Roving Miami gallerists Aurelio Aguilo and Mayra Mejia of homework have settled into a permanent space in Little River. The gallery’s inaugural exhibition is “Mujeres.

Contemporary galleries are stippled throughout the neighborhood, including Primary, Homework and Dot Fiftyone, all showcasing edgy, boundary-pushing work, and a printmaking studio called Miami Paper & Printing Museum, which holds bookbinding and pattern block printing classes. The neighborhood’s creative footprint will expand when the 40-year-old visual arts nonprofit Oolite Arts, which provides resources to local artists, opens its new campus (set for 2026) in a complex of five converted warehouses designed by the architecture firm Barozzi Veiga.

After a series of successful temporary exhibitions, including at Miami Art Week and the MECA Art Fair in Santo Domingo, homework, the groundbreaking nomadic art gallery, takes another step towards solidifying its presence in Miami’s art scene by opening its first permanent space in Little River. 

To celebrate this milestone, homework is presenting its inaugural exhibition, “Mujeres,” which runs through December 8, 2024. Curated by homework’s founders Aurelio Aguiló and Mayra Mejía, the exhibition features the work of Elisa Bergel Melo, Patricia Encarnación, Dana Haim, Manuela Corji, Diana Eusebio, Julia Zurilla, Beth Rhodes, Gabriela García D’Alta, Brigette Hoffman, Ilsse Peredo, and Nara Winston.

homework, the innovative nomadic art gallery, is thrilled to announce the opening of its first permanent gallery space in Little River, Miami. Following the success of their pop-up exhibition during Miami Art Week, participation at MECA Art Fair in their hometown of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic earlier this year, and Brigette Hoffman’s online show ‘Übermensch’ in partnership with Artsy in July, homework has now a longterm location at 7338 NW Miami Ct, Miami, FL 33150

What do we think of when we think about art galleries? Broad walls, glass storefronts, and brick-and-mortar spring to mind. Galleries are often associated with where they are and how they present their space, as well as the art that they show. Are they a white cube space? A converted townhouse? A dealer’s actual house?

“Hormiga Caribe” at Homework Gallery, an experimental art space, will feature the work of several Caribbean artists whose work is a testament to the spirit of Miami.

Ojos Caribe announces its 4th edition during Miami Art Week 2023, hosted by Homework Gallery in Miami Little River, 7338 NW Miami Ct, on Thursday, December 7th. This curatorial initiative spotlights the convergence of insular aesthetics within short films and video art, exploring themes of resistance, community struggles, and diverse connections with our lands.

During this edition of Miami Art Week, the nomadic gallery homework decided to dive deep into their Caribbean Cultural Heritage, a topic that seems to be in the spotlight for Art Basel Miami Beach this year as well.

Originally from the Dominican Republic, Aurelio Aguiló and Mayra Mejia, founded homework two years ago, as a way to open up the art world and create an inclusive, accessible platform for communities to be able to engage with contemporary art and culture from around the world.

The fair’s Projects sector, where we found paintings by artists in the Seoul-based Gallery Afternoon booth, stimulating pieces in the Miami-based gallery Homework’s show, and acrylic paintings of horses by Sam Newton like Argument (with Bystander) at Savannah-based Cleo the Gallery.

Around the corner, at Homework Gallery’s booth, Caribbean artists Julián Chams and Patricia Encarnación explore the multifaceted concepts of time, nature, and identity while shedding light on the traces of their similar yet distinct Caribbean cultural heritage. Chams and Encarnación both feature work atop repurposed tree trunks. One of them was found just a few weeks ago after an uncharacteristically brutal storm hit Miami outside of Hurricane Season. Chams’s “Colección #6 (Cielo y rocas, Vieques)” (2023) features a tapestry on cotton batting and jute and other natural textiles sourced from Colombia and images the artist took while visiting Puerto Rico during the pandemic. While Chams is Colombian, he longed for a tropical space that reminded him of home, and Puerto Rico offered him that reprieve when he was restricted from leaving the country.

