ILIAN ARVELO | Multidisciplinary visual artist and performer
Ilian Arvelo is a Venezuelan multidisciplinary visual artist and performer based in Miami, Florida, whose practice in contemporary art explores the relationships between the body, memory, identity, space and the human condition.
Her work integrates performance art, installations, photography and video art, developing an experimental visual language in which the body becomes a terrain of experiences, displacements and transformations.
Through movement, gesture and the exploration of spatiality, she establishes dialogues between the body, architecture and landscape. Her research addresses individual and collective memory, cultural identity, migration and a sense of belonging, reflecting on time, transformation and the multiple dimensions of human experience.
EDUCATION:
2011 — Photography Studies, Nelson Garrido Organization (ONG), Caracas, Venezuela.
2008 — Diploma in Fine Arts, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, Italy.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
2018 — Certified Body Therapist and Pilates Coach, Miami, Florida, USA.
2006 — Advanced Workshop with Jannis Kounellis, Milan, Italy.
National School of Contemporary Dance, Caracas, Venezuela.
Cándido Millán School of Fine Arts, Caracas, Venezuela.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 — Cartografía de la Memoria. Interdisciplinary installation, video, photography,
and performance project. Curated by Félix Suazo. ID Art Lab, Miami, Florida, USA.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES & SCREENINGS
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
67th Arturo Michelena Biennial, Valencia, Venezuela.
City Video Fest, Valencia, Spain.
Arte e Città, Biennale Sessions, Venice Biennale, Italy.
The Right to the City and Art Practice, Venice Biennale, Italy.
Migrating, Urban and Intimate, video art, MACC, Caracas, Venezuela.
International Biennial of Video Art, Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela.
Asymmetry Video Art Festival, Cusco, Peru.
Venice Architecture Biennale, Padiglione Carlo Scarpa, Venice, Italy.
Archetype, Imaginary and Myths, Italy.
Fuorimisura. Curated by Massimo Mazzone, Umbria, Italy.
Museo Tuscolano, Rome, Italy.
Mostra Internazionale di Video Arte, Pescara, Italy.
P.I.G.S. Contemporary Art Itinerant Project, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain.
CURATORIAL & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2023–2024 — Invited performer and juror, Miami New Media Festival, Miami, Florida,
USA.
2020 — Juror, Photography Art Show, M Art Spaces, Miami, Florida, USA.
2017 — Artist and co–curator, Energy, Circularity and Transformation, Miami, Florida,
USA.
2017 — Miami New Media Festival, Miami, Florida, USA.
2017 — Glacsystem Art Lab — Video Art Session, Miami, Florida, USA.
EDUCATION
2011 — Photography Studies, Nelson Garrido Organization (ONG), Caracas, Venezuela.
2008 — Diploma in Fine Arts, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, Italy.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
2006 — Advanced Workshop with Jannis Kounellis, Milan, Italy.
National School of Contemporary Dance, Caracas, Venezuela.
Cándido Millán School of Fine Arts, Caracas, Venezuela.
2022
Bienal Wynwood — 25 Countries, M Art Spaces, Miami, Florida, USA.
Metafluxus, multimedia performance. Curated by Félix Suazo, ID Art Lab, Miami, Florida,
USA.
Placebo Art Show Night. Curated by Félix Suazo, ID Art Lab, Miami, Florida, USA.
2021–2018
Multimedia Art Actions — Performance Night, ID Art Lab, Miami (2021); Base Art Line / Border Line,
ID Art Lab, Miami (2020); Miami New Media Festival, +58ART, PhotoAlicante Festival, and Art Palm
Beach (2019); Coral Gables Art Night and Collection Suites, DORCAM (2018).
