Miami-born artist Jason Seife will showcase his first solo exhibition in the United States at Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) on May 18, 2023. The exhibition, entitled “Coming to Fruition,” features all-new site-specific works, including a custom wallpaper, triptychs, and a large-scale canvas.
Seife’s work centers around his Middle Eastern heritage, referencing Persian carpets and the intricate details found in mosques and traditional Islamic art. He digitally designs his carpet-inspired compositions, mirroring weavers’ practices of associating patterns or colors with specific locations and communities. Seife then hand-paints these intricate patterns onto a concrete slab or canvas.
For my upcoming exhibition ”Coming To Fruition” i will be showing artworks in different stages of my creative process, including two concrete triptychs where the painting is shown throughout three different stages of completion. Highlighting the under drawing and process of an artwork coming into fruition. From idea to execution.
For “Coming to Fruition,” Seife will present his elaborate process amid the action, blurring the boundary between artistic process and finished product. The exhibition will feature two triptychs that reveal the progression of his paintings, from initial stages and minimal paint on the concrete to intricately painted finished products. Accompanied by an additional finished painting on canvas, the triptychs are surrounded by labyrinthine wood frames that appear to seep out of the paintings and onto the walls, as if taking over the gallery’s interior.
The site-specificity of “Coming to Fruition” allows Seife to present a secular sanctuary, wherein visitors can meditate on human desecration, community-building, and complicated identities. The exhibition is organized by PAMM Assistant Curator Maritza Lacayo, and ongoing support for PAMM’s project galleries from the Knight Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.
Seife has presented solo exhibitions in Dubai, Rome, London, Brussels, and Newcastle, among others. His work has been included in numerous group exhibitions worldwide, and his pieces can be found in numerous public and private collections. He is well-known for his work in graphic design, having worked with some of the biggest names in the music business, including Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Big Sean, and Nicki Minaj.
The “Coming to Fruition” exhibition will open with an evening celebration on May 18, 2023. Artist Jason Seife and exhibition curator Maritza Lacayo will be present to discuss and share the works and the artist’s process throughout the evening. Admission to the galleries is $16 for adults and free for PAMM members.
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design. The nearly 40-year-old South Florida institution opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013, in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park.
TLDR
- Miami-born artist Jason Seife will showcase his first solo exhibition in the United States at Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) on May 18, 2023.
- The exhibition, entitled “Coming to Fruition,” features all-new site-specific works, including a custom wallpaper, triptychs, and a large-scale canvas.
- Seife’s work centers around his Middle Eastern heritage, referencing Persian carpets and the intricate details found in mosques and traditional Islamic art.
- For “Coming to Fruition,” Seife will present his elaborate process amid the action, blurring the boundary between artistic process and finished product.
- The site-specificity of “Coming to Fruition” allows Seife to present a secular sanctuary, wherein visitors can meditate on human desecration, community-building, and complicated identities.
- The “Coming to Fruition” exhibition will open with an evening celebration on May 18, 2023.
- Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design.