The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery in Pembroke Pines presents ‘Hyphenated Encounters’ & ‘Discord and Serenity’ Opening September 17th

 

The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery in Pembroke Pines presents two new exhibition projects opening September 17, 2026: Hyphenated Encounters, a collaborative presentation with Deering Estate featuring the work of Cuban American artist Lilian Garcia-Roig, and Discord and Serenity, curated by RemiJin Camping and featuring works by Barry University MFA students Joy Johnson and Bruna Marcon Weber. Hyphenated Encounters brings together two interconnected curatorial projects—Lilian Garcia-Roig: A Practice of Place, curated by Sophie Bonet, Chief Curator of The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery, and Deering Estate Residency: Lilian Garcia-Roig, Site, and the Labor of Belonging, curated by Liliam Dominguez, Head Curator of Deering Estate. Together, these presentations offer audiences an expansive exploration of place, identity, memory, perception, and the complex inner and outer worlds explored through contemporary art.

Art lovers and aficionados are cordially invited to enjoy the Opening Reception for these new exhibitions on Thursday, September 17th from 6 – 9pm at The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery for an evening of art, conversation, and exploration. Light refreshments will be served, and the event is free and open to the public. The Frank is located at 601 City Center Way in Pembroke Pines, Florida 33025. Opening that evening, Hyphenated Encounters brings together two interconnected curatorial projects presented in collaboration with Deering Estate, while Discord and Serenity will be presented separately in The Frank Third Space. Together, these exhibitions offer audiences an opportunity to explore questions of place, identity, memory, perception, emotion, and the complex relationship between what is seen and what remains hidden.

Image Courtesy of Deering Estate. Photo: Jorge Gonzalez Graupera

Hyphenated Encounters: A Practice of Place

Spanning more than three decades of artistic practice, Lilian Garcia-Roig: A Practice of Place brings together a selection of paintings and mixed-media works by Cuban American artist Lilian Garcia-Roig. The exhibition traces the evolution of her sustained engagement with landscape, revealing how close observation, material experimentation, and lived experience have shaped a practice rooted in place. From the subtropical environments of South Florida to the limestone valleys of Cuba, Garcia-Roig’s work invites viewers to experience landscape as something inhabited rather than simply observed.

Lilian Garcia-Roig, Palm Strangler, 2024. Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in. Courtesy of the artist.

A recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Garcia-Roig is recognized as one of the leading voices in contemporary landscape painting. Together, the works on view offer a compelling survey of an artistic practice that continues to evolve while remaining deeply connected to the environments that inspire it. Curated by Sophie Bonet, Chief Curator, The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery. Hyphenated Encounters will be on view at The Frank in the Main Gallery from September 17, 2026, through January 17, 2027. Admission is free and open to the public Wednesday through Sunday from 11am to 5pm.

Lilian Garcia-Roig, Fluid Perception: Banyan as Metaphor, 2022. Oil on canvas, 168 x 240 in. Courtesy of the artist.

Deering Estate Residency: Lilian Garcia-Roig, Site, and the Labor of Belonging

Part of the Deering Estate AT program, this exhibition features Lilian Garcia-Roig, who is widely recognized as an on-site painter, though the term only begins to describe her practice. Rather than painting a landscape from a distance, Garcia-Roig paints directly with it, treating each location as a living field of negotiation between memory, perception, and presence. Over time, the tropical landscape has become essential to her visual language. Florida’s banyans, mangroves, sabal palms, and strangler figs offer a natural vocabulary that speaks to her Cuban heritage, one built on entanglement rather than hierarchy, and on lateral growth and survival rather than singular dominance.

Lilian Garcia-Roig, Hyphenated Nature: Two Rocks of Geographic Significance to Me (Skykomish River in WA & El Morro in Havana Harbor), 2020. Oil on canvas (left) & Acrylic with Cuban dirt pigment on canvas (right), 36 x 70 in. Courtesy of the artist.

During her 2024 residency at the Deering Estate, Garcia-Roig immersed herself in the property’s own tangled terrain, working directly on-site. The resulting body of work reflects a sustained, site-specific engagement, continuing her long practice of letting the landscape shape the painting rather than the other way around. Complementing Garcia-Roig’s work, an exclusive short film created by fellow Artist-in-Residence Jorge Gonzalez Graupera deepens the viewer’s connection to these themes. Curated by Liliam Dominguez, Head Curator, Deering Estate.

