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Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Elisabeth Wild,
Akira Ikezoe, Jesús “Bubu” Negrón,
Stefan Benchoam, Radamés “Juni” Figueroa

NADA Miami 2016

Group Exhibition: El Juni y sus Amigos Internacionales 2 (Juni and His International Friends 2)
Booth 5.17
Miami Beach, FL, USA

Early in 2010, artists Radames “Juni” Figueroa, Chemi Rosado Seijo, and Stefan Benchoam saw their newly struck friendship as good as any excuse to put together a show that would celebrate new forms of tropical exhibition making in Central America and The Caribbean. The show “El Juni Y Sus Amigos Internacionales” was presented in Chemi Room (San Juan, Puerto Rico) featuring sight specific works by Adriana Lara, Federico Herrero, Jose Leon Cerillo,a collaboration between Figueroa, Rosado Seijo and Benchoam, and a concert by Laser Moderna. Almost seven years later, those friendships have flourished into strong vehicles for collaboration and complicity. And, what’s best, is that the spirit of using art and exhibition making as an excuse to come together and collaborate has actually spread with many of their friends across the globe. Commemorating that initial exhibition in San Juan, Proyectos Ultravioleta presents “El Juni Y Sus Amigos Internacionales 2” for NADA Miami Beach 2016. The co-curated show by Figueroa and Benchoam will use an installation by Figueroa as stage for friends to exhibit a range of works that celebrate the collective spirit in which they operate. In it, the booth’s walls will be wallpapered with a pattern designed by Figueroa, on which several works by their friends Akira Ikezoe, Elisabeth Wild, Federico Herrero, and Chemi Rosado Seijo will hang. Additionally, there will be sculptural works by Adriana Lara, Adriana Martínez, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Jesús “Bubu” Negron, and Benchoam exhibited throughout the space. The result will be a new hyper sensory experience exploring color, form, perception, humor, friendship and collaboration, that will take visitors out of the fair setting and into a space for thinking, socializing, exchanging ideas and having fun.