Kimpton Palomar Hotel, 1750 Alton Road, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Dates of Exhibition: November 14, 2024 through December 12, 2024
GeoVanna Gonzalez is a Miami-based artist. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California where she received her BFA at Otis College of Art and Design. GeoVanna Gonzalez’s work engages in a multifaceted practice encompassing performance, installation, sculpture, and moving image. Over the course of her artistic journey, she has cultivated an approach centered around the interplay between the live body, spatial dynamics, and sculptural elements. Her artistic endeavors are driven by a desire to forge connections between private and public realms, achieved through interventionist and participatory art that places an emphasis on collaboration and collectivity. A thematic underpinning of Gonzalez’s work revolves around exploring the fluid landscapes of gender and identity, as well as delving into the realms of intimacy and proximity.
Her work has been shown at various institutions including The Institute of Contemporary Art, Station Contemporary Arts Museum, NSU Art Museum, The Bass Museum, Untitled Art Fair, Fringe Projects, and The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design. Gonzalez has received awards and residencies from South Arts’ Southern Prize and State Fellowship, WaveMaker Grant, The Ellies Visual Arts Award, The South Florida Cultural Consortium, Santa Fe Art Institute Residency Santa Fe, Franconia Sculpture Park, Bemis Center For contemporary Arts, and CAMPO. Her work is in permanent collections at Miami-Dade County Art in Public Place and University of Maryland Art Gallery.
Artist GeoVanna Gonzalez presents “Moving Interlude.” Inspired by the theories of sociologist Henri Lefebvre, Gonzalez’s work investigates the intersection of urban design, cultural values and spatial justice. Gonzalez explores how elements of urban architecture can inadvertently perpetuate social inequalities through exclusionary designs, such as antisocial architecture, which subtly controls behavior and restricts movement.
Photo credit: Monica McGivern