Bruna Marcon Weber

Discord and Serenity

Discord and Serenity brings together the work of Joy Johnson and Bruna Marcon Weber, two Barry University MFA students whose analog photographic practices explore the complex interior worlds that exist beneath the surface of everyday life. Working through staged environments, personal objects, domestic spaces, and analog processes, Johnson and Marcon Weber consider how emotions and desires are internalized, concealed, and ultimately expressed. Their photographs transform familiar spaces and objects into sites of psychological inquiry, revealing the tensions between what is visible and what remains hidden, between composure and release, and between the identities we inhabit publicly and the experiences we carry within. In What Can the Space in a Room Hold?, Johnson approaches the subconscious as an interior space—one populated by objects, memories, associations, and aspects of the self that may be revealed or kept behind a closed door. Through personal objects and environments, her photographs invite viewers to consider what their own internal spaces might contain.

Joy Johnson

Marcon Weber’s Rare Opportunities to Be Alone turns toward the domestic sphere, examining suppressed anger, emotional restraint, and the often-unseen pressures associated with caregiving, family life, and reproductive and domestic labor. Using staged color photographs made on 120 film, she reimagines familiar rooms and household objects as expressions of emotions that are ordinarily contained. Together, the two bodies of work create a dialogue between discord and serenity, asking what happens when private emotions enter visible space—and what photography can reveal about the parts of ourselves that are difficult to articulate. Curated by RemiJin Camping. Discord and Serenity will be presented in The Frank Third Space from September 17, 2026, through January 17, 2027. Admission is free and open to the public Wednesday through Sunday from 11am to 5pm.

The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery

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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.


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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.

The Frank Art Gallery in Pembroke Pines presents a conversation with Edison Peñafiel

 

Wednesday, February 18th from 6 – 8pm join The Frank Art Gallery in Pembroke Pines for an insightful conversation with artist Edison Peñafiel, learn more about his process and practice. Moderated by The Frank’s Chief Curator, Sophie Bonet, this free discussion will explore themes of memory, migration, and transitions. Registration is not required; light refreshments will be provided. 

This Event is Free & Open to The Public | RSVP HERE. All are Welcome!

Guests can explore Edison Peñafiel’s current exhibition at The Frank, ‘Me pongo el sol al hombro y el mundo es amarillo‘ (I Carry the Sun on My Shoulder and the World Turns Yellow), a large-scale installation on view at The Frank, January 29th through April 11th, 2026.

In Edison Peñafiel’s Me pongo el sol al hombro y el mundo es amarillo (I Carry the Sun on My Shoulder and the World Turns Yellow), the exhibition features a large-scale installation composed of suspended painted curtains that shape the gallery into a space of movement, pause, and shifting perspective. As visitors walk through the work, scenes unfold gradually—figures resting, departing, and lingering in moments of transition. Rather than offering a single point of view, the installation encourages viewers to slow down, wander, and experience the work through their own movement. Color, scale, and material create a rhythmic environment that invites reflection on presence, memory, and the experience of carrying forward. *Made possible with support from the Broward County Cultural Division.

Me pongo el sol al hombro y el mundo es amarillo, 2026. The Frank in Pembroke Pines.

The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery in Pembroke Pines Presents Two New Art Exhibitions, ‘Habitar una nube’ and ‘Me pongo el sol al hombro y el mundo es amarillo‘

Edison Peñafiel

The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery in Pembroke Pines presents two new concurrent solo exhibitions, which opened on Thursday, January 29, 2026, offering audiences distinct yet resonant contemporary perspectives through immersive installation, video, and material-driven practices. ‘Habitar una nube’, (To Inhabit a Cloud), a solo exhibition by Argentine artist Adrián Sosa, and ‘Me pongo el sol al hombro y el mundo es amarillo‘ (I Carry the Sun on My Shoulder and the World Turns Yellow), a large-scale installation by multidisciplinary artist Edison Peñafiel. Together, these exhibitions create a compelling dialogue around labor, memory, movement, and embodied experience—inviting visitors to navigate space, time, and perception through physical encounter. On view January 29th through April 11th, 2026.

Adrián Sosa

Art lovers and the community are warmly invited to attend the Opening Reception for both exhibitions on Thursday, January 29th from 6–9pm at The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery. This event is free & open to the public, offering an opportunity to experience both exhibitions in a shared moment of exploration and conversation. The Frank Gallery is located at 601 City Center Way in Pembroke Pines, Florida 33025.

