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Hermes Berrío (b. 1980, Colombia) is a Miami-based visual artist whose dynamic and multidimensional practice explores identity, memory, and transformation. A graduate of New York University (BFA, 2005), Berrío brings an urban sensibility and poetic gaze to his depictions of contemporary life. Drawing from personal history, street culture, and global influences, he uses painting, sculpture, and mixed media to transform everyday objects and moments into rich, layered visual narratives. His work has been exhibited extensively in solo and group shows across the U.S., Latin America, Europe, and Australia, and is housed in significant public and private collections, including The Bunker Art Space and the Miami-Dade County Public Art Collection.

Berrío’s art is rooted in the duality of the mundane and the monumental. His vivid paintings weave together dreams and memories through materials like oil, aerosol, textiles, and gold leaf, while his sculptural pieces—such as repurposed grocery carts and sneakers—challenge traditional notions of value and cultural symbolism. With a “magpie” approach, Berrío reconfigures the familiar into tools for social commentary, inviting viewers to reconsider their personal and collective stories. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious grants, including multiple Pollock-Krasner Foundation awards, and was a resident artist at Fountainhead Studios from 2019 to 2024.

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Dini Dixon (b. 1991, Santa Barbara, CA) is a California-based ceramicist and clay animator whose work explores the weaponization of women’s mental health and the search for emotional balance. A 2015 BFA graduate from Pratt Institute, Dixon embraces the unruly nature of clay to express psychological tension, emotional transparency, and bodily vulnerability. Her sculptures—often asymmetrical, cracked, and vividly glazed—celebrate imperfection while challenging traditional ideals of beauty and control in craft. Her practice is rooted in introspection but outwardly engages with larger conversations about gender, healing, and resilience.

Dixon’s recent solo exhibition Depicting Resurgence (Ed. Varie, 2023), created during a summer residency at Artshack Brooklyn, marked a pivotal moment in her evolving exploration of fragility and strength. She has also held solo exhibitions at 808 Projects (Denver) and Thomas Hunter Project Space (Manhattan), and her video The Long Goodbye was featured at the 2018 Supernova Digital Animation Festival. In summer 2024, her ceramic works were featured in the two-person exhibition Natural Resilience at Tappeto Volante Projects, where her sculptures dialogued with themes of environmental and psychological adaptation. Dixon continues to develop her practice from her Los Angeles studio, using ceramics and animation to transform deeply personal struggles into tactile, collective reflections.

Daniel Marosi is a multidisciplinary artist and designer whose practice bridges text, spirituality, and visual culture. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, and now based in South Florida, Marosi uses experimental mark-making—dripping, scraping, and fabricating letterforms—to create layered compositions that combine sacred scripture with contemporary cultural language. His work explores the transformative potential of words and symbols, particularly their ability to shape behavior and belief. Marosi’s ongoing Rhema Word Series investigates the convergence of Biblical wisdom, advertising, and pop culture, elevating everyday signage and familiar iconography into meditative visual experiences.

Marosi holds an MFA from Florida International University and teaches at FIU’s College of Communication, Architecture, and the Arts. His installations and exhibitions have been featured at the Frost Art Museum, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, and internationally at art fairs in New York, London, and Miami. He is a resident artist at Studio 18 Art Complex in Pembroke Pines. Deeply informed by faith, family, and community, Marosi continues to mine the spiritual and aesthetic dimensions of language to bring attention to the unseen forces that shape contemporary life.

https://www.danielmarosi.com/

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Jonell Joshua is an author and illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York, whose work is rooted in personal history, memory, and cultural identity. Growing up between Savannah, Georgia, and South Jersey, she draws inspiration from her family’s experiences—particularly her mother’s artistic influence and the resilience of her upbringing. A graduate of Pratt Institute with a BFA in Communications Design (Illustration), Jonell’s work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators and the American Illustration International Motion Art Awards. Her clients include The New York Times, NPR, PBS: American Experience, Bloomberg Pursuits, and Warby Parker, among many others. In addition to illustration, she explores narrative and visual storytelling through talks and panels at events like San Diego Comic Con and the School Library Journal’s Day of Dialogue.