As Miami Art Week approaches, so does homework’s two-year anniversary. This milestone will be celebrated with not one, but two special happenings: a pop-up exhibition in the Little River area and an immersive booth at NADA Miami. Both are set to take place during the highly anticipated Miami Art Week and are focused on showcasing Caribbean identity through art. These exhibitions will feature diverse perspectives and voices from the region, highlighting its rich cultural heritage. The pop-up exhibit, “Hormiga Caribe” (Tropical Red Fire Ant) will showcase various artists who either hail from the Caribbean or have strong ancestral ties to the region. Additionally, their booth at NADA, will spotlight the talents of artists Julián Chams and Patricia Encarnación

Homework is celebrating its second anniversary with a complete programming this week. The nomadic art gallery is hosting a pop-up exhibition in Little River and an immersive booth at NADA Miami during Miami Art Week. Both events will delve into the rich and vibrant cultural identity of the Caribbean. At NADA, you’ll be able to experience the incredible works of Julián Chams and our our interviewee, Afro-Dominican interdisciplinary artist and scholar Patricia Encarnación.

Este proyecto, ideado por Aurelio Aguiló y Mayra Mejía, resalta por su enfoque de vanguardia y su estrategia de relevar artistas talentos@s durante fechas clave en el mundo del arte, llamando la atención de espectadores a distintos niveles y fomentando la visibilidad de propuestas innovadoras que provocan el diálogo crítico.

homework, the nomadic art gallery known for its conversation-triggering exhibitions, is pleased to announce a new pop up exhibition in Little River and its immersive booth at NADA Miami during Miami Art week. Both initiatives will have an overarching concept: to celebrate and explore Caribbean cultural identity. Julián Chams and Patricia Encarnación will be among the artists featured in the exhibition and the ones highlighted at the booth.

“Retreat Volume I”, a solo exhibition by Néstor Augusto Turallas — known professionally as Falopapas. An Argentine visual artist born in La Plata and based in Miami, he takes viewers on an immersive journey through his one-of-a-kind visual language. With this body of work, which homework is showing at the Sagamore Hotel in South Beach, he captivates viewers with black and white sketch paintings layered on top of pastel backgrounds with neon accents. Playing with light and shadow, his work captures stillness, rest, and reflection — prompting discussions on their monumental power and importance on human growth.

Enter Homework—a revolutionary Miami-based “nomadic gallery” utilizing temporary pop-up experimental art spaces and activations to reintroduce random acts of artistry and the joy of discovery into shuttered distilleries, unrenovated retail spaces, and unadorned corners of hotels—and, more importantly, back into our lives.

On this episode of Too Much Love, recorded live on Jolt Radio on July 3rd, 2023, we interviewed Aurelio Aguiló, co-founder of homework.

homework is a nomadic art gallery rooted in Miami. This summer they will be showcasing two pop-up exhibitions and multiple activations with a handful of Miami-based artists and performers. The programming kicks off on July 7th with “Summer School,” in Little River, followed immediately by “Retreat Volume I” at the Sagamore Hotel, in South Beach.

In this interview we talked about the origins of homework, their out-of-the-ordinary format and programming, and how they navigate the Miami Art Scene

Gallerists Aurelio Aguilo and Mayra Mejia, co-founders of homework, have one show at the former Miami Club Rum distillery in Little River and another coming up at the Sagamore.

Pipes coming out of walls, derelict machinery yet to be carted away — contemporary art gallery Homework’s newest temporary home is a far cry from the pristine walls of a museum. Located just one door down from art bookstore Dale Zine, it was until recently the Miami Club Rum distillery in Little River, yet another one of those Miami businesses that pops up out of nowhere with a fancy showroom and disappears just as quickly as it came.

Yet Aurelio Aguilo, who cofounded Homework Gallery with his partner Mayra, isn't fazed by the abandonment. “It’s curatorially interesting,” he says.

Miami is gaining more and more momentum as the art capital of the US hosting the iconic Art Basel and satellite fairs every December, but what happens during the rest of the year when the world is not looking?

