"Art can impact the social context of family dislocations and can serve as a powerful tool in encouraging an open national dialogue about Zero Tolerance in our country"
So (sew) America Cares is a participatory social art project with a commitment to raise awareness about the lives of the children separated from their parents at the border. All the faces stitched together strengthen the very fabric of our own society.
In 2018 a Zero Tolerance immigration policy was announced, requiring that all families who cross the border shall not only be separated but also charged in federal court with the misdemeanor crime of illegal entry.
This Project’s mission is to advocate for these children and to extend an invitation to anyone who would like to participate. Thread by thread, fiber by fiber, a participating community will increase its understanding of the circumstances of these children who never asked to be illegal aliens. The project consists of 10 different faces that will be repeated 100 times each to add 1000 faces. The faces had been laser etched on raw canvas to allow the participant to use any kind of thread, yarn, wool, fabric, paint etc. So (sew) America Cares has a plan: to "sew" them back, to never allow these children to be lost again, to create a quilt of 1000 faces representing a portion of these children.
We cannot allow these traumatized children to disappear and in time, be forgotten.People are encouraged to stitch, sew, knit, knot, crochet, embroider, or braid these drawings so as to symbolically recover these children’s faces and lives again.
So (sew) America Cares is an international call for people to participate and raise awareness as to the consequences of this immigration policy and its devastating effect on children. As citizen, artist, mother and a child that suffered being separated from my family for eight years, I am concerned about the hundreds of separated children across our country.
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2021
Summer Days , Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami Fl
Sew to tell, Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables Fl
Texture of Grief, The Camp Gallery, Miami Fl
2020
So (sew) America Cares, Coral Gables Museum, Miami, Fl
Super Natural Humanoids, Pompano Beach Cultural Center, Fl
2019
Selfies, Foosaner Gallery, Florida Institute of Technology
2018
The decline of rationality in American Politics, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery. Miami Fl
2016
Dark Days of Disconnect, CircaDit, Arnhem Netherland
2015
Everydayness, Espacio Trapezio. Madrid, Spain
Incoherent Stories, Miami Dade Main Library, Miami. Fl
2014
Retra-tablos, Textile Museum. Oaxaca, Mexico.
Face Shields, Sewon Art Space. Jogyakarta, Indonesia
Pecados y Milagros, Blue Door Fine Arts. Miami, Fl
SuperHumanoids, Bake House Art comple. Miami, Fl
2013
Retra-tablos, Espacio Zegache. Oaxaca, Mexico
Los reyes del Anahuac, Museo Imagina. Puebla, Mexico
2012
Masked, Artisian Lounge, Miami, Fl
Los Reyes del Anahuac, Museo Textil, Oxaca, Oxaca Mexico
Los Reyes del Anahuac, Museo del Ferrocarril, Puebla, Puebla Mexico
2011-2013
A established critique towards Aging & Beauty, Projects Rooms, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami Fl
2010
Gerontos, Wolfson Gallery, Miami Dade College, Miami Fl
2009
CS Gallery, Miami, Fl
2008
Karkinos Humorous, CS Gallery, Miami, Fl
2007
A word is an open ended conversation, Edge Zones, Wynwood, Miami, Fl
Surrounded by my people, Installation, I. d Art, Calle 8, Miami, Fl
Socially commune Portraiture, I.D Art, Wynwood, Miami, Fl
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2021
Muses, Harvest Project, Aventura, Fl
Talking thread, The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Fl