Her debut illustrated memoir, How Do I Draw These Memories?, is a deeply personal reflection on childhood, family, and survival in the face of mental illness. The book captures the complexities of love, nostalgia, and faith with tender illustrations and lyrical prose. Beyond publishing, Jonell is an active educator and workshop leader, engaging with topics such as mental health, memory, and representation in art through institutions like the NYCDOE and Pratt Libraries. Whether working in editorial, books, or public speaking, Jonell’s work centers humanity, vulnerability, and the power of visual storytelling.

Tourmaline is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, writer, and activist based in Miami. Known for her dedication to Black trans joy and freedom, she co-created Happy Birthday, Marsha! and directed films about figures like Miss Major. A Guggenheim Fellow and TIME 100 honoree, her work has been featured in Vogue, The New York Times, and on ABC News. Her art is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate, and Getty Museum. Tourmaline has also directed Pride campaigns for Dove, Marc Jacobs, and Reebok and worked with organizations like Queers for Economic Justice and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project.

In addition to her film and artistic work, Tourmaline is a prominent advocate for transgender rights and visibility. Her contributions to trans cultural production include co-editing the New Museum anthology on trans art, published by MIT Press in 2017. As a passionate activist, she has been a key figure in amplifying the voices of marginalized communities, particularly Black trans individuals. Through her creative projects and activism, Tourmaline continues to inspire a new generation of leaders and advocates committed to justice, equality, and liberation for all.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677583/marsha-by-tourmaline/

Marilyn Loddi is a Miami-based artist whose work explores the intersections of body, mind, science, and tradition through abstract sculptures and reliefs made from foodstuffs and organic materials. Her pieces, which quickly lose their “freshness,” are documented through film, photography, and scanning, and culminate in installations combining visual media and sound. Recently, she has introduced live performance into her exhibitions, integrating acts of production, presentation, and gift economy activations. Marilyn’s practice is deeply influenced by her personal journey overcoming an eating disorder, transforming her complex relationship with food into an art form that challenges boundaries between cognitive and physical consumption.

A 2014 graduate of The FIU Honors College with a BFA in Video Art and Art History, Marilyn is also a professional arts documentary filmmaker, with credits for films shot for organizations like The Harpo Foundation and ICA Miami. Her performances have been featured at venues including The Nerve: Performance Art Festival and the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, and her sculptural and video works have appeared at events such as the Miami Design District’s Place Project Group pop-up and Sagamore Art Week 2020. Through her art, Marilyn invites viewers into a sensory dialogue about food’s role in shaping identity, culture, and human experience.

Dahlia Dreszer, a Colombian-born, Panama-raised photographic artist, delves into the complex interplay between identity, memory, and cultural heritage through her work. Her large-scale photographs seamlessly integrate the personal with the universal, transforming the interiors of her family’s homes into dynamic, multi-layered compositions that challenge the boundaries between the intimate and the external. Through immersive installations that fuse still-life imagery with textiles, plants, and personal artifacts, Dahlia creates visually captivating environments that engage viewers in a narrative of diaspora, displacement, and the quest for belonging. Her approach disrupts traditional photographic techniques, blending digital manipulation with painterly methods to construct dreamlike, multi-dimensional spaces that reflect the fluidity of cultural identity.

A graduate of Emory University with a specialization in Media and Photography, Dahlia’s pioneering work transcends the limitations of the photographic medium, pushing its boundaries and offering novel perspectives. Each composition she creates interrogates the themes of artifice, color, and spatiality, inviting critical reflection on our perceptions of home, culture, and personal history. Through her distinctive visual language, Dahlia prompts viewers to contemplate the evolving nature of identity and the ongoing search for belonging in a world marked by constant change.

https://dreszerphotography.com/

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Jose Luis Garcia is a Miami-based Photo-Based Artist whose work explores identity, memory, and place through lens-based media and printmaking. He holds a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art from Florida International University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Art from the New World School of the Arts/University of Florida. Garcia’s work has been exhibited widely across South Florida, with notable showings at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Coral Gables Museum, and Bakehouse Art Complex, among others. His practice has also been featured in national and international exhibitions, including events in New York, California, and Spain.

