art in public places
GIANT GREEN ANEMONE (fence)
"Artist Felice Grodin applied her interest in biophilic design to the transportation infrastructure of the Douglas Road Metrorail Station, with different transit modalities and velocities overlapping and intersecting. Both synthetic and organic in its composition, the effect is also three dimensional, with articulated depths revealing and hiding complex patterns that change in perception as a viewer walks, rides, or drives by. The colors of the work – deep blue and neon green accentuate the motion. The Giant Green Anemone, from which the artwork takes its name and colors, usually nests in 'high energy locations, including surf-swept shores, surge channels, and tide pools'.” -Amanda Sanfilippo Long, Curator, Art in Public Places Program (Miami, FL)
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs through its Art in Public Places Program and partners Miami-Dade County Department of Transportation and Public Works and Friends of the Underline
Location:
Douglas Road Metrorail Station, 3060 SW 37th Court Miami, FL 33133
Medium:
Powder coat paint over custom milled and welded aluminum fence pickets in concrete foundation
Size:
The fence portion wraps around the North, East & South portion of the site. The linear footage is approximately 500 linear feet long x 10 feet tall x 4” deep
(*each picket is 1” x 4” overall).
Year: 2025
GIANT GREEN ANEMONE (mural)
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs through its Art in Public Places Program and partners Miami-Dade County Department of Transportation and Public Works and Friends of the Underline
Location:
Douglas Road Metrorail Station, 3060 SW 37th Court Miami, FL 33133
Medium:
Hand painted murals generated by projected, digitally vectorized images based on original freehand drawing (on all four walls of existing auxiliary building)
Size:
The mural is located on the existing auxiliary building and wraps around the North, West & South portion of the site (*the background color is on all four sides). The linear footage is approximately 218 linear feet long x +/-11’ tall.
Year: 2025
ÁRBOL CÓSMICO / COSMIC TREE
Senator Villas Apartments in Miami, Florida, was a new affordable-housing development for older adults. Commissioned by Art in Public Places, I created three distinct but related artworks for the building. At the center was the tree, which explores time: trees take root over time, connecting beneath the ground while reaching toward the sky. This inspired my cosmic tree and the idea that, according to medieval calculations, one cosmic year equaled 15,000 solar years, “It is complicated when all the stars find their way back to a particular place.” Using 3D modeling and fabrication, I created cloud-like forms at the top of the tree to frame the cosmos—the sky. This was my first Art in Public Places commission, and I deeply appreciated the opportunity to create work on such a large and meaningful scale.
Through Miami-Dade County Public Housing and Community Development Department and the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs through its Art in Public Places Program
Location:
Senator Villas Apartments at 8915 SW 40th Terrace, Miami, FL 33165
Medium:
Powder coat paint over CNC milled aluminum “cloud” elements on support legs / piloti on poured concrete slab
Size:
11'-2" tall x +/-7' wide diameter
Year: 2019
LÍNEAS de VIDA (MANO IZUIERDA y MANO DERECHO / LINE LINES (LEFT HAND and RIGHT HAND)
Senator Villas Apartments in Miami, Florida, was a new affordable-housing development for older adults. Commissioned by Art in Public Places, I created three distinct but related artworks for the building. . This was my first Art in Public Places commission, and I deeply appreciated the opportunity to create work on such a large and meaningful scale.
Through Miami-Dade County Public Housing and Community Development Department and the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs through its Art in Public Places Program
The murals are two of (3) completed artworks at Senator Villas, and elderly affordable housing community. Some reflections about the murals : I think love is liquid. It can slip between your fingers. Though your lifelines will trace it on your hands as it flows. The palms of each hand are the architecture of an embrace.
Location:
Senator Villas Apartments at 8915 SW 40th Terrace, Miami, FL 33165
Medium:
Hand painted murals generated by projected, digitally vectorized images based on original freehand drawing (on wall located at Northwest & Northeast sides of the building)
Size:
east mural (mano izquierda / left hand): 25'-0" wide x 13'-4" tall
west mural (mano derecho / right hand): 31'-3" wide x 13'-2" tall
Year: 2019
