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South Terminal J, post-security
Gate J7
Techno-Tropical:
Monica Lopez de Victoria
Now screening!
August 13 - November 1, 2026
Monica López De Victoria’s art pulses with movement, emotion, and connection, shaped by her Puerto Rican and Swedish heritage and Miami upbringing. Her practice spans large-scale optical installations, video projection mapping, aquatic performance, sculptural textiles, and interactive digital XR, flowing together to create immersive environments that reveal unseen geometries of human relationships and supernatural illusions around us. In this exhibition, Techno-Tropical - a term the artist coined to describe her distinct aesthetic that fuses the pastel hues and geometric motifs of Miami’s Art Deco architecture with the layered vibrancy of digital culture and tropical environments - presents video works from 2018 to 2024 that drift seamlessly between choreography, memory, color, and the fluid landscapes of water. Presented at MIA’s Moving Images video art wall, this special program invites travelers to experience the choreography of water, body, and place that defines López De Victoria’s celebrated practice. Drawing on her international residencies and deep Miami roots, these films layer movement, transformation, and connection, tracing far-reaching currents of influence and collaboration across geography and imagination.
Through richly layered visuals and immersive, collaborative soundscapes, Techno-Tropical channels the ever-shifting energy that animates both López De Victoria’s work and her surrounding environments, inviting viewers to reflect on the ripples and connections that shape our shared experience.
To learn more about the artist, please visit www.monicalopezdevictoria.com
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About the Artist:
Monica López De Victoria (b. 1980) is a Puerto Rican and Swedish American native of Miami. She is a multi-disciplinary artist, educator, professional performer in artistic (synchronized) swimming, and collaborator in the experimental sibling duo TM Sisters. Her work investigates the rippling healing effects of overlapping movement, emotional volume, and the aesthetics of her home: Miami. López De Victoria received a BFA in Photography from Florida International University. Selected solo exhibitions include: Haus Gropius || Zeitgenössisch, Bauhaus centennial exhibition and artist residency feature, Dessau, Germany (2018); Join Me In a Land That Knows No End, curated by Paul Amenta, SITE: Lab at the Morton Hotel, Grand Rapids, Michigan (2014); WHIRL CRASH GO!, Locust Projects, Miami, Florida (2009). Selected group exhibitions include: Facing the Flat World, Goyang International Artist Residency, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea, Seoul, South Korea (2019); PERFORMA 07, organized by Roselee Goldberg, curated by Benjamin Weil and Silvia Cubina, Artists Space, New York, New York (2007); Uncertain States of America: American Art in the 3rd Millennium, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Gunnar B. Kvaran, and Daniel Birnbaum, which was first shown at the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art and has travelled to the Hessel Museum of Art, BARD College, New York; the Serpentine Gallery London, England; the Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland; The Center for Contemporary Art Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; Le Musée De Serignan, France and Galerie Rudolfinum, Czech Republic (2005 - 2007).
Video works featured in the screening:
Chromacasting, 2019, digital video, color, sound; 6:11 min.
Created during a residency at Haus Schlemmer, Bauhaus Dessau, Germany, and exhibited in “Gropius House || Contemporary” for the Bauhaus centennial. Music score by Richard Haig. Synchronized choreography by the artist. Artistic swimmers: Marie Schneider, Thora Gotting, and Ileana Grazzi Espinosa. With thanks to Bauhaus Foundation, Dessau Sports Department, Schwimm-Club Wedding (Berlin), Schwimmhalle Dessau staff, Bauhaus staff, and Florida International University.
///HEAT///WAVE///, 2024, digital video, color, sound; 3:00 min.
Transforms the gestures of two hands (those of the artist and her husband) into an abstract meditation on relationship and presence.
Currents, 2025, digital video, color, sound; 15:00 min.
Performers: Chad Harris and the artist. Commissioned by Miami-Dade Art in Public Places, Miami-Dade Transit. Special thanks to Sam & Jane López De Victoria.
~~~spinning~~~, 2022, digital video, color, sound; 4:04 min.
Performers: Sarah Restrepo & Erin Lee. Lighting by Natasha López De Victoria. Commissioned by Broward County Cultural Division and MAD studios for Lite the Nite 2022.
Ripples Surfacing - Touch, 2019, digital video, color, sound; 2:45 min.
Created during a residency at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, South Korea. Funded by Bauhaus Foundation. Special thanks to FINA Aquatic Championships & the Korean National Artistic Swimming Team.
