danielle damas

BIO

Danielle Damas is an independent curator, creative consultant and fine arts writer based in Miami, FL. She received her MFA in Visual Arts: Curatorial Practice in 2018 from Florida International University. Damas has curated numerous group and solo exhibitions at David Castillo Gallery, Miami Beach Urban Studios, and Bakehouse Art Complex. She has been published in the Miami Rail, Inspicio, and Luxe Interiors + Design Magazine.

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Born in 1991 in Miami, FL; lives and works in Miami, FL

EDUCATION

2018
Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts: Curatorial Practice Track, Florida International University, Miami, FL

2013
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

2013
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

CURATED EXHIBITIONS AND SERIES

2020
Contemporary: Conversaciones de Arte, Miami Beach Urban Studios x CasaCuba Interview Series, Miami Beach, FL

2018
In My Mind’s Eye: Devora Perez, Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL
In My Mind’s Eye: Gianna di Bartolomeo, Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL
In My Mind’s Eye: Jose Luis Garcia, Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL
Bakehouse Artist Summer Exhibition, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL

2016
Handmade Rituals, David Castillo Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

COLLABORATIONS

2016
Unkink, curated in collaboration with FIU MFA Curatorial Practice Students, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL

2015
mounir fatmi’s Modern Times, curated by Alpesh Kantilal Patel in collaboration with Danielle Damas and Meg Kaplan-Noach, Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL
Tom Scicluna: Concrete Feet, curated by Alpesh Kantilal Patel in collaboration with Danielle Damas, Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL
Accidental Architect: Robert Motherwell, Pierre Chareau and the Quonset House of 1947, curated by Alastair Gordon in collaboration with FIU MFA Curatorial Practice students, Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL
Visiting Curator/Critic Lecture Series, organized by Alpesh Kantilal Patel in collaboration with Danielle Damas, Florida International University, Miami, FL

2014
Vizcaya-fy or Bust! Contemporary Art Project, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, FL

LECTURES

2018
Art Talk: Danielle Damas, Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL
Panel Discussion: Curator Conversation with Artists - Danielle Damas, Gianna di Bartolomeo, Jose Luis Garcia, and Devora Perez, Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL

HONORS & AWARDS

2015
Inaugural Leadership Advisory Board Member, Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
Faena Art Curatorial Studies Scholar, Miami Beach, FL

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Patel, Alpesh Kantilal. “Modern Times: mounir fatmi”, Squirrel + Fox Publishing, 2016.
Jacobs, Melissa. “Art’s Silver Lining”, Luxe Interiors + Design Magazine, November 2016.
Damas, Danielle and Brittni Winkler. “Heather Davis with Brittni Winkler and Danielle Damas”, The Miami Rail, December 2015.
Damas, Danielle. “Back on Earth, a tragicomedy in two parts”, Inspicio, April 2014.