Yanira Collado

Yanira Collado lives and works in Miami, Florida (United States). Collado is a multimedia artist working with site-specific installations that encompass painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and audio. Collado’s practice considers concepts that allude to the restoration and reconciliation of histories. Art Residencies and fellowships include the Mississippi Museum of Art (United States), Artists in Residency for the CAPE (Center for Art and Public Exchange program (Jackson, United States) in 2023-2024, Art Pace Artist Residency (San Antonio, United States) in 2022 and the Joan Mitchell Residency (New Orleans, United States) in 2023. In 2024 Collado placed best in show for the Orlando’s Museum of Art Florida survey, Florida Prize, and in 2022 she was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts to support her one person exhibition Areito: Allusions of Sacred Geometry and Diaspora. She was selected as an Ellies Creator grantee in 2019, 2023 and in 2018 was a recipient of The Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant. Her solo exhibitions include: Orlando Museum of Art (United States) in 2022, Baker Museum (Naples, United States) in 2023-2024, MOCA Museum (Miami) and Moss Arts Center (Blacksburg, United States) in 2023, Noyes Art Gallery (Evanston, United States) in 2022, Emerson Dorsch Gallery (Miami) in 2021, Dimensions Variable (Miami) in 2020 as well as Under the Bridge Art Space (Miami) in 2019.