Burnaway visits Homework, founded by Aurelio Aguilo and Mayra Mejia in Miami for this edition of the DIY Index

Have you ever stopped to think about the impact that trains have in our everyday life while waiting by the railroad, or during your everyday commute? This is a topic that Cuban-American artist Richard Vergez explores in depth in his upcoming solo show at homework gallery pop-up during Miami Art Week, showing from November 30th until December 3rd.

It may hog all the attention, but Art Basel and the satellite fairs are merely one facet of Miami Art Week. Galleries across the city also will be showcasing their most intriguing, immersive works for art-loving crowds. From an installation-turned-competitive sport to a sunken living room exhibition where you can both celebrate life and honor the dead, Miami's galleries are putting forth some of their material.

homework, the nomadic gallery celebrating emerging artists from around the globe, will present “Trains of Thought,” a solo exhibition by South Florida-based artist Richard Vergez, during Miami Art Week 2022. Opening at The Knoxon located at 7411 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33138 on Wednesday, November 30 at 6pm, the show will run through Saturday, December 3rd

“Since we work with emerging artists, we want to help them launch their careers and use our shows as a springboard. We felt this was a great way to teach emerging artists about all facets of the art world: publicity, dealing with legal issues, approaching a gallery,” said Aurelio Aguilo, co-founder of Homework Gallery. “For this particular talk, we wanted to choose panelists that could help artists in the practical world.

Beginning a career as an artist can be a daunting task. It entails navigating the world of gallery owners, ensuring the work itself is protected through copyright and licensing, understanding legal terms for deciphering contracts, and creating publicity and buzz.

It’s a lot.

That’s where Homework Gallery comes in; they make it their mission to help emerging artists enter the art world with all the tools necessary to succeed. They recently hosted the talk “Painting the Picture: Practical Advice for Career Artists” at their pop up space in The Knoxon Hotel at 7411 Biscayne Blvd. in the MiMo District.

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” – Albert Camus, The Rebel (1951)

It’s time to go back to school.

homework is returning to where it all started for Salad Days, a new group show featuring four artists in their native city of Miami. The group exhibition will launch this Friday, September 9 at The Knoxon, 7411 Biscayne Blvd, Miami 33238, with two weeks of programming planned until a closing party on Friday, September 23.

Homework Gallery wants you to lean into your salad days, back to when stress seemed like an impossible feeling.

Its upcoming group exhibition, "Salad Days," reminisces about youth's innocence, optimism, and enthusiasm through a series of free interactive activations, educational workshops, performances, and career opportunities uplifting local creatives. The show runs from September 9-23.

We already anticipated it the last time we spoke with them , when their project saw the light during Miami Art Week determined to challenge the norms of art and broaden horizons. Homework Gallery, the innovative, nomadic art gallery that follows and disrupts the rhythm of the creative world led by Aurelio Aguiló and Mayra Mejia, had many projects underway. The last of them? The presentation of Julián Chams: Traces and Visions at Ace Hotel New York, which is their first presentation dedicated to a single artist.

The nomadic gallery has announced "homework - nyc residency," their second presentation, will open on May 5 at Ace Hotel New York, 20 W 29th St., coinciding with the opening day of the first-ever edition of New York Art Week. Activating experimental spaces across the globe, homework is an innovative traveling art platform that follows and disrupts the rhythm of the art world while giving exposure and access to a new stock of artists and collectors.

“The work in this exhibition is the culmination of a period of experimentation I have been going through for several years. After exploring different directions, I have arrived at a place where all the pieces have come together. At the same time it feels like a starting point, like I have just laid down the foundation upon which I can build the rest of my art practice.” — Julián Chams

After a successful debut, the folks over at Homework Gallery have decided to direct their attention to the New York art scene, premiering a new solo exhibition by Colombian born, Brooklyn based artist Julián Chams. Titled “Traces and Visions” Chams’ solo show explores his conceptual body of work, combining different mediums such as paintings, sculptures, and tapestries that Julián uses as way to create “textile photography”. Julián’s work is visceral, as he bases his pieces in his aesthetic tastes first, analyzing any meaning behind them later.

“homework – nyc residency,” their second presentation, will open on May 5 at Ace Hotel New York, 20 W 29th St., coinciding with the opening day of the first-ever edition of New York Art Week.

