BAKEHOUSE ART COMPLEX ANNOUNCES FALL 2026 / WINTER 2027 EXHIBITION SEASON 

Written By BAC

NEW FALL EXHIBITIONS SPOTLIGHT BAKEHOUSE ARTISTS 

AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

Installation rendering of BAKEHOUSE @ COLDEFY / COLDEFY @ BAKEHOUSE at Coldefy Studios, Paris — the exhibition's introductory panel (left) and the Proposals wall featuring all 23 Triumphal Arch Open Call submissions (right). Courtesy Bakehouse Art Complex and Coldefy.

August 3, 2026, Miami, FL — Opening Bakehouse Art Complex's fall season of programming is BAKEHOUSE @ COLDEFY / COLDEFY @ BAKEHOUSE, a dual-site installation developed in partnership with the international architecture and urbanism practice Coldefy. The project highlights the results of Bakehouse's "Triumphal Arch" Open Call.  It opens simultaneously at Coldefy Studios in Paris (4 Rue des Petits Pères, 75002 Paris, France)  and Bakehouse Art Complex in Miami on October 19. In Paris, it will remain open daily 9am to 6pm through October 23, 2026,  during Paris Art Week. In Miami it will remain on view until January 15, 2027, through Miami Art Week. 

The initiative invited Miami-based artists, architects, designers, and students to radically reinterpret the idea of a gateway. Developed with creative input and direction from Coldefy, the initiative sought a new entry structure that would symbolically and physically connect Bakehouse’s historic campus with an adjacent property. All 23 submissions will be featured in the exhibition, with special attention given to the four proposals selected as finalists and the winning design, The Porch, by Miami architects Elmer O. García and Olga Kusche-Iglesias. 

Porch, winning gateway design by Elmer O. García and Olga Kusche-Iglesias. Rendering courtesy Bakehouse Art Complex.

The Porch transforms the classic triumphal arch through a distinctly Miami architectural and social tradition rooted in South Florida and the Caribbean. Rather than proposing a conventional monument, García and Kusche-Iglesias conceived an inhabitable civic threshold: a place for gathering, pausing, and everyday exchange. Constructed from aluminum tubing and reconfigured lawn-chair components, the design combines shade, seating, and a patterned gate in a single architectural gesture. Its motif draws inspiration from the residential security grilles found throughout Miami, as well as Bakehouse’s own visual identity.

“The gateway is small in scale but large in meaning,” said Cathy Leff, Executive Director of Bakehouse Art Complex. “It marks the connection between our historic campus and the property that will help launch Bakehouse’s next chapter. It also expresses what we want that future to represent: openness, ingenuity, belonging, and a deep connection to the neighborhood and cultural life of Miami.”

The installation will be on view at Bakehouse from October 19, 2026, through January 15, 2027, at Coldefy Studios in Paris and at Bakehouse Art Complex in Miami. Presented during Design Miami.Paris and extending through Miami Art Week, BAKEHOUSE @ COLDEFY / COLDEFY @ BAKEHOUSE celebrates 250 years of Franco-American friendship while fostering a new generation of creative exchange between artists, architects, and cultural institutions in Miami and Paris.

Bakehouse's Triumphal Arch Open Call: Sun Gate by Sterling Rook, Cinder Arch by Antoine Laduron, and Here Comes the Sun by Andrew Clum, Chris D'Amico, and Elmira Moskvina (Overhead Studio). Courtesy Bakehouse Art Complex.

This November, Bakehouse Art Complex presents Homegrown, a group exhibition featuring new and existing works by resident, associate, and alumni artists exploring notions of home, comfort, and belonging. On view in the Audrey Love Gallery, the project transforms the traditional white-cube exhibition space into a warm, lived-in domestic environment.

Maria Alejandra Icaza Paredes, JUNTA Furniture: Chair, wood, brass, 2018. Image courtesy of the artist.

Curated by Krys Ortega and René Morales, Homegrown adopts an experimental exhibition format to imagine cultural spaces like Bakehouse as welcoming sites of connection, inviting visitors to reflect on how Bakehouse artists  shape community, cultural production, and our broader sense of place. The exhibition explores a central question: How does a building become a home?

