CONTEXT Art Miami Announces 2019 Exhibitor List

Oct 11, 2019 3:48PM

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CONTEXT Art Miami, the international contemporary fair dedicated to the development and reinforcement of emerging and mid-career artists, has announced the 2019 exhibitor list for its eighth edition. Taking place December 3 – 8, 2019, the fair will feature 96 galleries from 28 countries including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, The Netherlands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom and United States.

This year’s fair will kick off with an invitation-only Platinum VIP Preview for top collectors, curators, and members of the press on Tuesday December 3rd, from 4:30PM – 6:00PM to benefit the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). The VIP Preview will open for all VIP Cardholders at 6:00PM and continue until 10PM. This is the ninth consecutive year that PAMM has been the fair’s exclusive VIP Preview benefactor and Art Miami LLC has already donated more than $200,000 to further the museum’s collection and mission. The partnership remains an integral part of the Art Miami Group’s larger commitment to the city of Miami.

CONTEXT Art Miami continues to develop and push boundaries on the conversation about contemporary art. The Fair offers an exceptionally strong platform for collectors to discover and acquire fresh and significant works in today’s primary art market from emerging and established galleries.

The fair will be held alongside Art Miami at the prestigious waterfront location of One Miami Herald Plaza on Biscayne Bay, nestled between the Venetian and MacArthur Causeways in the heart of Downtown Miami.

The 2019 edition welcomes new exhibitors including: Everard Read, Cape Town making their Miami debut with a selection of contemporary artists including Liza Groble, who through her participatory environments, explores the interactions between the physical presence of the viewer, the space in which the work is experienced and the constructed form. Chimento Contemporary from Los Angeles is presenting the work of Pamela Smith Hudson. Pamela’s stylistic abstractions explore her own city living experience through an arch of topographical minimalism work. Gallery SU: from Seoul will present the work of Fay Shin. metroquadro from Torino/Miami will present the new body of work by artist Monique Rollins. HOFA from London/Los Angeles/Mykonos, is presenting a group of contemporary artists including Wang Miling, whose work explores perception of external surroundings through reforming the structure of how one sees and perceives. Galerie Koo from Hong Kong is presenting the work of French-Swiss Amélie Ducommun, whose work lies mainly in a questioning of memory, perception of landscape and the interrelationship of natural elements. AHA Fine Art from New York is presenting the work of Jen Dwyer, a contemporary artist who makes socially engaged multidisciplinary work in relation to current social issues. SMO Contemporary Art Ventures from Lagos is presenting the work of Nigerian artists Olumide Onadipe, one of Africa’s finest mixed media experimental artists today. Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, from Binghamton is presenting a group of contemporary artists including British artist Jamie Salmon. From Chile, Galeria Animal is presenting Pablo Benzo. Aurora Vigil-Escalera Art Gallery from Gijón will debut with work by Ismael Lagares, Pablo Armesto, Jorge Hernández among others.

New works from returning galleries include: Eike König presented by Heitsch Gallery, Munich. Diana Copperwhite presented by 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York. Vanessa Barragão presented by Galeria Casa Cuadrada, Bogota. Luis Selem presented by Galeria Alfredo Ginocchio, Mexico City. Daniele Papuli presented by GALLERIA STEFANO FORNI, Bologna. Kim Cogan is presented by Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco. Salustiano presented by Galerie Benjamin Eck, Munich. Luis Efe Velez presented by The light Gallery, Medellin. Matthias Verginer presented by Liquid art system, Capri.

Alongside the Main section, the 2019 edition will feature a series of dynamic exhibitions, solo presentations, sound, video, and sculptures throughout the fair and public outside areas. The Fair will also have these programs and details for Special Projects announced via press release in October.

CONTEXT Sculpture Park is a dynamic curated program for installations and sculptures works by artists represented by 2019 exhibitors. The program will be presented a cutting-edge and innovative developments in contemporary sculpture throughout the fair public outside areas.

CONTEXT Video is an energetic curated program for video art, experimental film and moving image works by artists represented by 2019 exhibitors. The program will be present a contemporary view on the medium, and will be presented within the main floor of the fair.

CONTEXT Sound Positions started at CONTEXT Art Miami in 2014, and since then it has been a strong platform for the presentation of Sound Art in our fair editions in Miami and New York. Sound Positions creates an intimate experience for listening to work of emerging and established sound artists. The program will be presented within the main floor of the fair.

Fair Hours: ● Opening Night Platinum VIP Preview | Tuesday, Dec 3: 4:30PM - 6:00PM ● Opening Night VIP Preview | Tuesday, Dec 3: 6:00PM – 10PM ● General Admission | Wednesday, Dec. 4 – Sat, Dec. 7, 11AM –8PM; Sunday, Dec. 8; 11AM – 6PM

Location: The CONTEXT Art Miami Pavilion, One Herald Plaza @ NE 14th Street, Downtown Miami. On Biscayne Bay between the Venetian & MacArthur Causeways

Transportation: A courtesy shuttle from the fairs to the JW Marriott Marquis and the Perez Art Museum Miami will operate during fair hours for Art Miami and CONTEXT Art Miami

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