In addition to his studio practice, Garcia is a dedicated arts educator and advocate for community engagement through the arts. He currently teaches photography and visual art at Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, New World School of the Arts, and Broward College North Campus. His educational outreach includes residencies with Arts for Learning Miami and workshop collaborations with Miami-Dade Public Libraries’ Vasari Project. Recognized for his commitment to arts education, he has received numerous awards, including the Ellies Teacher Travel Grant from Oolite Arts and the title of Adjunct Professor of the Year from Broward College. Garcia has also held residencies at Laundromat Art Space and Bakehouse Art Complex, where he continues to cultivate a dynamic, community-centered art practice.

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Anna Goraczko is a Miami-based visual artist who uses cyanotype photography to explore themes of body positivity, family history, and spiritual connection. Her ongoing series, “Sense of Belonging,” features life-size photographic blueprint portraits of people in larger bodies within natural landscapes, challenging societal biases and offering representation to marginalized communities. Goraczko earned a BFA in Art (2008) and an MFA in Visual Arts (2020) from Florida International University. Her work has been featured in solo exhibitions, such as “Anna Goraczko” at The Frank Gallery (2023), and group exhibitions like the Chennai (Chinie) Photo Biennale (2023). Her work is part of the permanent collection at the Frost Art Museum in Miami.

In 2024, Goraczko received the Artist-in-Residence award at Deering Estate in Miami, where she will continue her “Sense of Belonging” project. Previously, she was a resident at the Hypatia-in-the-Woods Residency (2022) in Washington and at StoneTriggerPress in New Mexico (2022). Goraczko has curated and co-curated numerous exhibitions, including “Yiayia. Nana. Abuela. Grandmother.” (2023) and “Wet” (2023), and she co-founded Tunnel Projects, a shared studio space in Little Havana, Miami, in 2022. She also leads cyanotype workshops, including those at The Ancient Spanish Monastery (2023) and Aventura Library (2023). Her work and contributions to the arts continue to push for inclusivity, representation, and connection across diverse communities.

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MyFi Studio, founded by Aimee Rubensteen and Dr. Josh Eisenberg, is a multimedia production studio and performance duo specializing in electronic music instruments and interactive art tools. MyFi collaborates with artists and institutions to create immersive live performances and digital art experiences. Their debut instrument collection, which sold out instantly in 2023, debuted on the Billboard Biggest Music NFT chart. That same year, they performed at the Bass Museum of Art for the “Nam June Paik: The Miami Years” exhibition.

Recently, MyFi Studio won the 2025 Ellies Award for “Tie the Knot: The Twilight Years Connect Us” – a multimedia exhibition and autobiographical documentary shown between Japan and Miami, emphasizing Miami as a shared home for MyFi Studio and Nam June Paik. Special thanks to @oolitearts for their support!

MyFi’s instruments, built with code in p5.js and stored on Ethereum, are free to play online. The studio is currently collaborating with organizations like The Bass Museum of Art and working on commissioned projects in both Miami and Japan.

https://www.myfi.studio/

Aimee Rubensteen (CEO)

Aimee is a curator, artist, and writer specializing in multi-sensory art across food, sound, blockchain, and performance. Her work has been featured in NPR, Miami Herald, Vice, and Hyperallergic. Previously, Aimee was the first Florida-based Acquisitions Curator for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and co-founded Rojas + Rubensteen Projects in 2016.

Dr. Josh Eisenberg (CTO)

Josh is a musician, instrument builder, and AI scientist. Before MyFi, he was the Director of Artie’s NFT + AI Lab and researched narrative structure for his Ph.D. at Florida International University. His work in computational narrative understanding has been published and patented with the USPTO.

MyFi Studio is redefining the intersection of art and technology, creating groundbreaking interactive art for global audiences.

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Maxwell Mittman is a Southern Florida-based artist whose work explores sexuality, ego vs. soul, and power dynamics in relationships. He uses semi-automatic processes like haphazard washes and throwing clay or paint to create chaos that invites subconscious associations. His work blends childhood media influences, such as cartoons, with darker, grotesque themes, offering a playful yet confronting reflection on human nature.

