Miami, Feb. 25, 2025 – Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Hialeah Campus, in collaboration with Centro Cultural Español in Miami (CCEMiami), presents “Vulnerable Maps,” a contemporary art exhibition featuring works by Emilia Martin Fierro (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 1965) and Juan Miguel Pozo (Holguín, Cuba, 1967). The exhibition will open at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 8, with a brunch reception at MDC Hialeah Campus’ Art Gallery. This event is free and open to the public.
In “Vulnerable Maps,” Martin Fierro and Pozo reflect on history, memory, and recollection, exploring their relationship with the concepts of borders, frontiers, and limits, approached with a sensitivity that plays with the personal biography of each artist. Curated by Dennys Matos and directed by Noor Blazekovic, the exhibition includes recent works in painting, drawing, and installation, highlighting the pictorial and discursive affinities shared by these artists. The exhibition will be part of the program of exhibitions and cultural art events for the XI International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art, which will take place in Miami from March 6 to 29.
“Vulnerable Maps” will open with a brunch reception at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 8. Exhibition will be on view March 8 – 24. For more information, contact the Hialeah Campus at 305-237-8812 or info-hcc@mdc.edu.
About Emilia Martín Fierro
Emilia Martín Fierro (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1965) is a visual artist and professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of La Laguna, Tenerife. Over the course of three decades, she has held numerous solo and group exhibitions, including “Recent Memory. Contemporary Practices in the CAAM Collection,” Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Gran Canaria, Spain (2024). “In-betweenness,” solo exhibition at LnS Gallery, (2023), Miami, USA; “Between Membranes. Walking on the Edge,” solo exhibition at Centro de Arte La Regenta, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (2021). Her work has been acquired by art centers such as the Tenerife Espacio de las Artes (T.E.A.), Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (C.A.A.M., and Gran Canaria, Spain. Her work uses superpositions and transparencies of pictorial, material, and photographic layers to speak about the concepts of edges, interstices, frontiers, and the difference between the dynamic nature of reality, happening, and its re-presentation.
Juan Miguel Pozo
Juan Miguel Pozo (Holguín, Cuba, 1967) is part of a generation of Cuban artists from the 1990s marked by the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) and the disappearance of Communist Eastern Europe. His paintings use objects and elements of the urban environment, extending to architecture and urbanism. Expressed in a neo-figurative language, his work plays with the overlapping of layers, relating painting, graphic art, and photography to reinterpret the codes of communication and political propaganda. He has exhibited in Europe, the United States, and Latin America. His most recent solo exhibitions include: “Die Zukunft war ein Ort,” Janine Bean Gallery, Berlin (2019); “Goliath The Man In The High Castle,” Nardone Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (2018); “After The Storm,” Galleria Estéreo, Monterrey, Mexico.
Centro Cultural Español in Miami (CCEMiami)
CCEMiami is a non-profit organization founded in 1996 with a focus on arts and culture in Spanish from all artistic disciplines, including the promotion and collaboration with artists from Latin America, Spain, and Miami. CCEMiami offers an annual, affordable program of performing arts, exhibitions, presentations, and workshops, providing a platform for dialogue and education, always inspired by the principle of freedom and respect for cultural diversity. CCEMiami’s mission is to contribute to the social and economic development of South Florida by extending access to the arts to all communities, especially those with limited access to culture. https://ccemiami.org/en/.
WHAT: Miami Dade College Hialeah Campus Presents “Vulnerable Maps”
WHEN: Opening Saturday, March 8, at 10 a.m.
WHERE: MDC Hialeah Campus Art Gallery
1776 W. 49th Street