Oolite Arts is excited to share two new exhibitions now on view in the Walgreens Windows along Collins Avenue. Created by alumni artists Carolina Cueva and Gavin Perry, each installation takes over a different storefront window—bringing bold, thought-provoking work to the streets of Miami Beach.
Carolina Cueva
In the Breath of Remembering, the Future Calls to Our Refuge
On view through August 11, 2025
Walgreens Windows | 67th & Collins Ave
In the Breath of Remembering, the Future Calls to Our Refuge, by Miami-based artist Carolina Cueva, invites viewers into a space shaped by ancestral memory, transformation, and Indigenous identity. Working with natural materials like clay, adobe, herbs, and wood, Cueva creates a grounded environment for reflection—one that reconnects with the land and honors cycles of grief and healing.
Her delicate graphite drawings blend Andean landscapes with intergenerational stories, offering moments of stillness and connection. Rooted in Andean cosmologies and shaped by the complexities of colonization, Cueva’s work reflects on how remembering can guide us toward restoration.
“I grew up in North Beach,” Cueva shares, “so it means a lot to have my work displayed right here, where people can just walk by and see it. The Walgreens Windows are open to everyone, and it feels good to know my art isn’t confined to a gallery. It’s part of the everyday landscape for a bit.”
Cueva is an Oolite alum (2022–23 Studio Residency) whose work spans sculpture, drawing, and performance. She’s also a dedicated educator and co-founder of the performance duo Cuentos Retablados. Her work has been presented at Photo L.A., Dimensions Variable, the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, and more.
Gavin Perry
Invert/Retro
On view through September 12, 2025
Walgreens Windows | 74th & Collins Ave
Invert/Retro, by Miami-based artist Gavin Perry, turns traditional painting on its head. Using poured pigmented resin over sculptural forms, Perry’s pieces seem to build themselves—guided by gravity, viscosity, and chance. Each work glows from within, suspended in thick, glassy layers that evoke everything from blooming cells to distant galaxies.
“There’s a symbiotic relationship between the paintings, resin, and lightbulbs—each creates the other, blurring the lines between mediums,” Perry says.
By embracing unpredictability, Perry invites viewers into a space where process, material, and image blur together. The result is visceral and immersive—an exploration of transformation, impermanence, and the tension between control and surrender.
Perry is an Oolite alum (1999–2005) whose work has been shown internationally, including at Art Basel (Switzerland), Frederic Snitzer Gallery (Miami), and Galerie Sultana (Paris). He is a past recipient of the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship and was recently nominated for the Painting Prize at the Orlando Museum of Art.
Both exhibitions are free and viewable 24/7 from the street. Stop by, take a look, and experience how these artists are using the city itself as a canvas.
