homework Gallery Launches During Miami Art Week

Photo by Gabe Duque

Making its debut at Miami Art Week, homework is an innovative, nomadic art gallery that follows and disrupts the rhythm of the art world, while giving exposure and access to a new stock of artists and collectors. Imagined by Aurelio Aguiló and Mayra Mejia, homework is committed to breaking down the walls of the traditional art world, democratizing it for all.

Activating experimental spaces across the globe, homework’s mission is to connect people
through stories, making the art-consuming experience warm and accessible while always prioritizing quality and integrity.

homework will debut on Wednesday, December 1, one day before Art Basel Miami Beach’s public opening, at The Knoxon, 7411 Biscayne Blvd., located in the historic MiMo district. Their first exhibition, titled v00001, will feature a group exhibition by emerging contemporary artists from around the world, split between fine artists and artisans working in multiple mediums.

Artists

Elisa Bergel Melo explores the photographic medium’s relationship with time, reality, and memory. Born in Venezuela, she now lives and works in the Dominican Republic.

Julián Chams is a visual artist from Colombia based in Brooklyn. His work has been shown individually throughout the U.S. and his homeland.

Patricia Encarnación uses photography and sculpture to examine and interrogate assumptions about her Afro-Dominican identity. She currently lives in New York.

Laura Isabel Fernandez, aka “tropidarks,” creates multimedia installations using random objects to represent human ecological impact. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Laura Sofía Pérez is an interdisciplinary artist who works in video, film, sound, and installation. Her work draws from feminist and avant-garde cinema, phenomenological philosophy, Caribbean Postcolonial theory, and ancestral knowledge.

Carlos “Varkito” García is a New York-based artist whose work includes digital drawings, installations, and audiovisual pieces. Born in the Dominican Republic, they are also the founder of El Cuarto Elástico, an experimental community.

Carlos Llamas is a Miami-based street photographer specializing in scenes of daily life. His images have been shown in publications including Forbes and 35mmc.

Mayte Nicole works within the East Asian tradition of ink wash painting, producing tropical and surrealist scenes. She lives and works in Barcelona.

Gustavo Peña paints figurative scenes and geometric abstractions inspired by early computer graphics. He was born and is currently based in the Dominican Republic.

Charlie Quezada takes a simplified approach to representational painting, informed by the interaction between nature and architecture in his home country of the Dominican Republic.

Artisans

Ivanna Candelier is a graphic designer and digital illustrator. She currently lives and works in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where she was born.

Christopher Daharsh works in several mediums including photography and sculpture, blurring the boundaries between functional and fine art. He lives and works in New York.

Aleksandra “Sasha” Personick will show Mexican-inspired ceramics, which she began working on as a pandemic hobby. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Publishing

Ediciones de a Poco publishes literature and art books from the Dominican Republic.