Mindy Solomon is pleased to present a sizzling hot summer show featuring the works of Basil Kincaid, Terri Friedman, and Adam Miller. Full of color and energy, each artist brings their own unique approach to material and content.

Basil Kincaid brings a sense of spirituality and optimism in his work through deep self-exploration. “I am a Vessel, a Vivid Dreamer, and a World Builder. My work is guided by my connection to ancestral courage and related insights, filtered through observation and expanded by imagination. My quest is to understand the tapestry of my own personal and cultural identity within the African Diaspora, contextualized by the scaffolding of my American experience. I practice self-exploration, historical investigation, and critical social questioning to cultivate healing towards a remedy for Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome. My goal is to co-create sites that stimulate the ancestral memory of love as freedom within us, activating space to participate in shared liberation on local and global scales". Bringing the viewer into the inner workings of his process allows for a sense of connectedness, as well as education and empathy. Terri Friedman also draws from life experience to fabricate her vivid tapestries.

Friedman’s most recent work explores the relationship between mind and body, considering the effects brain chemistry has on creating elevated emotional states and utilizing color, fiber, language, and abstract gestures to activate chemicals like Serotonin, Endorphins, Dopamine, and Oxytocin. Cultivating these elevated states and happy hormones is a political and personal weapon for Friedman that serves as barrier against despair. Though Friedman’s weavings feel spontaneous, they are meticulously planned from the composition to the fiber choices. She draws the work on an iPad, selecting fibers at the same time, then grids out the drawings and begins weaving. She explores in her woven portraits a range of elevated emotions. Though not representational or figurative, her larger abstract work is also imbued with a body like quality: orifices, uvulas, eyes, cords appearing intestinal, veiny, and hairy are primary in the work. Gaping holes and cracks allow light to penetrate the piece. There is a sunniness to the works that belies the seriousness of the subject matter- a form of art therapy that inspires joy.

Adam Miller’s work is all about abundance. Vibrant, curvaceous and welcoming, each jar is a celebration. From the humorous use of the multi-faceted mushroom to his own interpretation of the Moon jar, each piece brings a painterly sensibility to the ubiquitous vessel form. Creating work from the position of an art gallerist gives Miller a particular appreciation for the value of the creative process and how much of our work is a reflection of our personal narrative. Pushing and pulling clay, experimenting with firing temperatures and glazes is both a cathartic and challenging act. With all the energy and time management required to make space for making, Miller exemplifies the notion of Don’t forget to hydrate. We are excited to bring these three dynamic artists together for the first time in Miami.