The Ellies

Francisco Masó

2026 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner

Francisco Masó

2026
Masó explores contemporary notions of “unconscious behaviors,” questioning what society accepts as natural or normal. As a conceptual artist, he examines soft power and the relationship between Blackness, civil rights, and policing through his lived experiences in Cuba, Japan, and the United States.

2022
Interaction of Political Colors – For a limited, silk-screen edition of works that examines the use of color in totalitarian societies, based on a study of the colors and patterns worn by secret police in Cuba.

2020
To make political art more accessible through a 15-day art-on-loan program that places works in the homes of 100 Miamians, and asks each the question: Where’s your favorite place for political art at home?