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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

LnS Gallery is proud to announce the inclusion of represented artist, T. Eliott Mansa into the permanent collection of the Pérez Art Museum Miami. The impacting assemblage, Victory of John Henry, (2020), has been acquired by the PAMM through the generous donation of Max König. Victory of John Henry, (2020) references the legendary race of the African American folk hero, tasked with hammering a steel drill into rock to make holes for explosives to blast the rock in constructing a railroad tunnel, against a steam drill machine. This narrative connects the importance of the role of African American labor

LnS Gallery announces the inauguration of Rafael Soriano: The Artist as Mystic, the first survey of Soriano’s invaluable work in Madrid, Spain taking place at Casa de América. The exhibition is curated by Elizabeth Goizueta of the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College. Rafael Soriano: The Artist as Mystic, is accompanied by a bilingual catalogue, and will be on view from March 24 - May 26, 2023. The tale begins with moments from the artist’s early years investigating Geometric Abstraction, and shows the progression to his mature style in a biomorphic language that becomes synonymous with the cosmic

Room for the Living/Room for the Dead is a touching site-specific installation project commission by Locust Projects, funded in part by the Oolite Arts Ellie Creator Award, received by T. Eliott Mansa in October 2022. On view November 29, 2022 - February 04, 2023. The immersive and interactive installation merges the concept of Florida / Family rooms as a home’s casual, social hub for gathering, entertainment and play, with that of less-used living rooms that served as shrines for treasured family photos and heirlooms. Inspired/influenced by the artist’s friend and writer Noelle Barnes’ living room and the artist’s own

Artist Residency A special acknowledgement to LnS Gallery represented artist William Osorio on being selected for a 12-month residency at The Bakehouse Art Complex. The Bakehouse Art Complex offers affordable studios, shared workshop spaces, and artist advancement among other amenities, to professional emerging and mid-career artists of local, national or international origin. Bakehouse is one of the oldest artist-serving organizations in Miami, with studios of varying sizes, two galleries, a classroom, print room, photography lab, ceramics facilities, and woodworking, and welding areas. These spaces, unavailable outside of university campuses, has and continues to enable artists to work, make,

A special acknowledgement to LnS Gallery represented artist T.Eliott Mansa on being selected as one of the winners of the 2019 The Ellies Awards provided by Oolite Arts. “For an exhibition that honors the African-American victims of state violence, using objects from grassroots roadside memorials, while referencing African sculptural art forms and the vernacular yard sculptures of the South.” The Ellies are Miami’s Visual Art Awards. They celebrate the individual artists who are the backbone of Miami’s visual arts community. The Creator Awards look to support working artists with grants that help realize a significant visual arts project.

Anderson Ranch Arts Center Home + Away Residency A five-week fellowship taking place February – March, 2020 A special acknowledgement to LnS Gallery represented artists Michael Loveland and William Osorio on being selected for the Oolite Art's Home + Away Residency. The Anderson Ranch Arts Center and Atlantic Center for the Arts offer a chance to bring a little bit of home to an opportunity for artistic growth in another city. Each is a residency takeover: Oolite Arts will bring a dozen Miami artists to both Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colo., and Atlantic Center for the Arts

MOAD Freedom Tower Where the Oceans Meet May 26 - September 29, 2019 Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Asad Raza, Gabriela Rangel, and Rina Carvajal organized by MOAD and Americas Society. Featuring works by Niv Acosta and Fannie Sosa, Etel Adnan, Carlos Alfonzo, Kader Attia, Belkis Ayón, Yto Barrada, Daniel Boyd, Tania Bruguera, Sebastián Calfuqueo Aliste, Agustín Cárdenas, Maya Deren, Manthia Diawara, Melvin Edwards, Juan Francisco Elso, Öyvind Fahlström, Simone Fattal, Theaster Gates, Andrea Geyer, Sylvie Glissant, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Koo Jeong A, Wifredo Lam, Glenn Ligon, Lani Maestro, Roberto Matta, Julie Mehretu, Ana Mendieta, The Otolith Group,