64 Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse-The quilt, The Camp Gallery, Fl
Caminantes, Project Space Fat Village, West Pam Beach, Fl
Summer Days, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, MIami Fl
El Hilo Conductor, Mexican Consulate of Miami, Fl
Invisible Thread, Art Box Gallery, West Palm Beach, Fl
2020
40 women Pulling at the thread of Social Discourse, The Camp Gallery
Home Sweet Home, Harvest Project, Pine Crest Fl
El Raft de Madeinusa, The Camp Gallery, Miami Fl
Hey look me over II, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami Florida
Collective Thread, Collective 62, Miami Fl
House to House, Frost Art Museum, Miami Fl 19, FIU Green Library Gallery, Miami Fl
40 Women Pulling at the thread of political Discourse, the Camp Gallery, Miami Fl
Braiding Nature, Harvest Project. Pine Crest, Florida
The Persistent Caravan, The Projects Fat Village, Florida
2019
Hand and I, Mending the World One stitch at a time, Florida
Atlantic University Schmidt Center Gallery. West Palm Beach Florida
Retratablos, Coral Gables Museum, Miami Fl
Eight Women pulling at the threads of Political Discourse, DAMM Gallery, Miami Fl
Cintas Finalists, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Fl
Little Havana Unmasked, En Residencia MDCC, Miami, Fl
Personify, Arts and Cultural Center of Hollywood, Hollywood Fl
America Weaves, Coral Gables Museum, Miami Fl
Hey Look us over, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami Fl
Ripped from the Headlines, Fat Villages, Fort Lauderdale, Fl
Mother, I see myself in your eyes, Concrete Art Space, Miami Fl
The Palette Project, Lowe Museum
Bear, Bare with me, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami Fl
2018
Retratablos, Coral Gables Museum, Miami Fl
Personify, Arts and Cultural Center of Hollywood, Hollywood Fl
America Weaves, Coral Gables Museum, Miami Fl
Hey Look us over, bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami Fl
Ripped from the Headlines, Fat Villages, Fort Lauderdale, Fl
Mother, I see myself in your eyes, Concrete Art Space, Miami Fl
The Palette Project, Lowe Museum
Bear, Bare with me, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami Fl
Florida Biennial, Arts and Cultural Center of Hollywood, Hollywood Fl
Cintas Foundation, Lowe Museum
I'm a witch, Fat Village Fort Lauderdale Fl curated by Milly Cardoso
Everyday is Summer, 24th Street Space, FountainHead Project, Miami Fl
It's hot Miami, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
Sobredosis, Quinta del Sordo, Madrid Spain
Rebel Daughter, The point, Doncaster UK
Disruptive Female, Collective 62, Miami Fl- Arttable Fl
Exposed, Arts and Cultural Center of Hollywood, Hollywood Fl
New Work, BAC, Miami Fl
Fragile Ecologies II, Art Miami, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami Fl
Mottos, Arts and Cultural Center of Hollywood, Hollywood Fl
Woman behind threads, Bossa Gallery, Miami Fl
2017
Gritty in Pink, BaCA/Bailey Contemporary Arts in Pompano Beach, FL
Intimate Lines: Drawing With Thread, Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, NJ
Fragile Ecologies , Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Art Pier 94 New York Fair
Exposed, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Fl
Friction Fiction, Amadlozi Gallery, Miami Fl
Baking History, BakeHouse Art Complex, Miami, Fl
8th All-Media Juried Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Fl
Zoo-Per-Duper, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary Fair
Shared Threads, Mount Dora Center for the Arts, Mount Dora, Fl
Threads of Connection, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Coconut Grove, Fl
2016
Lucky Us? BakeHouse Art Complex, Miami ,Fl
Political Sideshow: "From Bitch to (Big) Nuts and Beyond", Schmidt Center, Boca Raton, Fl
"Open Source" Little Haiti Cultural Center Miami, Fl
