Beatriz Chachamovits draws Miami Design District visitors into a creative and cautionary ocean immersion.
Beatriz Chachamovits. PHOTO BY PEDRO WAZAAN
Born in São Paolo and based in Miami, artist and educator Beatriz Chachamovits is dedicated to highlighting urgencies around environmental conservation and care. By rendering coral reefs in ceramics and Plexiglass, drawing seabed elements and creating sculptures and installations of assimilated ocean and marine phenomena, the artist brings our environment to life with tangible and comprehensible form.
Beatriz Chachamovits, “Carcass,” (2019 – 2022), white stoneware on sand. PHOTO BY PEDRO WAZAAN
For her new Miami Design District exhibition, Beatriz Chachamovits showcases four artwork series as well as drawings created between 2013 and 2015. These reveal the artist’s long-term exploration of the impact of rising temperatures on nature—specifically, human impact on ocean and marine life. Curated by Dacra’s Karen Grimson, the survey includes a reinstallation of a public art project commissioned for Miami Beach’s signature Española Way.
Beatriz Chachamovits, “Carcass,” (2019 – 2022), white stoneware on sand. PHOTO BY PEDRO WAZAAN
“Heliotropic Seekers” features colorful Plexiglass cutouts of endemic fish and coral species, positioning visitors under the sea to marvel at the natural wonders above. “To Have and To Hold” is made of ceramic cabinets of marine ecological curiosities and is shown alongside “Curandeiras,” which is composed of drawings and ceramic objects connecting female archetypes with South Florida marine species. A collaborative installation, “Can You Sea Change,” includes ceramic sculptures projection-mapped among artist Natasha Tomchin’s video and creative Charles Levine’s sound design to simulate the life cycle of affected bleached coral.
Beatriz Chachamovits, “Carcass,” (2019 – 2022), white stoneware on sand. PHOTO BY PEDRO WAZAAN
Says Chachamovits, “Whether through the intricate details of ceramic coral or the narrative depth of a drawing, I want to create moments of awareness that can lead to meaningful change.” On view in the Miami Design District through Nov. 17, 2024
Photography by: Photos By: Pedo Wazaan