Edison Peñafiel

In Habitar una nube (“To Inhabit a Cloud”), Sosa draws from the rural landscapes and labor histories of Tucumán, Argentina, where smoke, dust, and suspended matter shape everyday life. Through video, sculptural elements, and performative action, the exhibition is grounded in material presence and lived experience, approaching labor as a bodily condition rather than a symbolic subject. The works unfold through gesture, repetition, and duration, creating an atmosphere of density and suspension. The cloud functions not as metaphor, but as environment—something inhabited, breathed, and endured. Viewers are invited into a phenomenological encounter with territory, memory, and the body as they register through time and material. Adrian Sosa: Habitar una nube (To Inhabit a Cloud) is curated by Sophie Bonet, Chief Curator, and presented by The Frank C. Ortis Gallery in partnership with Ceibo Gallery in collaboration with Pabellón 4 Arte Contemporáneo and Fulana Galería.

Adrián Sosa

Adrián Sosa (ARG, 1994) was born in Monteros, Tucumán, Argentina, where he lives and works. He holds a degree in Visual Arts from the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán and has completed advanced studies in cultural management and artist programs at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. His practice, developed since 2017, has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Premio Braque (2023), which supported a residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. Sosa has presented solo exhibitions in Argentina and participated in exhibitions and fairs in Argentina, France, and Peru, including Pinta PArC Lima. His work has been featured in national salons and performance festivals, and is held in public and private collections in Argentina and Brazil. Rooted in family history and rural labor traditions, his work engages territory, materiality, and embodied memory as forms of lived knowledge.

In Edison Peñafiel’s Me pongo el sol al hombro y el mundo es amarillo (I Carry the Sun on My Shoulder and the World Turns Yellow), the exhibition features a large-scale installation composed of suspended painted curtains that shape the gallery into a space of movement, pause, and shifting perspective. As visitors walk through the work, scenes unfold gradually—figures resting, departing, and lingering in moments of transition. Rather than offering a single point of view, the installation encourages viewers to slow down, wander, and experience the work through their own movement. Color, scale, and material create a rhythmic environment that invites reflection on presence, memory, and the experience of carrying forward. *Made possible with support from the Broward County Cultural Division.

Edison Peñafiel (b. 1985, Guayaquil, Ecuador) is a multidisciplinary artist whose large-scale installations explore themes of movement, power, memory, and perception. After immigrating to the United States in 2002, his work has increasingly reflected on the emotional and historical conditions that shape contemporary life. Peñafiel’s installations combine painting, sculpture, video, and sound, often drawing from German Expressionism and cinematic language to create psychologically charged environments. His work has been exhibited at institutions including the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, and the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo 2 de Mayo (CA2M) in Madrid. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a VIA Art Fund Production Grant, the Knight Foundation Award and Florida Prize in Contemporary Art, the Ellies Creator Award, and the Premio ARCO Comunidad de Madrid. His work is held in the collections of Oolite Arts, Elsewhere Museum, and CA2M.

About The Frank: Named in honor of longtime Pembroke Pines Mayor Frank C. Ortis for his dedication to the arts, The Frank is a dynamic contemporary art space committed to fostering innovation, critical dialogue, and creative exploration. As a site for artistic research and interdisciplinary collaboration, The Frank champions groundbreaking exhibitions, experimental practices, and immersive programming that connect artists, thinkers, and communities in meaningful ways. With an evolving roster of regional and national artists, The Frank’s exhibitions push boundaries across disciplines—ranging from visual arts and design to performance, new media, and socially engaged practices. The expansive, two-story venue houses multiple exhibition spaces, including The Project Room and the Third Space, alongside a dedicated learning studio designed for workshops, lectures, and hands-on engagement.

Adrián Sosa, Ensayos de nube, 2020. Video performance, 3 min 17 sec.

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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Sensory Saturday at The Frank on April 12th from 9-11am

Must-See Exhibitions at The Frank Gallery in Pembroke Pines! Guests will experience a compelling exploration of memory, perception, and the vanishing horizons of South Florida.

 

The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery in Pembroke Pines presents two new art exhibitions running from March 13 – June 7, 2025. ‘Adventum Floridana: Witnessing the Layers of a Vanishing Horizon’, a solo exhibition by Andrés Cabrera-Garcia curated by Sophie Bonet, examining the fragile beauty of South Florida’s landscapes in a state of flux, offering viewers an opportunity to engage with the region’s shifting horizons through Cabrera-Garcia’s compelling works. And ‘Of Seeing and Being’, featuring works by Deering Estate Artists-in-Residence Giannina Dwin and Tony Fernandez, who explore themes of presence, absence, and the interplay between the visible and hidden. Curated by Liliam Dominguez, Head Curator and Museum and Collections Manager at Deering Estate.

