Gallery 1

Diaspora Gallery Invitations 2008

 Werllayne Nunes presents Dance of Colors of the Zumbi Nation (2008)
 

Christopher Carter presents Bound (2008)
 

Ignacio Medrano-Carbo presents Painting in Self-Defense (2008)
 



 

Gallery 2

Diaspora Gallery Invitations 2007

Asser St. Val presents Melanin: Reconstructing Shades of Blackness (2007)
January 4 – February 3, 2007

Melanin: Asser St. Val
Melanin will present St. Val’s new body of abstract figurative paintings that explore the framing of identity through race. This work will be the culmination of St Val’s current residency in Centre d’art de Jacmel. Jacmel, Haiti. St. Valis currently on Artist-in-Residence at Diaspora Vibe with a BFA from New World School of the Arts/ University of Florida. Born in Haiti, St. Val lives in Miami and has participated in residencies and exhibitions in Aruba, Jamaica, Grenada, Haiti and throughout the US. St. Val is a recipient of the South Florida Consortium Grant.
   

Swati Khurana presents Engendered (2007)
April 14 – May 26 2007
Engendered: Flor Bosco & Swati Khurana
Engendered presents new takes on feminism and gender. Born and living in Leon, Mexico, Flor Bosco explores femininity and gender within Mexican culture through sculpture, collage, and installation. Swati Khurana was born in India and raised in New York where she currently lives and works. Her work mines personal narratives and explores immigrant issues with a focus on gender, popular culture and the seductive promise made by rituals
 

Jean Chiang presents Step by Step (2007)
Solo Exhibition: Jean Chiang
Jean Chiang will present an interactive installation inspired by Yin and Yang the five elements and the Daoist ritual dance. Chiang is a ceramist, sculptor, painter, printmaker, textile, and installation artist whose work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, including the 2nd Havana Biennal. Currently researching Chinese migrations in Jamaica. Chiang received a BFA in Ceramic Sculpture from Parsons School of Design, New York and an MFA in Sculpture from Hunter College, New York. 
 



 

Gallery 3

Antonius Roberts presents Emerging From the Shadows - A Celebration of Hope (2007)
 

Off Color (2007)
 

Art Basel - Safety Zones (2007)
Featuring time-based artwork including video, installation,
earth-based work and a film series, In Between Time
centers on the role memory plays in relation to cultural
diaspora. Artists will present ephemeral art forms that
explore personal, collective, and imagined histories.
This exhibit will be accompanied by a catalogue essay
and lecture by Dr. Rosamund King.
 

 

 

Gallery 4

Diaspora Gallery Invitations 2006

 Kim, Myung-Sik (2006)
January 5 – January 31, 2006
Artist Talk: Saturday, January 7, 2006
Nature has been a main subject and a foundation of my works from early years in my painting career, for it is where we are from, originally and where we will go, eventually.
Denial of urbanized civilization is the primary reason for using nature as a main subject. Urban development /expansion is a double-edged blade, which makes our lives convenient but gradually hurts our human purity, as well.
When I was young, there were rice pads and grain fields in front of my village surrounded by low mountains, called ‘Kodegi”. On the way home after school, I used to catch grass hopers and dragonflies with my friends. That was how we cherished our young dreams, then.
 

Art Miami (2006)
 



 

Gallery 5

 Ulysses Marshall (2006)
 

Teri Richardson presents From Brooklyn to Miami
April 13 – May 2006
Teri Richardson’s strength as a colorist is apparent. While her plastic is rich, warm and seductive, she is not content to simply make “pretty pictures”, not in the least. What has emerged in her most recent work is an even greater grasp of color and a tremendous leap forward in visual content. Teri’s work continues to improve, as her aim is to improve. Teri’s discipline is reflected in her productivity. I am constantly amazed that Teri Richardson applies layer upon layer of paint to panel and often achieves the delicacy and light of watercolor.
 

