Art Talk: Ximena Caminos, Founder of REEFLINE Underwater Sculpture Park and Hybrid Reef, Miami Beach

Name: Art Talk: Ximena Caminos, Founder of REEFLINE Underwater Sculpture Park and Hybrid Reef, Miami Beach
Start: 2026-05-10T14:00:00-05:00
Location: Nasher Sculpture Center

Schedule

Sun, 10 May, 2026 at 02:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Nasher Sculpture Center | Dallas, TX

Visionary cultural leader Ximena Caminos shares how REEFLINE—a groundbreaking underwater sculpture park and hybrid reef—reimagines the role of art as living infrastructure to enhance marine ecosystems and inspire new models of climate-conscious coastal cities.
Registration is FREE and includes museum admission. Advance registration required. Limited seating is available and will be managed on a first-come, first-served basis among event registrants.
Register here: https://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/programs-events/event/id/2269?
Ximena Caminos is a biocultural placemaker advancing infrastructure where art, science, and climate innovation converge. She is the founder and CEO of REEFLINE, a new typology in which art becomes marine habitat and cities learn to coexist with their oceans. She is also president of BlueLab Preservation Society and chief creative officer of HoneyLab Creative.
Caminos has led major cultural masterplans across the Americas. She was the artistic visionary planner for The Underline, founder and chair of Faena Art, global executive creative director and partner of Faena Group, chief curator of Faena Arts Center, and founder of the Faena Prize for the Arts. She has served on the Leadership Council of the New Museum, is a founding member of the Guggenheim Latin American Circle, and an advisor to Art Basel Cities. Caminos is an ambassador for XPRIZE and a recipient of the Knight Foundation Arts Challenge Award, the Arts Champion Award, and the 2026 Miami Beach Exemplary Woman Award.
REEFLINE is a pioneering underwater public sculpture park and hybrid reef off the coast of Miami Beach. Conceived by cultural placemaker Ximena Caminos and masterplanned with Shohei Shigematsu/OMA, REEFLINE brings together art, science, education, and community to enhance marine ecosystems, foster ocean literacy, and inspire global ocean stewardship. REEFLINE aims to plant thousands of corals on large-scale, site-specific underwater artworks, over the next decade while creating a blueprint for coastal cities worldwide — a living classroom where art, science, and education meet to empower future generations and collective action.
Partially funded by a voter-approved $5 million City of Miami Beach Arts & Culture G.O. Bond, this 11-phase initiative seeks to extend a living underwater corridor along seven miles of Miami Beach, enhancing marine life and habitats.