Mary Lindstrom - Numinous Origins

ARTIST MARY LINDSTROM OPENS AT SWAMPSPACE 

NUMINOUS ORIGINS by Mary Lindstrom 

Opening Reception: Thursday October 17, 2024  7-10pm

October 17 - November 8

To launch the 2024 cultural season, Swampspace presents the premier solo exhibition of  Mary Lindstrom NUMINOUS ORIGINS - Animism in the Age of Information. 

This first early career survey features graphite drawings and paintings by first generation Russo-American artist working in Miami. Lindstrom’s dynamic compositions are intuitively guided by automatism inspired by the Desert Transcendental Painting Group of the 19 40’s  from Taos, NM and Santa Fe, AZ.  Mary energetically composes scintillating imagery of the everyday world. She steers the viewer to unknown realms loaded with cascading luminescent ornamentations in biomorphic scapes.  Ultimately, Mary’s message is one of signifying reverence for life affirming sacredness of humanity. 

About the Artist: Mary Lindstrom born 1999 immigrated from Russia where she attended a state-run municipal art academy focused on traditional academic techniques and folk art. Upon moving to America she was enrolled in Design Architecture Senior High school in Miami. Upon graduation Mary moved to NYC where she earned her BFA in 3D Animation and VFX from the School of Visual Arts. More recently Lindstrom has traveled abroad to artist residencies in Loire Valley in France, and in Napoli, Italy. 

Swampspace Gallery was founded in 2008 in the Miami Design District as an alternative art space presenting varied cultural events for the novice and seasoned art enthusiasts. 

Contemplating Coalescence Union - Graphite on paper 2024

Bus Shelter Art for Miami-Dade AIPP 2023 

Summer Music Club

SUMMER MUSIC CLUB  OPENS IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT

AUGUST 24TH  7-11 PM

Swampspace is thrilled to present the 2024 SUMMER MUSIC CLUB. 

Join us for a night of live music, art, performance, fashion, film and fortune-telling. 

The line-up includes talented local rising stars and hearty perennial luminaries that are sure to deliver on our reputation as the heart and soul of unvarnished sophistication. Join us for a fun cultural celebration of 20 years in the incomparable Miami Design District. 

MESCALINE JELLYBEANS WITH MARCOS CHERLE

ANA MENDEZ PERFORMANCE

SOUND DESIGN BY DROWNING THE VIRGIN SILENCE

DASSAD

FSK HUVNX - DAVID BRIESKE

APOLLO 

THE AMAZING ULTRAN AKA DAVID ROHN

PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIGITTE GROSJEAN

SMOOTH PLAYLIST WITH DJ 

LIBATIONS BY LIQUID DEATH

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ProjectArt MIA24 - Kaleidoscope

ProjectArt presents

Kaleidoscope: Refractions of Community and Care

A Group Exhibition

Swampspace

3940 N Miami Ave, Miami, FL 33127

Opening Reception:

Friday, May 17th, 2024 7:00 pm - 10 pm

On view through May 31st

Featuring:

Alana Barrett Halley Bohm Nerea Arte Mansu Silvana Soriano Sophia Wong

Kaleidoscope: Refractions of Community and Care orbits Miami-Dade neighborhoods and the burgeoning young artists who live here, through the lenses of their teachers. ProjectArt residents weave threads of collaboration, time’s swift passing, the joy of youth, literature, and art’s transformative power through their work. Like a kaleidoscope, the collection emulates an ever-evolving and intricate display of color and shape.

As a timeless practice deeply embedded in human history, teaching has continuously served as the cornerstone of communal progress, nurturing minds, fostering growth, and passing on the collective wisdom of generations with care. As John Steinbeck said, “I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts, since the medium is the human mind and spirit.” The exhibiting resident artists utilize installation, collage, surrealism, and conceptual painting to transmute the impact of their teaching experiences in these new works of art.

Moreover, this body of work serves as a meditation on libraries and all that they offer to communities. Libraries stand as repositories of knowledge and, currently, an overlooked site of political struggle. They are one of the few remaining third space places where “anyone can be, without buying anything,” as noted by Emily Drabinski, President of the American Library Association. In light of recent pushes for book bans, this exhibition serves to celebrate libraries, not just as physical structures, but as vibrant hubs of community, connection and intellectual exploration. _____________________________________________________________________________________________

Kaleidoscope: Refractions of Community and Care will open May 17th, 2024 at 7:00 pm. ProjectArt Resident Artists Alana Barrett, Halley Bohm, Nerea Arte Mansu, Silvana Soriano, and Sophia Wong will be present to discuss the artwork created during their residency with attendees.

The event is free and open to the public. RSVP on Partiful here.

ProjectArt empowers youth, emerging artists, and communities through partnerships with public libraries in 6 cities from coast to coast. ProjectArt’s Resident Teaching Artists teach free, after-school art classes to children in under-served areas while developing new artwork informed by their experience working within the community and utilizing library resources. This exhibition serves as a testament to our commitment to bridging the opportunity gap in art education and promoting creativity and cultural understanding among the younger generation.

