day fair pass provides admission to Aqua Art Miami only. A Multi-Day pass provides admission to Aqua Art Miami, as well as Art Miami and CONTEXT Art Miami.
$25 One-day pass
$100 Multi-day pass
$20 Students 12 - 18 & Seniors 62+
Free Children under 12 accompanied by an adult
Show Management strictly prohibits Pets from entering the Aqua facilities. Only animals assisting handicapped or disabled individuals are exempt from this rule.