Andrés Cabrera-Garcia

Cabrera-Garcia’s practice captures the tensions between nature and human intervention, translating ephemeral moments of light, texture, and urban transformation into dynamic visual narratives. His expressive brushstrokes evoke the sensory experience of South Florida—dense humidity, fading light, and the ever-present hum of development—immersing viewers in the visceral realities of a landscape in transition. Central to the exhibition is a monumental polyptych, a “Platonic Ridge,” embodying the fragmentation and cohesion of South Florida’s evolving terrain. Complemented by an array of found objects and construction debris, the gallery becomes an archaeological site, immersing visitors in the dual forces of destruction and renewal.

Andrés Cabrera-Garcia

Cabrera-Garcia’s practice captures the tensions between nature and human intervention, translating ephemeral moments of light, texture, and urban transformation into dynamic visual narratives. His expressive brushstrokes evoke the sensory experience of South Florida—dense humidity, fading light, and the ever-present hum of development—immersing viewers in the visceral realities of a landscape in transition. Central to the exhibition is a monumental polyptych, a “Platonic Ridge,” embodying the fragmentation and cohesion of South Florida’s evolving terrain. Complemented by an array of found objects and construction debris, the gallery becomes an archaeological site, immersing visitors in the dual forces of destruction and renewal.

Andrés Cabrera-Garcia

Curator Sophie Bonet approaches Adventum Floridana through the lens of Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology, emphasizing the active, embodied nature of perception. “This exhibition is not just about observing Cabrera-Garcia’s work,” Bonet explains. “It is about experiencing these landscapes as extensions of ourselves—an entanglement of memory, materiality, and transformation.” The result is an exhibition that challenges viewers to witness and reflect upon the tenuous beauty of South Florida’s environment and its precarious future. Cabrera-Garcia’s works are not merely representations but invitations to participate in the ongoing dialogue between nature and humanity.

Giannina Dwin (2025), Untitled, Salt Installation, dimensions variable

The Deering Estate, in collaboration with The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery, is proud to present Of Seeing and Being, an evocative exhibition featuring works by Deering Estate Artists-in-Residence Giannina Dwin and Tony Fernandez. curated by Liliam Dominguez, Head Curator and Museum and Collections Manager at Deering Estate. This exhibition is part of the Deering Estate at The Frank program, a partnership that brings Deering Estate Artists-in-Residence to new audiences by showcasing their work in dynamic, collaborative venues beyond the Estate.

Tony Fernandez (2024), Large Black Mangrove, pigment ink-print on aluminum printmount, 36″ x 54″

Of Seeing and Being delves into profound questions of presence, absence, and the interplay between the visible and the hidden. Drawing inspiration from Martin Heidegger’s concepts of Dasein (“Being there”) and Poiesis (the creative act of bringing forth Being), the exhibition offers a thought-provoking exploration of identity, temporality, and the human relationship with the environment. Giannina Dwin’s practice incorporates ephemeral materials such as salt to symbolize the delicate balance between durability and impermanence. Her sculptures, inspired by mangrove roots and seeds, and her depictions of the female form in ceramic works evoke themes of memory, transformation, and resistance.

Tony Fernandez’s photographic abstractions present a poetic and cinematic interpretation of the Deering Estate’s natural landscapes. His depictions of mangroves and banyan roots transcend mere documentation, blurring the line between the seen and unseen, and inviting viewers to engage deeply with their surroundings. Complementing the exhibition are two short films created by fellow Deering Estate Artist-in-Residence Jorge Gonzalez Graupera, offering a unique lens into the practices of Dwin and Fernandez.

‘Penumbra Brew Quartet‘, an exhibition featuring Studio 18 Art Complex resident artist Carlos Solorzano, where the canvas becomes a psychological theater—a liminal space where memory, culture, and the subconscious collide. This showcase of four airbrushed acrylic works—abstract yet evocative—stand as the surviving fragments of an intense creative process, remnants of an attempt to distill the ineffable. Here, the artist functions as both alchemist and medium, transforming a turbulent inner landscape into an atmospheric brew of earthy tones and spectral imagery. This exhibition is on view from March 13th through June 7th, 2025.

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
Follow The Frank Gallery on Instagram @thefrankpembrokepines

The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery presents Two New Exhibitions, ‘Adventum Floridana: Witnessing the Layers of a Vanishing Horizon’ & ‘Of Being and Seeing’ Opening March 13th

 

The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery in Pembroke Pines presents two new art exhibitions running from March 13 – June 7, 2025. ‘Adventum Floridana: Witnessing the Layers of a Vanishing Horizon’, a solo exhibition by Andrés Cabrera-Garcia curated by Sophie Bonet, examining the fragile beauty of South Florida’s landscapes in a state of flux, offering viewers an opportunity to engage with the region’s shifting horizons through Cabrera-Garcia’s compelling works. And ‘Of Seeing and Being’, featuring works by Deering Estate Artists-in-Residence Giannina Dwin and Tony Fernandez, who explore themes of presence, absence, and the interplay between the visible and hidden. Curated by Liliam Dominguez, Head Curator and Museum and Collections Manager at Deering Estate.

