About this Event
Portal to Niña by LIZN’BOW will emerge on Betsy Orb after sunset. Presented with the City of Miami Beach No Vacancy Program, Miami Beach Visitor Convention Authority, PG Family Foundation, Betsy Community Fund at The Miami Foundation, and Jorge Perez Family Foundation CreARTE program
Free, no tickets necessary, on view nightly, after sundown
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Liz Ferrer and Bow Ty’s work spans various mediums including digital art, tech, sculpture, music, video, and performance art. Through a queer and comedic lens, their work together has been building a reputation for critiquing American and Latin pop. Their most recent projects together are femme reggaeton band Niña and new media collaborative LIZN’BOW.
Niña is a feminist reggaeton duo featuring Liz and Bow, they started this body of work to bring diverse voices to the traditionally male genre of reggaeton. LIZN’BOW is a new media body of work in which they use media technology, digital tools, and community building exercises as vehicles to visualize, play, and explore different social and creative possibilities.
Liz’s and Bow’s work has been featured at MOCA North Miami, Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, The Bass Museum, Young at Art Museum, David Castillo Gallery, Mana Contemporary, Squeaky Wheel, Borscht Film Festival, Eternal Family TV, The Miami Herald, iii Points Festival, Wassaic Projects, Cunsthaus, The Koubek Center, Davey Fest, Museum of Modern Art Santo Domingo, Index Performance Art Festival Santo Domingo and Miami, Albright Knox Center Buffalo, Burchfield Penney Art Center, and The Art Institute of Chicago.
Liz and Bow are recipients of a Creative Capital Wild Futures Award, NEFA Development & Touring Grant, Knights Art Challenge from the Knight Foundation, Franklin Furnace Award, PAM CUT Labs Fellowship, Locust Projects WaveMaker, Oolite Arts Ellies Award 2019 and 2022, LMCC Creative Engagement, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Sundance Short Film Miami Intensive Fellow, City Arts Corps Grant New York, and a Borscht Film Festival Commission.
Liz and Bow have been awarded residencies and fellowships at Macdowell, Headlands, and Ucross for 2024. They have attended Collar Works Elizabeth Murray Residency, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Knight Sundance Short Film Miami Intensive, Caldera Arts Residency, Squeaky Wheel, Mana Contemporary Studio Residency, En Residencia, Tempus Projects, ACRE, La Sierra de Santa Marta Residency in Colombia, and former Miami nonprofit, Cannonball.
The Betsy Hotel is a family-owned and operated luxury resort hotel located at1440 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139. For more information visit www.thebetsyhotel.com or call 305-760-6900
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Art Deco Wing of The Betsy Hotel, 1433 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, United States
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