In the Loving Swamp of Dry Autumn Leaves: Artist Luján Candria

In the Loving Swamp of Dry Autumn Leaves: Artist Luján Candria
Thursday, May 18 • 6PM-9PM
Please join us for a cocktail reception celebrating the opening of In the Loving Swamp of Dry Autumn Leaves: The Mixed Media Art of Lujan Candria. The event takes place in the Garden’s Butterfly Gallery during May’s Miami Beach Culture Crawl.

Luja?n Candria is a Miami-based Argentine artist who uses diverse media to create introspective works about memory and oblivion. She often uses the repetition of images with subtle light variations to create intimate narratives and poetics loaded with nostalgia.

She explores the natural landscape, using specific vegetation and foliage as the main subjects of her photo-based, mixed-media works. Candria’s premise is that the work will look familiar – not because we can visually recognize them – but because of the emotional response arises within us, appearing to be linked to landscapes that are signified in our memory.

In the creative process, Candria intervenes the photographic images by juxtaposing, multiplying and fragmenting them. The sharpest images get mixed with the more diffuse ones until they turn into almost imperceptible forms or completely disappear to become a simple plain color. As happens with many of our memories that become blurry over time and then come back to us as incomplete narratives.

Candria graduated in sculpture from Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (UNA) and received Associate Degree from Escuela Nacional de Cera?mica in Buenos Aires. In addition, she studied Applied Musical Computer Science at Fonorama and Image Editing at Mac Training Center (UNTREF).

She was an artist in residence at Oolites (Art Center SF) Miami. Awarded the ArtReview Residency Prize, Candria was an artist in residence at Casa Wabi, Oaxaca. 2019. In 2020, her work was selected to be included in MIA’s permanent collection. Candria has presented solo exhibitions at international galleries and institutions. Her work has also participated in group shows, art fairs, and festivals in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the United States. Candria was selected to take part in Salo?n Acme 2023. Mexico City. She is currently an artist in residence at Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami.

Free to attend, please RSVP.