ProjectArt’s Miami program is offered in 5 libraries in Miami-Dade Public library System including North Central, Culmer/Overtown, Shenandoah, Kendall, Naranja Branches. Special thanks to our supporters, including The Miami Foundation, Batchelor Foundation, The Kirk Foundation, Cornelia T. Bailey and Youth Arts Miami, Miami-Dade County. A heartfelt thanks extended to our partners Miami Bridge Youth and Family Service, Overtown Optimist Club, and TouchingMiamiWithLove as well. ProjectArt expresses deep gratitude for Swampspace’s invaluable impact on our community and organization through providing local artists with space and support to present their work.

About Swampspace Gallery: Swampspace was founded in 2008 by Oliver Sanchez in the Miami Design District as an alternative art space presenting varied cultural events for the novice and seasoned art enthusiast.

For press only

About the Artists:

Alana Barrett Kendall Branch Resident Artist
Alana Barrett is a multidisciplinary artist and educator that works across a variety of two dimensional and three dimensional mediums, including paint, woodworking, electronics and fabrics. Her work spans a variety of subject matter from robotic sculptures to hard-edged abstract paintings. All of her work, however, is united by playful spatial relationships, whimsical perspectives, and her curious nature and willingness to experiment.

Halley Bohm Shenandoah Branch Resident Artist
Halley Bohm is a multidisciplinary artist who creates interactive installations that engage the senses and explore unexpected interactions that arise from community connection. They received their BFA in Digital Arts from Pratt Institute in 2022, where they majored in Interactive Art. Bohm’s upbringing in Miami Beach along with the energy and colors of the city's ocean continue to influence their work. From sculpture and ceramics to drawing, painting, bookmaking, projection mapping, generative code, hardware, performance, movement, and most recently, mosaic and stained glass, Bohm's work spans a range of mediums, often incorporating wearable elements or encouraging touch.

Nerea Arte Mansu Naranja Branch Resident Artist
Nerea is a Latina visual artist and illustrator based in Miami, FL. Her body of work continuously explores different emotions and ideas through the use of nontraditional materials like coffee, tea, fabric and leaves. It is in continuous motion and often differs in styles. Her use of different styles and mediums are a conscious effort to represent her constant growth and exploration. Her art, like herself, is ever evolving - both mess and a masterpiece.

Silvana Soriano North Central Branch Resident Artist
Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Silvana Soriano is a visual artist, art teacher, and illustrator currently based in Miami, Florida. Soriano has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Brazil, Spain, France, the USA, and Cuba, including having her work featured at Pinta Miami Art Fair, Scope and Volta Art Fair New York. She is

represented by The CAMP gallery in Miami. She has also illustrated several books, spanning from children’s literature to poetry and publishing an art magazine online.

Sophia Wong Culmer/ Overtown Branch Resident Artist
The mixed media paintings by Sona (Sophia Wong) depict portraits and scenes influenced by her multicultural upbringing in Miami, Florida, and her curiosity and exploration of indigenous cultures and practices.

Reflecting on the complexities of the human experience, both personal and collective, her work, which is characterized by a neutral color palette and gripping atmosphere, often addresses themes of grit, perseverance, and growing into one’s true self. Sona’s work has been exhibited throughout South Florida. She currently works out of her home studio and continues to exhibit locally, while offering private art lessons mentoring young, aspiring artists in her community.

Social Media
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EXHIBITION CONTACT
ProjectArt
Danielle Steele
Miami Director and Nationwide Programs Director daniellest@projectart.org

212.256.1947 (ext 702)

NEON NAPKIN NOTES

Neon Art Exhibition by Elysa D. Batista Opens in the Design District. 

Neon Napkin Notes by Elysa D. Batista

Opening Reception: April 5th 6-9 pm.  Closing April 26, 2024

“Neon lights. Shimmering neon lights. And at the fall of night. This city’s made of lights”  Kraftwerk

Swampspace Gallery presents the premier of NEON NAPKIN NOTES by Elysa D Batista; a series of text-based installations made with neon signs that compel the viewers to maintaining an optimistic outlook upon shared uncertainties about the global Covid-19 pandemic. 

Focused on contextualization coupled with the healing properties of spectral vibrations, Batista’s work references the visible illusionary history of neon art and semiotics. In these recent works she draws from a universal language of healing as chronicled by the Sackner Collection of Concrete Poetry. Batista furthers the exploration of incorporeal illuminations etched by fellows luminaries Keith Sonnier, James Terrell, Dan Flavin and Tracey Emin. With Neon Napkin Notes, Batista offers a moment of solace and reflection at a time of transformative equivocation.  

This exhibition is made possible in part by the Ollite Arts, Ellies Recipient Creator Award 2021. About the Artist: Born in Panama City, Panama. Batista received her BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Miami (2009) and her MFA from Parsons the New School of Design (2013). Batista is a mixed media artist who works with language, specifically the multiplicity of meaning according to different contexts. Her three-dimensional work explores personal experiences with dynamics in power structures and nationality, and is interpreted through the use of semiotics. 