Maxwell earned an MFA in Ceramics from Alfred University (2018) and a BFA from Montclair State University (2015). He has exhibited widely, including his solo MFA thesis show “It’s Okay to Be Ugly, Sometimes” at Fosdick-Nelson Gallery. Maxwell has received multiple awards for Excellence in Ceramics and has taught at both Montclair State University and Alfred University. His practice continues to evolve, examining life’s contradictions through ceramic sculpture and mixed media.

https://www.maxwellmittman.com/about

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Pablo Francisco Matute (b. 1999) is a Miami-based visual artist whose work engages deeply with the cultural and labor dynamics of South Florida. Matute earned a Bachelor of Arts from Florida International University in 2023 and has exhibited at various prominent venues, including the Doral Contemporary Art Museum, Gallery 217 at Nova Southeastern University, and Laundromat Art Space. His artistic practice, shaped by his childhood experiences on construction sites with his parents, explores themes of identity, memory, and the complexities of immigrant life. Matute recontextualizes construction materials—such as sheetrock, wood, and charcoal—to create layered, textured works that reflect the fragmented nature of memory and the labor that shapes spaces. His work not only examines the Latino workforce but also offers a broader commentary on the human experience of resilience, belonging, and transformation. Matute’s accolades include the 2024 Artist Innovation Grant from the Broward Cultural Division and multiple residencies, including Laundromat Art Space and Rainbow Oasis. His work has been featured in several notable exhibitions, including “What’s Left Behind” at Gallery 217 and “Magic City: Contemporary Visions of Miami” at the Doral Museum of Contemporary Art.

https://pablomatuteart.com/

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misael soto (they/them) is an artist, educator, and organizer based in Miami, Florida. Their interdisciplinary practice subverts everyday objects and systems, creating time-based, ephemeral work that challenges assumptions of permanence. Through public installations, performative actions, and institutional interventions, Misael disrupts familiar frameworks to reveal hidden truths and spark dialogue about critical contemporary issues. Their art encourages vulnerability and reflection, inviting viewers to engage with the present moment and reconsider the structures that shape our lives.

Born in Puerto Rico (1986), Misael earned an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2018) and a BA in Art History from Florida Atlantic University (2008). They are the founder of Artists for Artists: Miami, an artist solidarity group, and the Department of Reflection, a public initiative launched during their Art in Public Life residency with the City of Miami Beach. Misael has exhibited widely, including at MCA Chicago, The Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, and has participated in residencies such as Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts and Heat Exchange (Miami and Norway). Their work has been featured in Burnaway, artnet News, and Miami Herald.

https://misaelsoto.com/

Angelica Clyman is a multidisciplinary artist based in Hollywood, Florida, working in painting, sculpture, installation, and printmaking. Her work explores the history and memory of ordinary, often-forgotten places in South Florida, responding to the rapid changes in the region. Solo exhibitions include “Things Look Bright All Over” and “Land of Sunshine”, and her work is in the Miami Children’s Museum collection. She is a South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellow, Broward County Artist Support Grant recipient, and Director of the Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery at Broward College. Clyman’s practice is rooted in honoring life cycles of unique places, and she has participated in residencies at Bailey Contemporary Arts Center and Oolite Arts. She teaches studio art at Broward College and has been featured in publications such as “City Link” and “Oxford American Magazine”. Clyman’s multidisciplinary approach invites audiences to reconsider the overlooked aspects of everyday life, celebrating the quiet beauty found in forgotten places and their stories. Her work highlights South Florida’s rapid transformation and the often-overlooked memories embedded in its landscape.

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https://angelicaclyman.com/

Photography/Mary Beth Koeth

https://www.reginajestrow.com/

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Regina Durante Jestrow (1978) is a textile artist based in Miami, originally from Queens, NY. Her work reinterprets American quilting traditions, blending geometric patterns with hand-dyed and repurposed fabrics. Inspired by South Florida’s landscapes and diverse culture, Jestrow explores themes of women’s rights, history, and textile waste. Her quilts, sculptures, and installations merge personal narratives with vibrant, unconventional materials, paying homage to Miami’s pop culture.

Selected solo exhibitions include Non-Linear Path (2024) and Pieces of the Landscape (2023). She has been awarded residencies at the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation (2024) and The Jentel Foundation (2022), with grants from the South Florida Cultural Consortium (2023) and The Ellies (2021). Regina’s upcoming solo exhibition, Lots of Little Pieces (aka My Favorite Color is Glitter), will be held at Miami Dade College Kendall Campus, running through February 6th.