Antonia Wright was born and lives in Miami, Florida. Wright received an MFA in Poetry from The New School, New York, New York (2005) and trained at the International Center of Photography, New York, New York (2008). Through a multimedia practice of video, performance, photography, sound, light, and sculpture, Wright responds to extremes of emotion, control, and violence in relation to systems of power. The body is a principal element in her work.
She has exhibited in the U.S. and abroad and has been awarded residencies nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions include “Patria y Vida” at the Faena Hotel in Miami Beach, FL; “I came to see the damage” at Spinello Projects, Miami, Florida (2022), “Not Yet Paved” at Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida (2021), “And so with ends comes beginnings” at UNTITLED, ART Fair (2021), “If I had to Perish Twice” at SPRING/BREAK in New York, New York (2018), “Under the Water Was Sand” at Luis de Jesus Los Angeles, CA (2017), “Double Dutch #7” at The National Gallery of Art in Nassau, Bahamas (2017).
Group exhibitions include “Sinking Feeling” at Or Gallery in Vancouver, Canada (2023), “You Know Who You Are: Recent Acquisitions of Cuban Art from the Jorge M Pérez Collection,” El Espacio 23, Miami, FL (2023), “BETA FISH,” GOOD TO KNOW.FYI (2022), “Are You OK?,” Galerie Ernst Hilger in Vienna (2022); “On the Horizon” at The Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee (2022), “#fail,” Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans, Louisiana (2022), “Counter-Landscapes”, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona (2019), The Havana Biennial 2019, The Faena Arts Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina; “Count/Recount: Feminist Film and Video” at The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C (2017) and Getty’s Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (2017) among others.
Her art practice is inextricably linked to her social practice. She serves on the board of the Lotus House shelter in Miami, Florida, Locust Projects and Planned Parenthood, South, East, and North Florida.
Wright recently won the No Vacancy 2022 Juror’s Choice Award, The Ellies Creator Award (2022, 2020), the South Florida Cultural Consortium Award (2019-2020), CINTAS Foundation finalist awarded to artists with Cuban heritage (2019, 2021). Residencies include The Pittsburgh Glass Center, PA, (2022); Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY (2015); Leipzig International Art Program, Germany, and Oolite Arts, Miami, FL.
Her work is in the collection of The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Pérez Art Museum Miami, El Espacio 23, The Bass, The Girls’ Club, and NSU Art Museum. She is represented by Spinello Projects in Miami, FL, and affiliated with Luis De Jesus Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
Wright’s work has been presented in publications including The New York Times, Artforum, Art in America, Hyperallergic, i-D, New York Magazine, Daily News, Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, and The Art Newspaper.
ANTONIA WRIGHT
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EDUCATION
International Center of Photography (ICP), New York, NY, 2008.
The New School, New York, NY, 2005.
Masters in Fine Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry. Thesis: Poetry and Performance Art
University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 2002.
