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Caribeños
Caribeños offers an intimate perspective on the migration of Caribbean peoples to other parts of the Americas. Its first episode focuses on Chile, drawing from the author's own story to explore the lived experiences of Caribbean individuals shaped by…
Universo 11 (2023) and ¿Cuánto cuesta el cielo? (2023)
Through the exhibitions Universo 11 (2023) and ¿Cuánto cuesta el cielo? (2023), Pirela explores the notion of home—initially rooted in origin and place of birth, and later redefined through the experience of migration. Viewing these two works…
La Migrante
La migrante is an artistic activism project centered on the development of the migrant creator’s subjectivity. Through photographs and texts, she shares her experience of otherness within a context different from her place of origin. In this process…
Asignaciones para maternar
Mejías constructs narratives in which the silence of the domestic body—engaged in the repetitive performance of everyday tasks—comes into dialogue. Drawing from the autobiographical, the artist creates images that articulate her concerns with the…
Crossing the Darien Gap
"Crossing the Darien Gap (2023) delves into the migrant crisis, where seemingly playful, colorful figures mask a deeper tragedy. 'Many perish or fall ill on the journey,' he explains. 'The skull represents death, the colors reflect cultural…
Venezuela, more faith than fear
The digital illustration, Venezuela, more faith than fear, layers written text and a drawn Venezuelan flag over a stylized background that includes a digital cut-out of a photographed person on a horse in rich red, yellow and blue tones. It conveys…
#MapsofDisplacement
"Maps of Displacement is Cassandra Mayela's first solo exhibition in New York City. Mayela studies Venezuelan diasporas through the medium of textiles, specifically garments with significant past lives. Maps of Displacement is an ongoing…
Migrants... on the Way to El Dorado
"In 'Migrants... on the Way to El Dorado,' Gustavo Zajac presents a series of works taken from the previous exhibition, as traveling or 'migrant' prints, printed using contemporary media. Half of them are worked with gold leaf and the other half are…
Shared Stories
Shared Stories is an installation by Romulo Martínez that reveals his profound engagement with cultural identity; social issues; migration; and shared human experiences. In this exhibition; Martínez draws upon his journey as an immigrant and taps…
The Million Bag Project
The Million(s) Bag Project is a lifelong project of drawing one bag per Venezuelan migrant; totaling 7.1 million bags. Starting in mid-2020; Venezuelan artist Francisca Sosa López draws a minimum of 250 bags daily. The repeating activity serves as…
Arepa Viuda
Arepa Viuda is a photographic series documenting undocumented Venezuelans making arepas in European food markets; beginning in Helsinki; Finland. This sculptural work of mixing; kneading and shaping dough reveals the history of an emigrated people;…
A Suspended Space
A Suspended Space is a VR environment recreating the artist's grandmother's bedroom in Caracas. The room floats like an island on water; representing both the Venezuelan-Caribbean coastline and the inaccessibility of this space; only reachable…
to the strangers i love deeply
to the strangers i love deeply is a textile installation exploring the artist's relationship to family; community and love through textiles as love gestures. The work includes delicate woven textiles with digitally printed family photographs of…
Fabricated Realities
"Fabricated Realities by Alejandro Rizzo is a series of staged photographs about the current socio-political and economic issues within the context of Venezuela. In this particular exhibition, two photographs from the series are displayed. One aims…
Alternate Reality (Santa Paula, El Cafetal, Caurimare, Caracas)
Alternate Reality (Santa Paula, El Cafetal, Caurimare, Caracas) is a video collage by Camila Salcedo utilizing 3D drawings; Google satellite photos; Google user 360° images; and YouTube videos to recreate the neighborhoods she grew up in around…
Wake
Wake is a bilingual poem reading performance by Sebastián Rodríguez y Vasti. The title serves as a metaphor for mourning; memorializing; and water—physical waterways; emotional drowning; and tears. Sebastián reflects on growing up near the water and…
Venezuela country of absences
Venezuela country of absences is a series of GIFs created by Andrea Dudier for Instagram as an act of catharsis. She uses the GIF format analogously to poetry; as a revolutionary visual tool for liberation through images of decomposition. These 6-8…
NatuUrban - A subnatural symphony of Miami
NatuUrban Symphony is an immersive sound art experience by Venezuelan-American artist Muu Blanco. Visitors step into a world where urban and natural landscapes merge through sound; exploring migration and identity. The exhibition space becomes a…
Fragile Intangibilities
Fragile Intangibilities comprises 11 hand-sewn silk organza camping tents; each suffused with ink drawings inspired by Arthur's interviews with fellow immigrants. The work reaffirms diaspora as a living condition of resilience; family reunification;…
How to Measure Time
How to Measure Time is a reflective exploration of existence and temporality by Korean-Venezuelan artist Suwon Lee. Through photography and mixed media; the series delves into cyclical patterns of life; from celestial rhythms to human experiences of…