WRIGHTWOOD 659 About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art May 22–Jul 20, 2019 Curated by Jonathan David Katz Featuring works by Carlos Alfonzo, Ralph Arnold, Shimon Attie, Amos Badertscher, Joan E. Biren, Rashayla Marie Brown in collaboration with Brianna McIntyre, Roger Brown, Jerome Caja, Nick Cave, Tianzhuo Chen, John Dugdale, Bob Faust, Gilbert & George Maria Elena Gonzalez, Hervé Guibert, Harmony Hammond, Keith Haring, Lyle Ashton Harris, Sharon Hayes, Richard Hofmann, Peter Hujar, Bill Jacobson, Deborah Kass, Greer Lankton, Attila Richard Lukacs, Harvey Milk, Kent Monkman, Carlos Motta, Zanele Muholi, Alice O’Malley, Carl Pope, Marlon Riggs, Jacolby Satterwhite, Leonard

University of Nebraska Unquiet Harmony: The Subject of Displacement The exhibition Unquiet Harmony: The Subject of Displacement examines individual and global perspectives from which artists have engaged with issues surrounding migration. Featuring works by painter Carlos Alfonzo, multimedia artist Tiffany Chung, and the artistic collective SUPERFLEX, this installation focuses on personal, environmental, and economic factors that prompt the translocation of individuals across land and sea. In so doing, this group show facilitates conversations about inclusion, community, and belonging in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

MOCAAD Miami Museum of the African Diaspora Reconstructing Identity  Reconstructing Identity June 6 - 27, 2019 “Reconstructing Identity" presented by The Miami Museum of Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora (@miamimocaad) at the Historic Ward Rooming House. The exhibition is curated by Donnamarie Baptiste (@dm_baptiste) and features: Christopher Carter, Duwane Coates, Morel Doucet, Adler Guerrier, Rhea Leonard, Francisco Maso, Kandy Lopez-Moreno, Sharon Norwood, Onajide Shabaka, Asser Saint Val, and (LnS Family) T. Eliott Mansa.

LOWE ART MUSEUM University of Miami Carlos Alfonzo, A Tongue to Utter and Ballerinas: Rejoined in Modern Concert University of Miami October 2018 A pre-eminent example of Alfonzo’s form system lies in the context of scenography and theatrics in A Tongue to Utter, in concert with Ballerinas, a suite of 3-dimensional sculptures born of and mirroring the painting’s imagery. Following the artist’s intention for the works to be presented together as a theatrical performance in a public space, they were first exhibited in a landmark 1989 show at Lannan Museum. “Ballerinas shouldn’t be closeted in a private garden; their figures

PAMM Perez Art Museum Miami The World’s Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art April 13 – September 2, 2018 An exhibition featuring over thirty artists, including Sinuhe Vega Negrin. The exhibition aims to address the influences and implications of the sport in different societies and Contemporary Art. This exhibition responds to the multilayered aspects of the game of soccer, or fútbol. Engaging social and political issues or depicting common humanity built around the sport, these artists reflect on the role of the game with society. Coinciding with the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™, the international men’s soccer tournament, this exhibition not only

FIU Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum  Aesthetics & Values April 21, 2018 – June 24, 2018 The Aesthetics & Values seminar of the FIU Honors College examines the vital role visual art plays in the social and cultural dialogue surrounding controversial issues. This annual project provides students with the opportunity to research, curate, and organize an on-campus exhibition of contemporary Miami artists, including Jennifer Basile whose work is pictured above. 

MOAD Freedom Tower Cuban Legacy Gallery Presents Cuban Streams: 1885 – 1965, An Installation by César Trasobares</em May 2018 – May 2019 Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Cuban Legacy Gallery at the Freedom Tower presents Cuban Streams: 1855 – 1965, a multimedia installation by Miami artist César Trasobares. The installation features captivating and immersive video projections that highlight historical photographs of the island nation from the collection of Ramiro A. Fernández.