El Espacio 23 houses three apartments and a shared work space reserved for residency programs. The residency includes living space, shared studio space, and a production budget for artists and curators across various stages in their career, with a diverse range of disciplines and ethnic backgrounds. Programming is year-round and the length of the stay depends on the interest of the curator or the complexity of the artists’ projects. Residents are selected by El Espacio 23’s curatorial team within the context of the space’s exhibition program, the city of Miami and the Jorge M. Pérez Collection.
Laura Castro is an artist, researcher, and independent curator who lives and works in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Through her practice, she examines notions of identity and the relationship with the past produced by historical discourses from the Caribbean territory. Her work is rooted in...
Sofía del Mar Collins (b. 1995, San Juan, Puerto Rico) considers painting an alchemical process of flood and surrender from which worldmaking unfolds. Blurring differences between craft and fine art mediums, textile processes, such as sewing, embroidery, dyeing with natural pigments, and weaving make their...