About Swampspace: Swampspace was founded in 2008 in the Miami Design District as an alternative art space presenting varied cultural events for the novice and the seasoned art enthusiast. 

Valley of Tears by Adlolfo Sanchez

 

SWAMPSPACE GALLERY - PRESS RELEASE 11/10/2023

VALLEY OF TEARS - PAINTING BY ADOLFO SANCHEZ OPENS IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT

Opening Reception: December 4th 5-9pm

December 2023 - January 2024

Swampspace present in memoriam the major formative work by Adolfo Sanchez Cuban American painter (1957-1990).

Valley of Tears is a monumental tribute to Mexican Foto Novelas of the 1970’s. The montage of ten lurid canvases is a mediation on popular culture rendered skillfully by Sanchez in the mid 1980's before succumbing to Aids.  

Swampspace presents this seminal work In tandem with Spinello Projects Gay Era series of Solo Exhibitions celebrating figurative works by painters in the prime of their development. 

Adolfo Rene Sanchez was a Cuban-American painter who died from AIDS related complications in 1990 at the age of 31 in New York City. Adolfo moved to NY from Miami Florida in 1977 to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology. He worked as an illustrator for publications such as Essence, Conde-Nast and other major periodicals. With a natural gift for realism and figurative painting, he also worked as a portrait artist. His circle of friends grew to include fellow artists Bruno Schmidt, Kenny Scharf, Keith Haring, Tseng Kwong Chi in the Downtown 80’s art scene. His work was exhibited at Art Mart Gallery in the East Village, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Gracie Mansion, Holly Solomon, Bacardi Miami and others. The work gained value with  positive reviews in ArtForum by critic Dan Cameron as well as by inclusion in public and private collections such as Margulies Collection. Adolfo had an active social life and enjoyed frequenting dance clubs such as Paradise Garage, Danceteria and Club 57. His gentle empathetic demeanor, congenial nature and talent as a painter quickly gained him accolades from his peers. Adolfo drew inspiration from latin culture, popular film, celebrity and literature. Sanchez’s artwork is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art MoMA in NYC. 

Swampspace was founded in 2008 in the Miami Design District as an alternative art space presenting varied cultural events for the novice and seasoned art enthusiasts.  

Spinello Projects is a Miami-based contemporary art program founded in 2005. It is a gallery, creative space and and innovative platform for nomadic, site-specific and curatorial projects.  

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ADOLFOLAND by Lulu Sanchez

Please join us for the opening of Future Past Perfect featuring the first solo museum exhibitions by LULU SANCHEZ, Nathalie Alfonso, Susan Kim Alvarez, Joel Gaitan, Kandy G Lopez, Alejandro Piñeiro Bello, and Zoe Schweiger.

For more info:  emerging artists at the NSU Museum

Lulu Sanchez

ADOLFOLAND

 

This exhibition sees artist Lulu Sanchez (b.1992, Miami, FL; lives and works in Miami, FL) respond to the work of her late uncle, artist Adolfo Rene Sanchez (b.1957, Camagüey, Cuba; d.1990, Miami, FL), a fixture within the eighties East Village art scene, the epicenter of what came to be known as the New Wave art movement. Mining the family's archive, Sanchez located Adolfo’s source material, and artworks left unfinished as he succumbed to a premature death from AIDS-related complications. 

 

Appropriating these found images, Lulu Sanchez inserts her own narrative, resulting in the formation of an iconographic palimpsest. In this, Sanchez is not only exploring the makings of her own selfhood, but the innumerable approaches to mimetic representation offered through painting.  

 

The works within this exhibition present a spiritual exchange between two family members, who though they never met, are brought together by their creative force, offering a new legacy to the New Wave.

 

Swampy's Souvenirs Gift Shop

SWAMPY’S SOUVENIRS OPENS IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT

Opening Reception:  April 14, 2023  4-8pm

Swampspace Gallery is thrilled to announce the opening of Swampy’s Souvenir Gift Shop, a pop-up installation featuring eclectic items from Florida history and art-centric collectables that celebrate diversity in Miami. Our curatorial team has compiled a sampling of classic artifacts and curios from nostalgia to the new exciting items from the magic city.  From the River of Grass to the local urban vernacular, our selection of collectables is a treasure trove of memorabilia from the dynamic wellspring. Browse through our library of books, vintage postcards and posters. Groove to the tunes of Miami music. Marvel at the plethora of unique artifacts by local makers; crafts, photography, jewelry and fashionable indigenous garments made right here in South Florida. Tap into the local scene with concierge advice from Swampy’s 305 Visitor Information Center. Support the local environmental efforts by giving a charitable donation to help save the Everglades and Biscayne National Park. Take home a few souvenirs as mementos of your time in the tropical cosmopolitan destination loved the world over.