Multi Media Bash (2006)
 

Conversations with Erman (2006)
 

Jamila Abdul-Sabur presents "...believe, in what?" (2006)
 

Gallery 6

Brave New World (2006)
August 10 – September 23, 2006
Amanda Burk; Denton Fredrickson; Caroline Holder;
Dorie Millerson; Nancy Price; Mary Anne Wensley
Brave New World explores the state of art-making and individual freedoms after September 11, 2001. This mixed-media exhibition features installation, sculpture, textiles, drawing, new media, painting, and ceramics.
Curated by Caroline Holder
 

Alejandro Contreras presents Paint as an Object (2006)
 
 

Diaspora Gallery Invitations 2005

 3 Generations Barbadian Contemporary Artists (2005)
Bill Grace, Joyce Daniel, Laura Ward, Stanley Graves, Alison Chapman Andrews, Ewan Atkinson, Ras Ishi, Sue Holder, Arlette St Hill, Fielding Babb 
Barbados Investment & Development Corporation and Diaspora Vibe Gallery are pleased to present Three Generations: Barbadian Contemporary Art which will focus on the theme of three generations of artists who live and work in Barbados from fantastic to whimsical, abstract to portraits. Curated by Rosie Gordon Wallace this exhibition will afford these artists an opportunity to share a diverse group of approximately 10 juried artists of different generations who work with a wide range of materials, processes and ideas.
 

Paradox (2005)
 

Paradox   April 14 – May 31, 2005
Patrick Narbal Boucard, Kate Tarratt Cross, Asser St Val
In honoring Haitian culture, art and lifestyles, Diaspora Vibe Gallery continues to feature art in the Caribbean by exposing the work of artists who live and work in the Region and the Diaspora. “Paradox “says Kate Tarratt Cross, is a point in common that she and Patrick Narbal Boucard have. Kate Tarratt Cross deals with shadows and the paradox to real and the illusory, Patrick Narbal Boucard’s work originates from different cultures that have influenced his life and therefore work. Tarratt Cross and Boucard are both natives of of Jacmel, Haiti. The exhibition will also include Haitian born Asser St Val has been an artist- in -residence at Diaspora Vibe Gallery in Miami’s Design District.
 



 

Gallery 7

Deep Blue: Caribbean American Statements (2005)

June 9 – July 30, 2005
Curated by Juan “Erman” Gonzalez
Being Caribbean is an amalgam of influences arising out of European, African, and Indigenous cultures. This group exhibition showcasing a variety of media and, artists from throughout the Caribbean, “shows evidence (of) shared artistic roots among the islands: connections to the earth, the sea, agrarian and communal life,” according to Tampa Weekly Planet writer, Mary Mulhern. “Deep Blue” show celebrates the art and life of the African-Caribbean-American experience in painting, ceramics, sculpture and, mixed media. This exhibit features a dynamic cast of sixteen artists.
 

That's What's Poppin'

August 11 – September 30, 2005
Curated by Rodney Jackson
Pop Art highlights everyday life and popular culture, continuously pushing for a bridge between “high arts” and “low arts”. Television, magazines, comics, billboards, and consumer products all serve as a source for this art form. This group exhibition highlights artists exploring the intermingling of pop and urban culture and their impact on sequential art. Five contemporary Miami based artists are presented including comic book veteran, Grey; sequential artists, R. Jackson and Caiphus Moore; photographer, Noelle Theard; and emerging fine artist Memo.
 

Andree Louise Ferdinand:  After the Storm (2005)
 



 

Gallery Index

Diaspora Vibe Gallery Invitations

  • Gallery 1
    • Werllayne Nunes presents Dance of Colors of the Zumbi Nation (2008)
    • Christopher Carter presents Bound (2008)
    • Ignacio Medrano-Carbo presents Painting in Self-Defense (2008)
  • Gallery 2
    • Asser St. Val presents Melanin: Reconstructing Shades of Blackness (2007)
    • Swati Khurana presents Engendered (2007)
    • Jean Chiang presents Step by Step (2007)
  • Gallery 3
    • Antonius Roberts presents Emerging From the Shadows - A Celebration of Hope (2007)
    • Off Color (2007)
    • Art Basel - Safety Zones (2007)
  • Gallery 4
    • Kim, Myung-Sik (2006)
    • Art Miami (2006)
  • Gallery 5
    • Ulysses Marshall (2006)
    • Teri Richardson presents From Brooklyn to Miami (2006)
    • Multi Media Bash (2006)
    • Conversations with Erman (2006)
    • Jamila Abdul-Sabur presents "...believe, in what?" (2006)
  • Gallery 6
    • Brave New World (2006)
    • Alejandro Contreras presents Paint as an Object (2006)
    • 3 Generations Barbadian Contemporary Artists (2005)
    • Paradox (2005)
  • Gallery 7
    • Deep Blue: Caribbean American Statements (2005)
    • That's What's Poppin' (2005)
    • Andree Louise Ferdinand: After the Storm (2005)