Bachelor of Arts, English. Emphasis Creative Writing and Literature
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
What goes up must come down, Lowe Art Museum, Miami
2023
Patria y Vida, commissioned by No Vacancy, at the Faena Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
I came to see the damage that was done and the treasures that prevail, Spinello Projects, Miami
2022
And so with ends comes beginnings, UNTITLED, Art Fair, special project, Miami Beach, FL
Not Yet Paved, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, Florida
Opposition Camp, Art Kiosk, San Francisco, CA
YES/NO, Illuminate Coral Gables, FL
2020
South Florida Cultural Consortium winners’ exhibition, NSU Art Museum Ft. Lauderdale, FL
MAP, DACRA special project curated by Claire Breukel, Design District, Miami, FL
It is Not Down On Any Map, Spinello Projects, Miami, FL
2019
It is Not Down On Any Map; True Places Never Are, Monuments at UNTITLED, ART Fair, Miami Beach
2018
America Stands Behind Us, public artwork commission by Fringe Projects, Government Center, Miami
Double Dutch #7: Hot Water, National Gallery of Art (NAGB), Nassau, Bahamas
If I had to Perish Twice, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
2017
CONTROL, Spinello Projects, Miami, FL
Under the Water Was Sand, Then Rocks, Miles of Rocks, Then Fire, Luis de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Under the Water Was Sand, Then Rocks, Miles of Rocks, Then Fire, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
2015
Video: Poems, The Screening Room, Miami, FL
Florida Prize in Contemporary Art, Orlando Museum of Art, FL
2014
Suddenly We Jumped, Luis de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
You Make Me Sick: I Love You, Spinello Projects, Miami, FL
Be, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, CA
Copyright Infringement, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
2012
Trading Places II, MOCA, N. Miami, FL
Love on an Escalator, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
2011
Where All of Your Dreams Come True, Mosquera Collection, Miami, FL
Are You OK?, Spinello Projects, Miami, FL
2010
A Great Disorder is An Order, 777 Gallery, Miami, FL
2009
At The Ventanita, Salon Adelphi VI, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Environmental Futures III, curated by Aldeide Delgado, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood FL
You Are Here-, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL
2023
Making Miami, special project for Miami Art Week, Miami Design District (DACRA)
Biscayne, curated by Kate Flemming, The Kampong, Coconut Grove
Sinking Feeling, curated by Heather Diack, Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Rinse and Repeat, The Girls’ Club Collection, Girls’ Club by the River, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2022
Animation Generation, film and videos from the NSU Art Museum Collection, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
You Know Who You Are: Recent Acquisitions of Cuban Art from the Jorge M Pérez Collection, El Espacio 23, Miami, FL
GOOD TO KNOW.FYI presents BETA FISH at Beaches, Miami Beach, FL
2022
Are You OK?, Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna
And so with ends comes beginnings, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, CA
#fail, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN
2021
Where there is power, curated by Rene Morales, Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
Natural Transcendence, curated by Rhonda Mirtrani, Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
Artists + Identity: Portraiture, Performance, Doppelgangers and Disguise, Art and Culture Center, FL
2020
Infinite Seed, curated by GOOD TO KNOW.FYI + Jess Hodin Levy, Bhumi Farms, NY
Grounded, Spinello Projects, Miami, FL
2019
Counter-Landscapes: Performative Actions from 1970s – now, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, AZ
Faena Festival: The Last Supper, LED Billboard Boat, 34th and Miami Beach
GOOD TO KNOW presents WE BUY GOLD, Mana Contemporary, Miami, FL
The Havana Biennial 2019, Detrás del Muro, curated by Juan Delgado and Luis Enrique Padrón Pérez
Cantos Comunes, Blockhouse, Havana, Cuba curated by Diaz Lewis
IKT Miami, ARTiculating Sustainability, Pérez Art Museum (PAMM), Miami
Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago, Portland Museum of Art
I Scream, Therefore I Exist screened at 10 Times Square Billboard (10TS) NY, NY
2018
Free, Art Fair curated by Anthony Spinello, Brickell City Center, Miami, FL
Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago, Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
On Archipelagos and Other Imaginaries–, Creative Time Summit, Miami
La NO Comunidad, CentroCentro, Curated by Blanca de la Torre and Ricardo Ramón Jarne, Madrid, Spain
10,000 Fahrenheit, San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries (SFAC Galleries), SF, CA
Women Who Stand on the Sun, Lotus Village, permanent installation at the homeless shelter facility, Miami, FL
2017
Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago, Pacific Standard Time, Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Long Beach, CA
Count/Recount: Feminist Film and Video, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
On The Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Art Collection, Pérez Art Museum Miami PAMM), Miami, FL, organized by Tobias Ostrander
Body Language: Figuration in Modern and Contemporary Art, Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art, AZ
The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2016
Energy Charge: Connecting to Ana Mendieta, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
La suspensión del deseo, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba
Youniverse, Apexart, New York, NY
Working Worlds, LIA, Leipzig, Germany, Curated by Anna-Louise Rolland
2015
Ping Pong, Projektraum M54, Basel, Switzerland
Auto Body, Faena Art Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Projector Unicorn, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Auto Body, Spinello Projects, Miami, FL
The Remarkable Lightness of Being, Aeroplastics, Brussels, Belgium
Ping Pong, Projektraum M54, Basel, Switzerland
Between You and Me, Vanity Projects, New York, NY, curated by Grela Orihuela
Plastic(o) Fantastic(o), Central Bank of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
2013
Suddenly We Jumped, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, FL.