"Fiberish" Miami Beach Urban Studios, FIU
"Down they forgot as Up they grew" The projects @Fat Village Fort Lauderdale ,Fl
“Talking until your hear our threads rattle” CCPS Project Space
“Swimming with Narcissus”, Bailey Contemporary Center
"Selfie", Hollywood Arts Center, Hollywood, Fl
"Wrestling the snake", The projects @Fat Village, Fort Lauderdale, Fl
"Intimacy", Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables Fl
"Ethos & Pathos", Mano Fine Art Project Space, Fl
"Supernatural Humanoids", New World Symphony, Miami Beach, Fl
2015
"In this moment", Little Haiti Cultural Center, Miami. FL
"Art is home", 4Most Gallery. University of Florida School of Art, Gainsville. FL
"In transition," Museum of Florida Arts and Culture (MOFAC)
"Felt Sew Knot Bound", Fat Village, Fort lauderdale Fl
"Eco-tax", Peter Fend and R.A.D students , Dimentions Variable, Miami, Fl
"Retratablos", Unilatina International, Miramar Fl
2014
Incoherent Stories, Kontempor Art, Coral Gables Fl
"Manifest Destiny" Haity Cultural Center"
"Bonfire of Vanities" Conde Art, Miami Fl
2013
"Dazibao" Ningbo Art Museum, China
"Too much is not enough" Haiti Cultural Center, Miami Fl
"Fiber optics", Fort Laudedale, Fl. Curated by Lisa Rockford
"Dazibao" Austro Sino Arts Program and Embassy of the Arts activities in Chongqing, China
"Works on paper" Contemporary Cuba Artists. Alexandras Art 954. Miami, Fl
Sea Fair, Irreversible Magazine, Artist Collective
“Reclaimed Miami” Zadok Gallery, Miami Fl
“Human Rights, Human Wrongs”, Artisian Lounge, Miami Fl
“Part of a Conversation” Mano Fine Art, Miami Fl
2012
“PhotoFez International”, Fez, Morroco
“Coming to America” Fiac, Intercontinental, Miami Fl
“Emerging artist Series” Miami Beach Botanical Garden, Miami Fl
2011
“In and out of Cuba” Art Miami Fair, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
Made in USA, Mano art Space, Miami Florida
“Los Reyes del Anáhuac” Arquetopia, Puebla Mexico
2010
“docuperu” Video Festival, Lima Peru
“FCA Ruta 2010” International Juried Competition, Bake Haus Complex, Miami, Fl
“Exodus”, Diaspora Vibe Gallery Wynwood, Fl
“9@ 12 and 6” Ocupa Space, Miami, Fl
“ArtSoby”Deering State Annual Art Exhibit, Juried by Bernice Steinbaum
“It is a Group Thing” MyPac, Wynwood, Mimi, Fl
2009
“Café Cubano,Miami’s Cuban Collection”, Yuma Art Center, Yuma Az
“Get Ready” Cynergy Building, MDC, Miami Fl
“Objectique”, Green Art Fair, Art Basel Events, MESS, Miami Fl
“Implicit Ageism” CAS, Miami, FL –Curated By Aurora Molina
“Contemporary Cuban Visions: Established Cuban Masters and Emerging Stars in Exile”, Colby Gallery, Chicago Ill
“Jamaica Cultural Exchange”, Revolution Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
“Yo no tengo razon” Offlimits, Madrid, Spain
2008
“I do – I do” University of Colorado Spring, Co
“Art Bridge Fair/ Art Miami”Art Basel Miami, Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, Ill
“85@85” 3rd Annual, MiArte Gallery, Miami, FL. (Juries Choice)
“The way to Love” Color Altrnative Space, Miami Int. Book Fair, Curated by Yovani Bauta
“Mexican Influences” Colby Gallery, Chicago, Ill
“Art and Context” MiArte Gallery, Coral Gables Fl “Installare”, I.d Art Gallery, Miami Fl.
“Beyond Breast” Tower Theater, MDC Gallery, Miami Fl.
“Virgenes & Altares” MiArte Gallery, Coral Gables, FL.
“Woman History month” Wolfson Campus, MDC Gallery, Miami, Fl.
“Off The Wall” Experiment Series, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, Fl.
“I do, too” Tower Theater, MDC Gallery, Miami Fl. “Fiber and Paper”, MiArte Gallery, Miami. Fl
2007
“Fire Haus” Fire Haus Gallery, Miami. Fl
“85@85” MiArte Gallery, Miami, FL. “Obj-Art” Color Alternative, Wynwood, Miami, Fl.
“Safety Zones” Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Wynwwod, Miami, Fl
“U-Phoria pushing the limits” MiArte Gallery, Miami, Fl.
