LnS is honored to exhibit Uncharted Surfaces by Alexandre Arrechea— the artist’s first-ever painting show and debut with the gallery. Cuban-born, Arrechea is known for his monumental installations and public sculptures. He is now channeling his visionary approach to canvas, offering a fresh take on his signature style. These vivid paintings traverse the interconnectedness of nature, urban landscapes, and the human experience with an increased immediacy offered through the medium. Like frames in a cinematic journey, each artwork is woven together by lines that symbolize the ties that bind us all. Alexandre Arrechea’s Uncharted Surfaces will be on view October 4 – November 23, 2024.

What if the landscapes we cherish became mere memories? Jennifer Basile's latest exhibition, Eroding Wetlands: The Cost of Progress, confronts this haunting question head-on. After a year marked by four prestigious residencies – including at Studios of Key West, MassMOCA, VCCA Residency, and Hambidge Center for Creative Arts – Basile’s connection has profoundly deepened. Her new series, inspired by creating in new places, and informed by Florida’s endangered parks, reveals the stark beauty of our natural treasures as they teeter on the brink of urbanization. With each profound exploration of our landscape’s fragility, Basile calls for their protection. “The new freedom in my printmaking allows me to be more candid about the eroding of the ecosystem, giving me new tools to tell a story and advocate for our environment,” Basile says.

Three extraordinary works by the legendary Cuban-born artist Rafael Soriano (1920–2015) have been acquired by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., made possible through the continued stewardship of the Soriano estate. These masterpieces, including the vibrant Luciérnaga (1955), the introspective La búsqueda (1968), and the mystical El descanso del héroe (1992), capture pivotal moments in Soriano’s remarkable journey. Each piece reflects his profound exploration of the human spirit and his evolution as an artist through exile and beyond.

LnS is thrilled to announce a new partnership with the renowned Cuban-born Contemporary artist Alexandre Arrechea! “Alexandre Arrechea is a visionary artist whose work resonates deeply with our gallery’s mission,” said Luisa Lignarolo, co-founder of LnS Gallery. “His ability to blend art, architecture, and social commentary creates a truly unique and impactful artistic voice.” A founding member of the influential Los Carpinteros collective, Arrechea’s early career was defined by collaborative experimentation and a meticulous approach to metamorphosing ordinary objects into extraordinary art. Since embarking on his solo career in 2003, Arrechea has garnered international recognition for his monumental installations and public sculptures that invite viewers to reconsider the familiar and question our perceptions.

LnS is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Campeche to Cancún, (2023) by William Osorio to the sterling collection of Jorge M. Pérez. A cornerstone within the artist’s latest series, The Path to the Volcanoes, this magnanimous artwork re-illustrates a conclusive moment of the arduous journey made by those depicted. True to the artist’s style, the works in The Path to the Volcanoes are intimate and reflective artworks, acting as a window. This most recent chapter documents the latest mass exodus of Cubans; triggered as a direct consequence of the Regime’s assault on Civil Liberties during and after the Island-wide protests of July 2021. Bonded through adversity – and hope – Campeche to Cancún, provides a glimpse into formative moments along the journey of immigrant travelers.

LnS is proud to highlight the opening of The patience of ordinary things, a momentous site-specific installation by represented artist Kerry Phillips at Locust Projects, Miami, on view May 18 – August 3, 2024. In a new chapter of the artist’s practice, Kerry Phillips departs from wall-mounted sculptural works to envelop visitors into the complex emotions that surround aging, memory loss, and an altered essence of human connection through video installations, moving projections, and spatial designs. The patience of ordinary things, symbolizes the abstract fluidity of time, offering a space for visitors to reflect on the universal threads of death and remembrance that connects us across the temporal divide.

