Sydney Rose Maubert | Smile For Me: The Flea

One of the most vulnerable sites of erasure in Miami, in the wake of climate gentrification and the vulnerable American economy, is marketplaces. Smile for Me: The Flea presents work that considers layered explorations of Southern flea markets as a point of Black and Indigenous exchange. This work reflects on the flea market as a site of cultural production, through the fashion and musical expression of Miami and Atlanta Bass culture. Debuting new paintings, metalwork sculptures, and site-specific installation — the works document movement between people, objects, and space witnessed in Miami and in recent travels to Decatur and Sapelo Island, Georgia.”
Sydney Rose Maubert (b. 1996) is a Haitian-Cuban artist and architect based in Miami and Chicago. She holds degrees in architecture from Yale University and the University of Miami, with double minors in writing and art. She is the founder of Sydney R. Maubert LLC., her art and mural practice, which has been awarded by the Graham Foundation, Oolite Ellies Creator Award, and more. Currently, she is the Jeanne and John Rowe Fellow at the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture. She was also the Strauch Fellow at Cornell College of Architecture from 2022 - 2024.

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