“Pieces” Chirino’s Gallery, North Miami. Fl
“Baruj’s Atelier” Cremate Fine Art, Miami, Fl, Curator Baruj Salinas
“Re-Emergence” GC Gallery FIU, Miami, Fl, Curated Wendy Fisher
“Art of Uncertainty”, Fabri-K & Edge Zones, San Salvador , El Salvador
“Annual student Show” MDC, Interamerican Gallery, Miami, Fl
“I do, I do ‘till the end”, Color Alternative Space, Miami, Fl, Curator Yovani Bauta
“Senses”, Kunst Motel, Miami, Fl
“Alternative”, Kunst Motel, Miami, Fl
“I do, I do” Group W-10, Contemporanea Fine Art, Curated Yovani Bauta, Miami, Fl
“Support the Arts” I.D. Art, Wynwood, Miami, Fl
“BFA Exhibition” Frost Museum, FIU, Miami, Fl
“Retratos” Tower Theater, Miami, Fl
“41st Annual Student Art Show” MDC InterAmerican Campus, Miami, Fl
“Women by Women” Group W-10, MDC Wolfson Campus, Miami, Fl. Curated by Yovani Bauta.
“Mares” Tower Theater, Miami, Fl. Curated by Baruj Salinas
“1st Annual FIU Art Show”, Miami, Fl
“African Beat” Tower Theater, Miami, Fl. Baruj Salinas Student Show.
2006
“Eyes of the South” Group W-10, Tower Theater, Miami, Fl
”85@85” miArte Gallery, Coral Gables, Fl “Zero Gravity” MDC Kendall Gallery, Miami, Fl
“Hispanic Heritage Exhibition” Group W-10, MDC Wolfson Gallery, Miami, Fl
“La Mirada del Sur” Group W-10, Cremata Fine Art Gallery, Miami, Fl
“Figuras Exhibition” Tower Theater, Miami, Fl “Art Exhibit” United Seniors of America Foundation, Miami, Fl
“Dos Orillas” Tower Theater, Miami, Fl
“4th Annual” Discover Miami Festival, Miami, Fl
“Student Show” Green Library, Florida International University, Miami, Fl
“Alt Space” Design District, Miami, Fl. Curated by Tori Arpad
2005
“Masters Mystery Art Show” During Art Basel Miami.
“African Roots” Tower Theater, Miami, Fl “Flowers” Tower Theater, Miami, Fl
“Emerging Artists” Tower Theater, Miami, Fl
“Beginner’s Luck” Dorsh Galley, Design District, Miami, Fl
“5th Annual Juried Student Art Show” MDC InterAmerican Campus, Miami, Fl
2004
“Annual Exhibition” MDC InterAmerican Campus, Baruj Salinas’ Class, Miami, Fl
2003
“Gallery Hall Exhibition” MDC InterAmerican Campus, Miami, Fl
“Student Show-Painting” MDC North Campus, Miami, Fl
2002
“Student Show-Photography” Books & Books, Coral Gables, Fl “Student Show-Photography” Miami Dade College-Wolfson Campus.
Aurora Molina
Using the tools of embroidery, sculpture-making, drawing, photography, and video, she uses the potential of fiber art to communicate ideas about social and political issues. Her multifaceted platform provides a sustained and powerful critique of a society that “dismisses” the most vulnerable as they become invisible and hidden from everyday life. With a commitment to Advanced Fiber Art in Miami, Molina is a co-founder of FAMA, Fiber Artists-Miami Association a newly artist collaborative that builds community through textiles and weaves Miami together.
EDUCATION
2020
The Alternative School, Fall Semester
2014-2015
research.art.dialogue, Fall/Spring Semester
2008-2010
Master in Contemporary Arts, Universidad Europea de Madrid. Spain
2008-2009
AS Degree, Photography Technology. Miami Dade College, Miami, Fl
2007
BFA in Mixed Media, Art, Minor in Art History.
2005-2007
Florida International University, Miami, Fl
2002-2004
Miami Dade College, Miami, Fl Associate in Arts Degree- Art
WORKSHOPS
2019
Weaving, Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico
2019
Back Strap Looming, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Natural Dyes, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
2016
Wet felting, Arnhem , Holland
2014
Hoja Lata, Oaxaca, Mexico
Calenda Puppets, Oaxaca, Mexico
Shadow Puppet, Yogjakarta, Indonesia
Batik, Kelik Batik, Yogjakarta, Indonesia
2013
Back Strap Loom, Santo Tomas Jaliza, Oaxaca, Mexico
Gold Leafing Retablos, Santa Ana Zegache, Oaxaca, Mexico
Barro Verde, Atzompa, Oaxaca, Mexico
Natural Pigment, Teotitlen del valle, Oaxaca, Mexico
Black Pottery, San Bartolo, Oaxaca, Mexico
2012
The Arts of Marionettes Workshop, University of Arts, Udaipur Rajasthan, India
Block Printing Workshop, Jaykirti Textiles & Clothes, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Minuature Painting Workshop, Master Artist Atjay, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Tie and Dye Workshop, Jaykirti Textiles & Clothes, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Kagzi Hand Made paper Ind. Workshop, , Sanganere, Rajasthan, India
Alebrijes Workshop, Maria and Jocabo de los Angeles, San Martin Tilcajete, Oxaca Mexico.