The exhibition features approximately 32 Bakehouse artists working in disparate mediums, including several works commissioned specifically for this project. Highlights include wallpaper by Judith Berk King, furniture by Philip Lique and Maria Alejandra Icaza Paredes, an installation by Agua Dulce, a listening room adorned with works by Najja Moon and Addison Wolff, and a performance work by Marilyn Loddi.

“Homegrown is an experiment in exhibition-making, envisioning a more welcoming, hospitable, and humanistic way of experiencing art. Responding directly to the specific conditions found at the Bakehouse – including its down-to-earth, communal ethos – it aims to show what art and artists can do beyond the conventional restraints of more formal exhibition settings,” says co-curator and Bakehouse Senior Curatorial Fellow René Morales.

As Bakehouse embarks on a major campus expansion, Homegrown underscores the values that have defined the organization for over four decades: communal space for artists, meaningful exchange across cultures, generations, and beliefs, and a deep sense of care for the cultural life of Miami. By imagining a space defined by warmth and community, Homegrown gives form to the spirit that we wish to preserve as we embark on a new chapter for the organization.

“Homegrown is both an exhibition and a metaphor for Bakehouse’s future. As we expand our campus, we are not simply constructing buildings—we are creating a lasting home where artists can live, work, connect, and flourish. The warmth, care, and collective spirit embodied in this exhibition are precisely what we intend to preserve and build upon: a place where creativity takes root, community grows, and Miami’s cultural life can thrive for generations,” says Cathy Leff, Executive Director, Bakehouse Art Complex. 

Homegrown will be on view in the Audrey Love Gallery from Saturday, November 7, 2026 through Friday, April 16, 2027. An opening reception will take place on Friday, November 6, 2026 as part of Bakehouse’s annual fundraiser, 6:30 PM, with a suite of additional public programming to be announced. Cost for preview is $100 pp.

Together, Homegrown and BAKEHOUSE @ COLDEFY / COLDEFY @ BAKEHOUSE reflect Bakehouse Art Complex's commitment to creating spaces for artistic experimentation, community, and both local and international collaboration as the organization builds its next chapter.

Installation view of Bakehouse at Forty: Past. Courtesy Bakehouse Art Complex. Photo: Silvia Ros.

Ongoing Installations

Upcoming Events

Bakehouse's fall season culminates in a series of public events. On Friday, November 6, 2026, at 6:30 PM, Bakehouse will host a preview reception for Bakehouse Homecoming: Celebrating the Class of Now as part of its annual fundraiser ($100 pp). The exhibitions will then be open to the general public starting Saturday, November 7, daily from 12 to 5 PM. 

On Thursday, December 3, 2026, from 9 AM to 12 PM, Bakehouse will hold its Fall 2026/Winter 2027 Exhibitions Opening Reception and Open Studios, Baker's Brunch, during Miami Art Week.

About Bakehouse Art Complex 

Founded in 1985 by artists, for artists in a former industrial Art Deco-era bakery, Bakehouse Art Complex provides coveted studio residencies, infrastructure, and community to enable the highest level of artistic creativity, development, and collaboration for the most promising talent. 

Comprising approximately 150 Miami-based artists deriving from diverse backgrounds, working from painting to performance, traditional to experimental, individual to collective, Bakehouse serves as their home, providing space to develop their practice and build community. Bakehouse is the largest artist studio complex in Miami and houses more than 60 studios of varying sizes, two galleries, a classroom, print room, darkroom, ceramics facilities, and woodworking and welding areas. 

Bakehouse Art Complex receives ongoing support from the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation, CreARTE, at The Miami Foundation, Sarah Arison and Arison Arts Foundation, Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation, Wege Foundation, Wille Family Foundation, and Zyscovich Family Foundation.

We are especially grateful to District 5 Commissioner Christine King and the City of Miami Commission for their $2M investment in our building renovations.

Bakehouse Art Complex is located at 561 NW 32nd Street, Miami, FL 33127. Admission is free and open to the public every day from 12 to 5pm.

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