Meet Summer Open alumnus Susan Kim Alvarez, a multimedia artist whose practice explores the fantastical chaos of her innermost world. Drawing from the folk stories of her Cuban and Vietnamese heritage, Susan’s artwork integrates the characters and mythological motifs introduced to her through traditional storytelling and experiences of cultural celebration. Through painting and mixed media sculpture, Susan is able to create new mythologies and imaginaries, particular to the joys and discomforts inherent in her own experiences of tradition.

Meet Carmen Smith, a painter at Bakehouse whose practice explores how the built environment affects emotional and psychological states. Smith draws on memory and the tropical urban architecture unique to South Florida, in creating work that is rich in its ability to elicit emotional responses grounded in memorial and spacial familiarity.

In the early 1980’s, Helene Pancoast was amongst a small group of local artists who embarked on acquiring an affordable art space in Wynwood Norte, now known and beloved as Bakehouse Art Complex. Last week, we received the news of Helene's peaceful passing. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the Pancoast family and friends for their loss.

Meet Avi Jannus Young, Miami native and Queer artist working in drawing, fiber, collage, photography, ceramic, and painting. Young uses multi-disciplinary techniques in documenting the jubilation of the queer experience, present the sublime nature found in the range of intimacy, and inform viewers through representation imagery, in the hopes that it will evoke a sense of empathetic relatability.

Meet Philip Lique, multidisciplinary artist at Bakehouse since 2020. Philip’s practice focuses on Western civilization, religion, occult practices, and art history- themes that often become source material for sculpture, installation, printmaking, and independent publications. Lique is a self-described “obsessive maker,” integrating creation and daily routine in producing work that reflect the intersection of otherwise distinct interests.

Meet T. Eliott Mansa, who joined the Bakehouse Art Complex in January 2023, and is a Miami-based visual artist.

Meet Ian Fichman, a Bakehouse artist whose practice is mainly comprised of metalwork and illustration. In seeking to defy the familiar, each sculpture he creates is uniquely assembled in an effort to bring new characters to life. Fichman's stylized skeletal figures aim to chronicle his own experiences, in a way that anyone may identify with.

Meet Mary Ellen Scherl, a Bakehouse artist whose practice has largely been focused on women’s issues. Sculpting in clay, casting in bronze and stainless steel, carving stone, photography, film, installations, and painting are all within her toolbox. The subject of her latest work is an ambitious series of portrait paintings in oil honoring the women of our U.S. Armed Forces.

Meet Bakehouse supporter, Vania Laguerre, Local Market Executive with Bank of America. This past year, Bakehouse was among 18 distinguished global institutions to be awarded a Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Art Conservation Project grant which is allowing us to preserve a public mural by the late artist Purvis Young, located on our east-facing façade. Read more about Vania and why she supports Bakehouse!

Meet Joel Gaitan, a Bakehouse artist who explores personal themes of migration, identity, and nostalgia in his reflection on Pre-Columbian ceramic traditions in Central America. With Joel’s modern take, he’s able to create a space for storytelling that holds energies, messages, secrets, and attitudes unique to his experiences and artistic practice.

Meet Adam Koffler, an active member of the Bakehouse Board since 2019. Adam has lent his expertise in philanthropy and real-estate development to the thinking and planning around a future Bakehouse campus. We caught up with Adam to discuss his thoughts on Bakehouse at present and into the future!

Watch a video on a recent restoration project of a major outdoor mural by the late Miami artist Purvis Young. This project was funded by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.

Read more about Bakehouse’s newest Board Member, Rodolphe “Rudy” el-Khoury, the Dean of the University of Miami’s School of Architecture. Rudy is an eminent scholar and expert on smart design and architecture who believes that “embedded technology empowers networked environments to better address the environmental and social challenges we face today.”

Meet Tatyana Silva, a friend and supporter of Bakehouse Art Complex. Tatyana is a passionate art collector with a focus on Radical Italian Design and Arte Povera. We caught up with Tatyana to discuss her “eye-opening” introduction to our artist community,

Meet Augusto Esquivel, an artist at Bakehouse Art Complex who repurposes readily-available shank and sewing buttons to create three-dimensional sculptures.

Meet Swiss-American Board Member Claudio Riedi, a lifelong lover of “landscaping, photography, and landscape photography” and ardent supporter of Bakehouse Art Complex and its artists since 2016.

On the occasion of her new exhibition, “New Topographies: 25.7617° N, 80.1918 W°” at Bakehouse, we sat down with artist Gabriela Gamboa to discuss her artistic practice and how Bakehouse helped her grow roots in Miami.

Teamwork makes the dream work at Bakehouse Art Complex! View images from the Futures | Visions | Visionaries fundraising event from November 4, 2022.

Drawing from her experience as an artist of Dominican descent and fascination with technology, Cynthia Cruz creates fictional environments and characters using patterns and imagery influenced by animism, folklore, and science fiction.