Red Dot Miami
Please join us at Red Dot Miami for a five-day contemporary art experience
amidst the excitement and prestige of Miami Art Week
with top crowd-pulling shows like Art Basel, Art Miami, Scope, and Miami Project.
VIP/PRESS PREVIEW
Wednesday, December 4 | 4:00PM - 6:00PM
OPENING NIGHT PREVIEW
Wednesday, December 4 | 6:00PM - 9:00PM
SHOW DAYS & HOURS
Thursday, December 5 | 12:00PM - 8:00PM
Friday, December 6 | 12:00PM - 8:00PM
Saturday, December 7 | 12:00PM - 8:00PM
Sunday, December 8 | 12:00PM - 6:00PM
Your VIP complimentary tickets from Serrano Gallery
Your GUEST complimentary tickets from Serrano Gallery
BOOTH 219
Mana Wynwood
2217 NW 5th Ave. (at NW 22nd Street)
Miami, FL 33132
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Red Dot Miami shines the spotlight on 75+ top galleries from around the world, showcasing work from over 500 contemporary artists. Red Dot Miami has become one of the leading satellite shows during Miami Art Week.The show also presents a host of specially curated programs and unforgettable events to keep attendees inspired and entertained. Spectrum Miami and Red Dot Miami provide collectors with access to thousands of innovative works and bring top talent to Miami’s artsiest ’hood. In 2019, Red Dot Miami will return to the heart of the trendy Miami arts district known as Wynwood and taking over the iconic Mana Wynwood during the powerhouse Miami Art Week
Rolando Rojas
Rolando Rojas is a Mexican painter and printmaker who lives in Oaxaca, Mexico. His work remains deeply connected thematically to his cultural history and the legacy of the rich Oaxacan visual arts tradition. Universal themes of fertility, sensuality and music and recurring motifs, such as the cosmos, the sun and the moon are hallmarks of his work.
Like so many of his contemporaries in Oaxaca, Rolando Rojas grew up in a culture where storytelling was an important part of every child’s upbringing. His work is influenced by the tales told by his grandmother and great-grandmother, which included narratives about historical events and a variety of indigenous myths about human behavior and the beginning of the world.
There is a sense that Rolando has captured another place, another time, another dimension—one that is replete with unusual creatures, altered by the perspective of a childhood spent in a small rural village. But, there is also a quiet and playful energy about his work that contains multiple layers of meaning, and rich sensual symbolism that, in some cases, is waiting to be discovered.
When Rolando Rojas first began to paint, he refrained from attending classes or workshops because he could not afford them. In time, the artist would open his own studio and teach others what he had learned through his journey. Today, Rolando Rojas is an internationally-acclaimed artist, with experience working with a variety of techniques and materials including linoleum, lithographs, metal, ink, mixed media and Oleographs (an engraving technique that replaces ink with oil, endowing each work with rich colors and a beautifully textured finish).
In some cases, surfaces texture is created by mixing actual soil from Sierra Madre de Chiapas with paint, making a primordial connection to his Zapotec Indian ancestry. Rolando gathers up handfuls of various hues of earth pigment, and mixes them by hand to build his palette.
This unique focus and power in his composition allows his work to transcend any national boundaries and connects with a universal language represented by the work of artists like Wilhelm DeKooning, Robert Beachamp, and Gerhard Richter. In a relatively short time, Rolando Rojas has become a master of this tradition and has achieved international recognition in the USA, Japan, France, Canada, Cuba, Argentina, and Puerto Rico.
Ryan T. Schmidt
For over 15 years, Schmidt has turned his sketches of sweeping arcs and sleek curvilinear lines into fine stainless steel sculptures. His polished mirror-finished creates brilliant and complex image with surface that reflects the organic transformation between existence and illusion. He uses one of the highest grades of stainless steel, type 316, which is very resilient for all weather conditions; resulting in a surface that can be maintained with minimal effort.
Schmidt’s creative interest started at the early age of five in Origami and Constructs (predecessor to legos). Later during his school years he explored into painting and photography; excelling in both set a definite artistic direction. Throughout his childhood years he spent the weekends and summers learning to work with wood, metal and plastic in his father’s business of custom remodeling, landscaping, and handcrafted playgrounds. Transitioning into college, he furthered his studies in photography, painting, drawing, color and design, printmaking, ceramics, and finally transitioned into sculpture. Schmidt began working in cast aluminum, later in bronze, and ultimately found the everlasting properties of stainless steel with its brilliant reflection to be most satisfying. In 2002, he established Rykan Expedition, Inc. and started combining landscaping, water fountains and outdoor sculpture. Later, he moved to Los Angeles and spent 5 years to focus more on producing sculptures while establishing his gallery connections. Schmidt returned to his hometown in Bryant, Arkansas in 2015 to expand the production of sculptures.
In recent years, Schmidt has exhibited throughout California, Michigan, Arkansas, Florida, and Taiwan. He won “First Place” at the Hot Springs 4th Annual Sculpture Showcase in Arkansas (2009), “First Place” at the 11th Annual Indian Wells Arts Festival in California (2013), placed in the “Top 25” at Art Prize in Michigan (2015, 2017), “Third Place” Sculpture category at the 54th Annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival (2017), and recipient of Proskauer Prize at the National Sculpture Society’s 85th Annual Awards Exhibition for his Rain of Faith Sculpture (2018).
Schmidt’s corporate installations can be found at the Taiwan International Contemporary Artist Association in World Trade Center Taipei, BankUnited Building at the Financial District Downtown Miami, Florida, and Amway Botanical R&D Center in Wuxi/Shanghai, China; and his public works in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Northglenn, Colorado, Little Rock, and Hot Springs, Arkansas. He is represented by galleries in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Aspen, Miami Beach, Dubai, San Antonio, and Bridgehampton, New York.
VALENTINA ATKINSON
SERRANO GALLERY specializes in contemporary abstract and figurative art by established and emerging international artists, with a primary focus on Latin American artists. The mission of the gallery is to promote art that nurtures the human soul. The gallery regularly hosts public exhibitions and arts events in its state-of-the-art facility throughout the year, and welcomes visitors by appointment.