Deep Water Horizon, Site95, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, D.C.
2012
Inside the Moment, Crane Art Space, Philadelphia, PA
Perfect Lovers, White Box Gallery, New York, NY
New Exhibition, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, FL
2011
MOCA Optic Nerve XIII Finalists, The De la Cruz Collection and MOCA, N. Miami, FL
The Martin Hadley Fisher Collection: Syntax, Tampa Museum of Art, FL
Obstacle, The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY, curated by William and Steven Ladd
2010
Littlest Sister Art Fair, Spinello Projects, Miami FL
Base Paint, shelters painted by international artists for children in Haiti, Cite Soleil, Haiti, L’Athletique d’Haiti
Heart Happening, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, FL
I’m Starting to Realize Sleep is a Metaphor for Everything, Sleepless Nights Art Festival, Miami Beach, FL
Hope Blossoms, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, FL
The Nature of Things, The Cisneros Foundation, Miami, FL
2008
The Art Under the Bridge Festival, D.U.M.B.O. Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
You Make Me Sick, Envoy Gallery, New York, NY
Slideluck Potshow XII, McCarren Park Pool, Brooklyn, NY
Reflect, International Center of Photography Gallery, New York, NY
AWARDS
2023
Corral & Cathers Artist Award Grantee, Coral Gables Community Foundation Miami Individual Artists (MIA) Award, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
2022
Antonia Wright and Ruben Millares were the winners of the No Vacancy Juror’s Choice Award for their public artwork installed on the beach outside the Faena Hotel during Art Basel/Miami Art Week 2022. Winner, The Ellies Creator Award, Oolite Arts Miami Individual Artist (MIA) Award, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
2021
CINTAS Foundation Fellowship finalist awarded to artists of Cuban heritage
2020
Winner, The Ellies Creator Award, Oolite Arts
Winner, 2020 South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant
2019
CINTAS Foundation Fellowship finalist awarded to artists of Cuban heritage
Oolite Arts Direct Support For Artists Grant
2013-2018
Art Basel Miami Beach Artist Studio visits, Miami FL
2018
Wavemaker Grant Recipient Award
2017
Best Artist of 2017, The Miami New Times
Winner, Village Voice Media, MasterMind Genius Grant
2016
Ernst & Young Artist Award, Grant, Leipzig, Germany
2015
Dialogues in Cuban Art, Grant, Havana, Cuba, Miami, FL
Finalist, Florida Prize in Contemporary Art, Orlando Museum of Art, FL
2012
MOCA Optic Nerve XIII Finalist, MOCA, N. Miami, FL
COMMISSIONS
2023 What goes up must come down, Lowe Art Museum, Miami (upcoming)
2022 Patria y Vida, commissioned by No Vacancy, at the Faena Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
2021 MAP, #fail, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
2021 Opposition Camp, Art Kiosk, San Francisco, CA
2021 YES/NO, Illuminate Coral Gables, FL
2020 MAP, DACRA site-specific project curated by Claire Breukel, Design District, Miami, FL
2016 Locust Projects Open Call for Artist’s Exhibition Proposals
2014 Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Contemporary Art Commission
RESIDENCIES
2022 The Pittsburgh Glass Center
2018-2013 Plastic(o) Fantastic(o), New Providence, Bahamas, International artist collective and residency in which Wright is a founding member.
2016 Leipzig International Art Program, Leipzig, Germany
2015 Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Performing Arts Forum (PAF), St. Erme, France
2012 Elsewhere, Greensboro, NC
2010 ArtCenter South Florida, Residency, Miami Beach, FL
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Editors, “11 Artists Leading the Countries Cultural Conversation Right Now”, Gotham Magazine, November 2022.