Art lovers and aficionados are cordially invited to enjoy the Opening Reception for both exhibitions on Thursday, March 13th from 6 – 9pm at The Frank Gallery for an evening of art, conversation, and exploration. Light refreshments will be served; this event is free & open to the public. The Frank Gallery is located at 601 City Center Way in Pembroke Pines, Florida 33025. Guests will experience a compelling exploration of memory, perception, and the vanishing horizons of South Florida. Together, these two exhibitions create a dynamic dialogue celebrating South Florida’s rich cultural and ecological landscapes.

Andrés Cabrera-Garcia

Cabrera-Garcia’s practice captures the tensions between nature and human intervention, translating ephemeral moments of light, texture, and urban transformation into dynamic visual narratives. His expressive brushstrokes evoke the sensory experience of South Florida—dense humidity, fading light, and the ever-present hum of development—immersing viewers in the visceral realities of a landscape in transition. Central to the exhibition is a monumental polyptych, a “Platonic Ridge,” embodying the fragmentation and cohesion of South Florida’s evolving terrain. Complemented by an array of found objects and construction debris, the gallery becomes an archaeological site, immersing visitors in the dual forces of destruction and renewal.

Andrés Cabrera-Garcia

Curator Sophie Bonet approaches Adventum Floridana through the lens of Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology, emphasizing the active, embodied nature of perception. “This exhibition is not just about observing Cabrera-Garcia’s work,” Bonet explains. “It is about experiencing these landscapes as extensions of ourselves—an entanglement of memory, materiality, and transformation.” The result is an exhibition that challenges viewers to witness and reflect upon the tenuous beauty of South Florida’s environment and its precarious future. Cabrera-Garcia’s works are not merely representations but invitations to participate in the ongoing dialogue between nature and humanity.

Andrés Cabrera-Garcia

The Deering Estate, in collaboration with The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery, is proud to present Of Seeing and Being, an evocative exhibition featuring works by Deering Estate Artists-in-Residence Giannina Dwin and Tony Fernandez. curated by Liliam Dominguez, Head Curator and Museum and Collections Manager at Deering Estate. This exhibition is part of the Deering Estate at The Frank program, a partnership that brings Deering Estate Artists-in-Residence to new audiences by showcasing their work in dynamic, collaborative venues beyond the Estate.

Giannina Dwin (2025), Untitled, Salt Installation, dimensions variable

Of Seeing and Being delves into profound questions of presence, absence, and the interplay between the visible and the hidden. Drawing inspiration from Martin Heidegger’s concepts of Dasein (“Being there”) and Poiesis (the creative act of bringing forth Being), the exhibition offers a thought-provoking exploration of identity, temporality, and the human relationship with the environment. Giannina Dwin’s practice incorporates ephemeral materials such as salt to symbolize the delicate balance between durability and impermanence. Her sculptures, inspired by mangrove roots and seeds, and her depictions of the female form in ceramic works evoke themes of memory, transformation, and resistance.

Tony Fernandez (2024), Large Black Mangrove, pigment ink-print on aluminum printmount, 36″ x 54″

Tony Fernandez’s photographic abstractions present a poetic and cinematic interpretation of the Deering Estate’s natural landscapes. His depictions of mangroves and banyan roots transcend mere documentation, blurring the line between the seen and unseen, and inviting viewers to engage deeply with their surroundings. Complementing the exhibition are two short films created by fellow Deering Estate Artist-in-Residence Jorge Gonzalez Graupera, offering a unique lens into the practices of Dwin and Fernandez.

Giannina Dwin, 'Waves at Free!', Salt Installation, dimensions variable, Photo by Diana Larrea

‘Penumbra Brew Quartet‘, an exhibition featuring Studio 18 Art Complex resident artist Carlos Solorzano, where the canvas becomes a psychological theater—a liminal space where memory, culture, and the subconscious collide. This showcase of four airbrushed acrylic works—abstract yet evocative—stand as the surviving fragments of an intense creative process, remnants of an attempt to distill the ineffable. Here, the artist functions as both alchemist and medium, transforming a turbulent inner landscape into an atmospheric brew of earthy tones and spectral imagery. This exhibition is on view from March 13th through June 7th, 2025.

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
Follow The Frank Gallery on Instagram @thefrankpembrokepines