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No Vacancy, Miami Beach 2026 November 12 – December 19, 2026 The Shelborne By Proper welcomes artist Yanira Collado as part of No Vacancy, Miami Beach , the City of Miami Beach’s annual juried art competition transforming local hotels into temporary exhibition spaces for contemporary art.Celebrating its seventh edition, the program brings 12 artists and collectives to 12 Miami Beach hotels, inviting the public to experience site-specific installations beyond traditional museum and gallery settings. Supported by the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority, No Vacancy champions primarily local artists and explores the intersection of art, architecture, history, and place. At The Shelborne By Proper Yanira Collado: Converging Timelines / Woven Silhouettes Collado’s site-responsive installation explores the relationship between cultural heritage, architectural patterns, and the histories embedded in everyday materials.
Drawing on regional geometric motifs, the work reframes these visual languages as markers of identity, connecting the hotel’s historic setting with broader cultural and economic narratives. Using upcycled paper, wood, and textiles, Collado incorporates salvaged materials as tangible records of histories often overlooked or underrepresented. Through layered compositions that bring architectural silhouettes and material histories into conversation, Converging Timelines / Woven Silhouettes creates a dialogue between past and present, grounding the transient nature of hospitality in the cultural identity of its surroundings.
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About the Artist Yanira Collado (b. 1975, Brooklyn, New York) is a multimedia artist whose practice spans painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, audio, and site-specific installation. Her work examines the restoration and reconciliation of histories, with a focus on cultural memory, identity, and the ways histories are preserved or obscured.
Collado’s residencies and fellowships include the Mississippi Museum of Art, Artpace in San Antonio, and the Joan Mitchell Art Residency in New Orleans. In 2025, she received a Latinx Fellowship. Her work has been exhibited at institutions and galleries including The Ringling Museum of Art, El Espacio 23, El Museo del Barrio, Project Row Houses, and the Baker Museum.
Recent solo exhibitions include Residual Elements / Meditaciones sobre lo Fragmentado at Centre d’art et de diffusion CLARK in Montreal (2025), BOHIO at Mindy Solomon Gallery in Miami (2025), and Transformative Elements at The Baker Museum in Naples (2023–2024). About No Vacancy, Miami Beach Presented by the City of Miami Beach, No Vacancy, Miami Beach pairs selected artists and collectives with participating hotels to create original, site-specific works. Each selected participant receives a $10,000 project stipend.
The 2026 edition will award $35,000 in prizes, including a $10,000 Public Prize supported by the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau and a $25,000 Juried Prize selected by local art professionals. The installations will be on view at participating Miami Beach hotels from November 12 through December 19, 2026.
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