A FANTASTIC INTERVIEW WITH COLOMBIAN-BORN AND BROOKLYN-BASED ARTIST JULIAN CHAMS, WHO OFTEN EXAMINES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMANS AND NATURE THROUGH HIS WORK. UNLIKE MOST ARTISTS WE FEATURE ON LADYGUNN, MUSIC IS NOT THE ELEMENT HE WORKS WITH, INSTEAD HE SCULPTS, HE PAINTS, HE PHOTOGRAPHS THE SUBJECTS OF HIS FASCINATION TO COME UP WITH TEXTURES AND COLOR PALETTES THAT SING ON THEIR OWN.

homework nyc residency- May 05 Through May 27

The nomadic gallery has announced "homework - nyc residency," their second presentation, will open on May 5 at Ace Hotel New York, 20 W 29th St., coinciding with the opening day of the first-ever edition of New York Art Week

Skep360 and MUSA are joining forces to host bimonthly exhibitions in Miami featuring the latest art of the local emerging creative scene.

We are partnering up with @penprojects and @homework.gallery for the upcoming exhibition.

The nomadic art gallery known as homework will close its debut exhibition in Miami with a panel discussion and party on Friday, January 14 at 6 pm at the second floor of The Knoxon at 7411 Biscayne Boulevard.

homework founder Aurelio Aguiló will be joined by special guest Andrew McLees, Senior Marketing Manager at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, for an evocative conversation titled “100k Followers Can’t Be Wrong: The Influence of Experience Affecting Arts Ecosystems.”

After a successful run during Miami Art Week, nomadic gallery homework is set to conclude its debut exhibition with an art discussion and closing party featuring a Miami art world heavy hitter.

Andrew McLees, senior marketing manager at ICA Miami, will join homework founder Aurelio Aguiló for a panel discussion titled “100k Followers Can’t Be Wrong: The Influence of Experience Affecting Arts Ecosystems.” The two will tackle the event-driven nature of the contemporary art world and analyze how massive fairs, immersive exhibitions, and social media have come to dominate our perceptions of art, and how the little guys of the art world can stay afloat in an environment of high stakes, high fees, and high demand for attention.

Outside of the fairs, interesting art could be found in unexpected places all over the city. Among a few art orgs taking over disused motel space in MiMo was homework, a “nomadic” gallery holding its first pop-up group show, “v00001,” at The Knoxon. They brought with them a group of emerging Latinx artists working in a variety of mediums. Particularly impressive were the ink-on-paper works of Mayte Nicole, which applied the traditionally Asian technique in a tropical Latin idiom, and the colorful geometric paintings of Gustavo Peña.

Taking over the Knoxon Hotel in MiMo during Art Week, homework is a new gallery that aims to be the antidote to the art world as it currently stands. It was founded by two Latinx art professionals, Aurelio Aguiló and Mayra Mejia, who are aiming to break down barriers for artists and art lovers alike.

3. Homework Gallery Launch

Nomadic art gallery Homework will make its debut during Art Week with a lineup of diverse, emerging visual artists, artisans and publishers working across mediums including photography, digital drawings, ink wash painting, graphic design and more.

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words “Art Basel?” “Exclusive?” “Elitist?” “Expensive?” What if there was a place you could buy and enjoy art that was none of those things?

Founded by Aurelio Aguiló and Mayra Mejia, homework is a new “nomadic” gallery concept that wants to change the way people interact with art. Starting with a group show during Miami Art Week 2021, the gallery plans on traveling around the globe, activating in different spaces to show art from their roster of emerging artists. Most importantly, homework is an inclusive platform. They want to make art accessible to everyone that wants it, not just a select few with piles of cash.

Starting from the need to reinvent art and make creativity a meeting point to generate dialogues and active debates, Homework Gallery gets ready to see the light during Miami Art Week. The platform consisting of an innovative and nomadic art gallery is led by Aurelio Aguiló and Mayra Mejia, who are determined to break down the walls and broaden the horizons of the international art scene through the democratization of talent. Their first action? v00001, an exhibition opening December 1 at The Knoxon, a mid-century roadside motel on a strip of Biscayne Boulevard.