LnS Gallery is proud to announce the inclusion of a work by represented artist, Jennifer Basile, into the permanent collection of the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami. Her striking work Launch Site, Coot Bay Pond (2021) has been acquired by the Lowe Art Museum through the generous support of Bonnie & Peter Dockter. Master printmaker Basile captures the wonder of the Florida Everglades in the magnificent large-scale print. Among black and white cut-out silhouettes, the artist stresses the transitory nature of the scene. Launch Site Coot Bay Pond (2021) not only confronts the real dangers imposed upon the threatened ecosystem but exudes the beauty contained within the landscape. The wonderment of the work lies in Basile’s artistic activism which conveys her ardent message of environmental conservation. In Basile’s own words, “My message is simple, to capture the environment in all of its pure and natural beauty, before it is permanently changed.”

LnS Gallery is delighted to announce the inclusion of Resquicious III (Cracks III)  by Jerónimo Villa into the esteemed collection of Jorge M. Pérez. This captivating work exemplifies Villa’s mastery by capturing the essence of life’s inconspicuous fragmentation. Through his distinct artistic style, Villa creates a fluid work that discovers the beauty found in the cracks of life. As noted by LnS Gallery Director Sergio Cernuda, “Villa emphasizes shape and form, unveiling beauty in simplicity. By layering and stacking different colored sandpaper on wood, he creates an organic shape that is both mesmerizing and meditative. Resquicious III is a wonderful happenstance.” We are thrilled that Villa’s work is in great patronage.

LnS Gallery is honored to announce the procurement of a work by represented artist, Michael Loveland for the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY). The dreamlike monoprint, Buff Environmental I (2023), has been acquired by The Met through the generous gift of an anonymous patron. Buff Environmental I, achieves its uniqueness through the artist’s intervention with the work in the drying process of the print. Among swirls and dashes of robin's egg blue and black ink, a ghostly stripped-down transfer of a coastline makes its appearance. While the monoprint features a strong contemporary influence with bold shapes and abstract passages, Loveland’s knack for photography – rendered through a take on cyanotype – brings an illustrative variable and traditional sense to the work.

LnS Gallery is thrilled to announce the representation of Kerry Phillips. Known for her immersive installations invigorated by personal experience, Kerry Phillips creates sight-specific and individual artworks that intrigue viewers through familiarity and transformation. Working exclusively with found materials, Phillips’ whimsical language enlivens discarded or forgotten household objects as they are alchemized into story telling agents in each artwork or project. Her work thrives on the collaborative exchange of memory, sentiment, and individual associations and histories between herself and her audience. Phillips works and resides in Miami, Florida. She earned a BFA from Florida International University, and an MFA from the University of Arizona. Further, she has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including at the Orlando Museum of Art, Locust Projects, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Boca Raton Museum of Art, and Bridge Red Projects. Her next solo exhibition, Between the miraculous & the mundane, will open to the public at The Bass (Miami Beach, FL USA) on August 17, 2023.

LnS Gallery is proud to announce the representation of Jerónimo Villa. Through a conceptually rooted practice, Jerónimo Villa creates work that highlights the frivolity of function by repurposing items to challenge inherent purpose. Refuting the status of obsolete, Villa collects specific, utilitarian materials that juxtapose each other in nature to construct refined geometric artworks transforming their original form entirely. Born in Bogotá, Colombia with a sculptor as a father and a fashion designer as a mother, his fascination with the materiality of objects sprouted early in life by witnessing the transformation of materials firsthand from raw to refined. Villa holds a key understanding of how treatment of materials can drastically change how they will exist, or cease to do so, in perpetuity. Jerónimo Villa trained as a musician at the University of Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), graduating in 2008. Later he translated his knack for rhythm and composition to the visual arts and began using experimental materials to collapse a variety of art historical styles and forms. He has completed reputable residencies at Prairie Center of the Arts (Schaumburg, IL, 2012), Artula Environmental Arts (Salem, OR, 2011) and most recently was the recipient of the DC Art Foundation Residency (Miami, FL, 2023).