Arts & Culture

Athena Tacha is a multidisciplinary American artist, born in Larissa, Greece. She has made important contributions to the field of environmental, site-specific sculpture. Stemming from her work in the early 1970s and often featuring personal narratives and fascination with complex geometries. Tacha has been commissioned for over fifty permanent public artworks, the majority executed throughout the U.S.

This artwork is part of the collection of Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places program, made possible with the support of the Art in Public Places Trust, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.

Pablo Atchugarry is one of the most important living South American artists, and known for his mastery of marble. Drawing inspiration from Greek, Italian, and Gothic traditions, that first marble work marked the beginning of a lifelong devotion to a material he would come to master. Recently, Atchugarry has extended his exploration into bronze, resulting in a new series of sculptures that echo his signature fluidity.

On loan from Piero Atchugarry Gallery, with support from The Leesfield Family Foundation.

Jennifer Basile is a Miami-based artist whose practice explores the intersection of environment, materiality, and memory. Through layered processes and references to organic forms, her work calls attention to the subtle transformations occurring within natural and urban landscapes. Basile’s projects often invite viewers to consider preservation, loss, and the responsibility of stewardship.

This work has been made possible by the generous support of Bonnie Bernstein Dockter and Peter Dockter and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Typoe is a Miami-based multidisciplinary artist whose work bridges fine art, design, and typography. Emerging from a background in graffiti and graphic design, Typoe creates work that explores the emotional resonance of words, symbols, and abstraction within the urban environment. His practice spans murals, sculpture, and large-scale installations that translate the energy of the city into dynamic visual form. Estudio LAAVA is an Architecture and Design studio founded by two Cuban born immigrants that came to the United States in 2008, Adrian Aranda and Laura de la Vega.

This work has been made possible through the generous support of Airbnb and Nasdaq.

Jeppe Hein is a Danish artist known internationally for his interactive sculptures and installations that explore perception, participation, and the social dynamics of public space. Blending minimalism with humor and play, Hein creates works that activate viewers physically and psychologically. His public art projects appear in cities worldwide and are designed to foster engagement and shared experience.

This work was made possible through the generous support from Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Alexandre Arrechea (b. 1970, Trinidad, Cuba) is an internationally acclaimed artist whose work investigates history, memory, politics, and power within urban environments, creating immersive experiences that engage deeply with cultural, social, and philosophical contexts. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Reina Sofía, Madrid; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and Perez Art Museum, Miami.

This work was made possible through the generous support of Bonnie Bernstein Dockter and Peter Dockter, Fernandez Family Foundation, and Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation.

We Are Nice'n Easy is a collaborative endeavor by Miami-based artists, Allison Matherly and Jeffrey Noble. The now husband and wife duo met in Miami, FL, while working at the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, and, in 2015, began collaborating under the name We Are Nice'n Easy.

This work was made possible through the generous support from the Hearst Foundations and Alvah H. & Wyline P. Chapman Foundation.

Hank Willis Thomas is a conceptual artist whose work examines themes of identity, history, and popular culture. Working across sculpture, photography, and public art, Thomas is widely recognized for creating pieces that encourage dialogue about collective memory and social connection. His work has been exhibited internationally and is included in major museum collections throughout the United States.

This work has been made possible from gift from Debi and Jeffrey Wechsler, the Braman Family Foundation, and the John S. and James L . Knight Foundation.

Cara Despain is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores environmental systems, geology, and the cultural meanings embedded in landscapes. Through sculpture, drawing, and installation, she examines how humans interact with natural resources—particularly water—and how those relationships shape communities and the built environment. Despain is a Miami-based artist working in film and video, sculpture, photography, and installation addressing issues of land use, the desert, climate change, visualizing the Anthropocene, land ownership, and the problematics of frontierism.

The artwork was commissioned and supported by Art in Public Places, part of Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs.

Edny Jean Joseph is an American artist and designer born and raised in Miami, FL. Edny's artwork often deals with historically volatile and traumatic experiences presented as beautiful imagery, using irony as a catalyst for introspection. He recognizes our current fixation on finger-scrolling and image consumption, and creates work that purposefully serves as an opportunity for pause and reflection.

This work has been made possible through the generous support of Louis Wolfson III and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Bony Ramirez is a Dominican-born, New Jersey–based artist known for his highly saturated paintings and murals that explore themes of diaspora, memory, and cultural hybridity. His work blends Caribbean symbolism, personal mythology, and contemporary portraiture to construct imagined worlds that reflect the complexities of migration and belonging. Ramirez has exhibited internationally and is widely recognized for translating studio practice into immersive public artworks. Ramirez draws inspiration from Caribbean iconography and Renaissance style. In bold portraits of contorted often nude figures, drawn on paper and then adhered to painted wooden backdrops that evoke Caribbean topics. His work meditates on the legacy of colonialism in his native Dominican Republic.

Commissioned by The Underline with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Niantic Labs.