Miami Beach Arts and Culture, Winner of Juror’s Choice Award: Antonia Wright & Ruben Millares, Patria y Vida.
Portal, Pedro. Take a look at the ‘Patria y Vida’ installation by Antonia Wright and Rubén Millares at Faena, The Miami
Herald, December 1, 2022
In Pictures: See the Fun Public Art Adorning Miami Beach’s Top Hotels—and Vote on Which One Takes a $10,000
Prize, Artnet, News, November 30, 2022
Turner, Elisa. “At Spinello Projects, Antonia Wright Pushes Back Against Abortion Ban”, October, 2022
Antonia Wright’s Miami Solo Exhibition Lays Bare the Reproductive Rights Crisis, A Woman’s Thing, October 2022.
Moreno, Sarah, “An art project to donate to Cubans on the island,” El Nuevo Herald, January 2022.
Wood, Falyn, “Six must-see public art installations of Art Basel 2021: Antonia Wright,” TimeOut, 2021.
Yerebakan, Osman, “Art Spills Outside Booths and Taps Into Politics,” UNTITLED, ART, December 8, 2019.
“When Flying the Flag causes Consternation,” The Art Newspaper, December 4, 2019.
Sanfillippo, Amanda, ‘Creative Times Summit will explore art’s ability to transform our world.’ Miami Herald,
November 1, 2018.
Morrissey, Siobhan. “This Artwork Will Make You Feel out of Control. That’s the Idea.” Miami Herald, December 4, 2017
Morgenstern, Hans. “Antonia Wright’s Control is so Intense, Waivers have to be signed.” Miami New Times, Dec 4, 2017
Cohen, Alina. Your Must-See Art Guide to Art Basel Miami Beach “Beware flying barricades at Little Haiti’s Spinello
Projects, where local artist Antonia Wright meditates on protest and provocation”. The Observer, Nov. 29, 2017
Best of Miami, “Best Artist: Antonia Wright,” Miami New Times, 2017.
“US-Born Cuban- 6 Artists to Watch: Antonia Wright,” Cuban Art News, August 8, 2017.
Mizota, Sharon. “Antonia Wright pulls a disappearing act at Luis De Jesus,” Los Angeles Times, February, 1, 2017.
Mcdermon, Daniel. “Re-enacting a Childhood Trauma on Video. For Art.” The New York Times, September 17, 2016.
Carney, Sean J. Patrick. “First Look.” Art in America, September 2016.
Martin, Lydia. “Multimedia Master Antonia Wright and the Art of Risk,” The Miami Herald, September 17, 2016.
Tosone, Austen. “Artist Antonia Wright on Reclaiming Memory Through Art,” NYLON. September 8, 2016.
Goyanes, Rob. “Poem: Videos at the Screening Room,” Temporary Art Review, July 24, 2015.
Ryzik, Melena. “Art is a Splash, Grand and Tiny, in Miami.” The New York Times, 05 December, 5, 2014.
Patel, Alpesh Kantilal, “Critics’ Picks for Antonia Wright’s You Make Me Sick: I Love You,” ARTFORUM June 2014
Granger, Bryan. “Antonia Wright’s You Make Me Sick: I Love You,” DailyServing, April 9, 2015.
Peters, Kate. “The State of the Book: Antonia Wright and Ruben Millares,” The Miami Rail. Fall 2013.
Gottlieb, Shirlie. “Editorial Features: Antonia Wright,” Visual Art Source, June 2012.
Brillson, Leila. “10 Rising Miami Artists to Start Collecting Now,” Refinary29, April 2012.
Yu, Betty. “Using Art To Heal at Lotus House,” 6 NBC Miami, April 2012, television.
Moskovitz, Diana. “Standing on the sun: Artist profiles homeless women of Miami’s Lotus House,” Miami Herald, Visual Arts, April 2012.
Rosenblum, Emma. “The New Talent Show: Pot-luck Culture,” New York Magazine, January, 2009.