What’s on View
Current Exhibition
Los caminos de la vida
[The Paths of Life]
March 7-May 30, 2026
Curated by Ronald Sánchez
Featuring the work of Marie Franco and Pablo Matute, Los caminos de la vida shares stories of immigrant Latino families, highlighting resilience, hardship, and the pursuit of opportunity.
Artists
Marie Franco is a Peruvian-Venezuelan artist living in South Florida, whose practice focuses on storytelling and describing community through painting. She explores social connection, moments of everyday life, and shared immigrant experiences within emergent immigrant communities such as flea markets. She has a special focus on the Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop, a representative space for immigrants and culture in South Florida that is tied to her family history. As a public artist, Marie has contributed murals to organizations such as Hispanic Unity of Florida, the City of Dania, and Broward County Public Schools. She is a recent graduate of New World School of the Arts with a Bachelor’s degree in Painting and a minor in Art History. Her work has been exhibited at the YoungArts Gallery, the New World School of the Arts Gallery, and the historic Alfred I. duPont Building.
Pablo Matute is a visual artist (b. 1999). He graduated from Florida International University with a Bachelor of Arts in 2023. His work explores memory through materiality, often using repurposed materials associated with construction to examine themes of labor, memory, and immigration as they relate to today’s social climate. His work has been displayed in various exhibition spaces, including Mahara+Co, the Doral Contemporary Art Museum, and Black Brick Projects in Brooklyn, New York. Matute was also a recipient of the 2024 Artist Innovation Grant from the Broward Cultural Division, which provides support for artists engaging in community-based projects.
Curator
Ronald Sánchez is a curator, and director/co-founder of Laundromat Art Space, an organization dedicated to fostering the growth of local artists and providing affordable studio spaces and curatorial opportunities for professionals living and working in Miami, FL. Sánchez’s curatorial practice primarily centers around collaborating with artists to develop innovative curatorial concepts. These concepts tackle a diverse range of topics, including identity, politics, and current events. By working closely with artists, Sánchez aims to create thought-provoking exhibitions that engage viewers and spark meaningful conversations. Recent exhibitions include “Magic City: Contemporary Visions of Miami” at the Doral Contemporary Art Museum and “Unravelling Uniformity”, a collaborative project with Florida International University His work has garnered attention and been featured in numerous outlets, including Art Newspaper, Artsy, and Burnaway, among others.