CULTURE CRAWL

Miami Beach Botanical Garden
2000 Convention Center Drive | www.mbgarden.org
Trolley Stop: Meridian Ave & 19 St

• En el amoroso pantano de las hojas secas de otoño/In the Loving Swamp of Dry Autumn Leaves: The Art of Luján Candria
  Please join us for a cocktail reception celebrating the opening of En el amoroso pantano de las hojas secas de otoño/In the Loving Swamp of Dry Autumn Leaves: The Art of Luján Candria. Curated by Dina Mitrani and Marina Font, this event takes place in the Garden's Butterfly Gallery during May's Miami Beach Culture Crawl.

  Luja?n Candria is a Miami-based Argentine artist who uses diverse media to create introspective works about memory and oblivion. She often uses the repetition of images with subtle light variations to create intimate narratives and poetics loaded with nostalgia.

  Luja?n Candria explores the natural landscape, using specific vegetation and foliage as the main subjects of her photo-based, mixed-media works. Candria’s premise is that the work will look familiar – not because we can visually recognize them – but because of the emotional response arises within us, appearing to be linked to landscapes that are signified in our memory.

  In the creative process, Candria intervenes the photographic images by juxtaposing, multiplying and fragmenting them. The sharpest images get mixed with the more diffuse ones until they turn into almost imperceptible forms or completely disappear to become a simple plain color. As happens with many of our memories that become blurry over time and then come back to us as incomplete narratives.

  Candria graduated in sculpture from Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (UNA) and received Associate Degree from Escuela Nacional de Cera?mica in Buenos Aires. In addition, she studied Applied Musical Computer Science at Fonorama and Image Editing at Mac Training Center (UNTREF).

  She was an artist in residence at Oolites (Art Center SF) Miami. Awarded the ArtReview Residency Prize, Candria was an artist in residence at Casa Wabi, Oaxaca. 2019. In 2020, her work was selected to be included in MIA’s permanent collection. Candria has presented solo exhibitions at international galleries and institutions. Her work has also participated in group shows, art fairs, and festivals in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the United States. Candria was selected to take part in Salo?n Acme 2023. Mexico City. She is currently an artist in residence at Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami.

  FREE TO ATTEND, PLEASE RSVP HERE

Miami Beach Urban Studios – FIU
1618 Washington Avenue | www.carta.fiu.edu/mbus
Trolley Stop: Washington Ave & 17 St

• Washington Gallery | 1618 Washington Avenue
  6PM - 8:30 PM | Makes and Matrices Exhibition
  Join us for the highly anticipated opening reception of the solo exhibition, Makes and Matrices by FIU Alum and Oolite Arts Fellow, Rhea Leonard. Rhea skillfully creates powerful and thought-provoking pieces that explore the Black body and its relation to society. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience Rhea’s intricate and poignant figurative works firsthand. We hope to see you there! The exhibition is on view May 18 through August 24, 2023. Washington Gallery, SoA Miami Beach Urban Studios, 1618 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL. Free and open to the public.

• FIU Urban Studios, Miami Beach Visual Arts Gallery | 1602A Washington Avenue
  6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Excavating Fragments: The Mixed Media Art of John Colon
  Join us in-person as we celebrate the opening of Excavating Fragments: The Mixed Media Art of John Colon. This exhibition will be on view from May 18, 2023, to August 25, 2023, at the Miami Beach Visual Arts Gallery, located at 1602 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL.