David Correa’s (b. 1999, Miami, FL) multi-faceted art practice paints surreal and elaborate narratives exploring and satirizing modern man’s existential relationship to the tool and the self. Contextualized through collective aspects of Latin American situationism, Correa further informs these narratives by referencing political theory, mythology, art history, and philosophy, creating networks of ideologies which depict the Latin laborer as an absurdist figure.
Alberto Checa is a multidisciplinary artist who immigrated to Miami, FL, from Cuba in 2008. Checa’s work seeks to recontextualize the labor of the Latino working class within the American landscape through empathy, obsession, and process. He employs abstract world-building and DIY systems to reveal the exploitative and futile nature of the Brown body.
Tom Scicluna (b. 1974 London, UK) lives and works in Miami, FL. Working with readily available materials, Scicluna’s practice includes site-based sculptures, architectural interventions, and performative gestures that actively engage the spatial, material, and contextual conditions of exhibition and display. Recent shows and projects include: Domain, Nina Johnson, Miami, FL; 2019 Atlanta Biennial: A thousand tomorrows, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA; Some Aesthetic Decisions: Centennial Celebration of Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain, NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, FL; and Climate Sync, a public artwork realized in conjunction with Miami-Dade Art in Public Places. His work is in the permanent collections of ICA Miami, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, and the Pérez Art Museum Miami.
Javier Barrera’s creative process is a philosophical search, shaped by matters of practice and procedure that extend through mixed media and installation. Ideas are guided by aesthetics and grounded in a definite social context that relates to contemporary culture. He received his BA in Philosophy at Boston University and his MFA in Media Art at CUNY—Hunter College.
Christopher Carter was born in Albuquerque, NM and was raised in Boston, MA. He currently lives and works in Miami, FL. Infused by a blend of ethnic and urban influences, Carter’s bold and organic sculptures strongly reflect his African American, Native American and European heritage. His assemblages embody power and energy accentuated by the source materials he selects for his creations. Carter has an MFA in Sculpture from the University of California, Berkeley and a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). His work has been featured in numerous museum exhibitions, galleries and art fairs, and is included in private and public collections including the National Museum of African American History and Culture-Smithsonian in Washington, DC.
George Sánchez-Calderón (b. 1967, New York City) is a Miami-based artist and the son of Cuban exiles. Raised in Miami, where he has chosen to live and work for most of his life, Sánchez-Calderón has worked independently without gallery representation since 1995. His multidisciplinary practice—spanning installation, photography, and conceptual projects—engages themes of displacement, architecture, and the Latino experience in America. Known for ambitious, site-specific works, he gained critical attention for *La Bendición / The Blessing* (2001–2003), a striking eighty-percent scale replica of Le Corbusier’s *Villa Savoye* installed beneath Interstate 395 in downtown Miami. His projects often confront the complexities of urban infrastructure and socio-political tension, using built environments as both subject and stage.
Luna Palazzolo-Daboul (b. 1991, Mar del Plata, Argentina) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Miami. A self taught artist, Luna developed her artistic style through years of assisting artists and working in conservation, shaping her practice along the way. Working primarily in sculpture and installation, Palazzolo’s practice also spans other mediums, including video performance, painting, and digital technology. She is drawn to industrial materials such as rebar and cement, creating labor-intensive works that also incorporate iterated and replicated objects carrying symbolic significance. Influenced by the minimalist movements of the 1960s and 70s, South American folk culture, Beat Generation poets, and the philosophical works of Ernest Becker, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Mark Twain, Luna’s work explores themes of morality, identity, and the human condition. Her style could be described as iconoclastic, exposing some resistance and a subtle irony as critiques of society.
Loni Johnson is a multi-disciplinary visual artist born and raised in Miami, FL. As an artist, educator, mother, and activist, Johnson understands that as artists, there is a cyclical obligation to give back and nurture our communities with her creative gift and it must be utilized to better our world. Through movement and ritual, the artist creates healing spaces for Black women and explores how ancestral and historical memory informs how, when and where we enter and claim spaces.
Open to all visitors from 11—4 pm. Progressive Art Brunch brings together participating galleries several Sundays throughout the year. The event highlights the current programming at each venue and enables visitors a more intimate look at the exhibitions on view.
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