Photography workshop Roger Ballen, Fez, Morrocco
2011
Talavera Ceramics, Don Cesar State Certified Talavera Atelier, Puebla, Mexico.
Printing etchings and monotypes at California Printmakers, Miami, Fl
ARTIST IN RESIDENCY
2019
Trama Textile, Guatemala
2017
Sam Rit, Thailand
2016
Slak Ateliers, Arnhem Holland
Trama textile, Guatemala
2015
Intercambiador ACART, Madrid Spain
Textile Museum, Oxaca Mexico
2014
Arquetopia Residency, Oaxaca Mexico
2013
Arquetopia Residency , Oaxaca Mexico
Arquetopia Educational Residency, Oaxaca Mexico
2012
Art in Jaipur, Jaipur, India
Arquetopia , Puebla, Oxaca Mexico
1000 Words Photography Magazine, Roger Ballen, Fez, Morrocco
2011
Arquetopia, Puebla Mexico
2010-2012
Deering Estate at Cutler
AWARDS
2021
Creators Award, the Ellies
2020
Artist Award, Cintas Fundation
Artist relief Grant, Locust Project
MAS, Department of Cultural Affairs
2018
Wave Maker, Locust Project
Access Grant, Cultural Affairs office
Creators Award, the Ellies
En residencia, Koubek Center
2013
4th Place, Juror's Choice.
Fiber Optic, Broward, Fl
2008-2011
Artist Grant, TigerTail Production, Coconut Grove, Fl
2006
FIU Art Scholarship, Miami, Fl
2005
Honorable Mention, Art Exhibit Tower Theater, Miami, Fl
2003
Miami Dade Woman Club Scholarship, Miami, Fl
2003
Honor of Excellence from the Department of Fine Arts, Miami Dade College, Fl
ART FAIRS
2021
Art Miami, Bernice Steimbaum Gallery
Springbreak Art Fair, New York
2019
Springbreak Art Fair, New York
Art Miami, Bernice Steimbaum Gallery
2018
Scope, New York
Art Miami, Bernice Steimbaum Gallery
2017
Art New York, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
2016
Art Miami, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
2015
Spectrum Art Fair, Conde Contemporary
Art Santa Fe Fair, Conde Contemporary. Santa Fe, New Mexico
Art in the Natural World and Cultured Settings, Art Wynwood Fair, Bernice Steinbaum Project Series
2014
Art Fair San Diego, Conde Contemporary, California
2012
Wynwood art Fair Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami Fl
2011
“In and out of Cuba” Art Miami Fair, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2017
Miaminewtimes.com/arts/bernice-steinbaum-returns-with-new-coconut-grove-gallery-9086079
Orlandosentinel.com/news/lake/os-lk-mount-dora-center-arts-shared-threads
2016
Theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/florida/articles/women-who-stole-the-spotlight-at-miami-art-week-2016/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=share
Miamiclasica.com/2016/12/05/universos-que-colisionan-en-art-basel-miami-2016/
Knightfoundation.org/articles/art-basel-miami-beach-2016
Artisabout.com/2016/07/01/talking-to-hear-our-threads-rattle/
Thecabbagepalm.com/blog/2016/11/10/textiles-equality-and-gallery-practices-a-conversation-with-bernice-steinbaum.
Studio
283 Catalonia Ave, Coral Gables Fl 33134
Phone: (305) 364-5561
Open : 12–5PM
E-mail: info@auroramolina.com
Represented by Bernice Steinbaum Gallery