Inaugural Miami Fiber Triennial 2026
Thursday, June 11th from 6 – 9pm enjoy the Opening Reception of the inaugural Miami Fiber Triennial 2026. MFT is presented by Miami International Fine Arts (MIFA) in collaboration with FAMA and Threading the City and its flagship initiative Threading the City. Exhibition on view June 11 through July 24, 2026.
Juried by Bernice Steinbaum, Encoded Threads: Weaving Memory, Data, and Identity features New York-based artist Emilio Vavarella and Germany-based artist Doro Seror, who explore textiles as carriers of memory and information. Curated by Olga García-Mayoral, Vavarella transforms biological data into woven structures, while Seror uses reclaimed garments and materials to embed memory, labor, and lived experience into textile form.
A group exhibition juried by Dr. Carol Damian and curated by Shirley Moreira, titled Memories Woven into the City, represents artists from America, Venezuela, and France: Aida Tejeda, Alejandrina V Cue Gonzalez, Amy Gelb, Andrea Siervo, Benedicte Blanc-Fontenille, Damian Rojo, Dana Donaty, Debora Rosental, Evelyn Politzer, Hansel Fajardo, Jenelle Esparza, Joan Wheeler, Laura Marsh, Laura Villareal, Liliana Faieta, Lina Linkimer Bedoya, Liz Freeman, Marsi Caraballo González, Maru Ulivi, Milena Arango, Nancy Billings, Patrizia Ferreira, Rebecca White, Sarah Laing, Susanne Sofia Schumacher Schirato, Uma Rani Iyli, and YuJei Yen.
Imprinted Selves, curated by Shirley Moreira, explores printmaking and textiles as sites of identity, vulnerability, repetition, and transformation, including artists William Alonso, Lina Linkimer, Helio Salcedo, and Marilyn Valiente.
Weathered Structures, juried by Sophie Bonet and curated by Pamela Solares, with artists Andrea Jablonski, Anna Biondo, Blake Ballard, Doro Seror, Mark Herrera, Silvana Soriano, and Theda Sandiford, is an outdoor exhibition exploring fiber in dialogue with climate, public space, movement, fragility, and environmental change.
MIFA’s artists-in-residence, Katherine “NECO” Kafruni, Daniela Sánchez Vega, Pilar Tobón, Marilyn Valiente, and Gloria Vélez form part of the Triennial with a curated show by Adriana Zubikarai. A performance room by Ana Sofia Ruiz Cavero presents Embracing the Knot, a durational performance centered on holding and slowly undoing a knotted textile structure.