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Florida Contemporary

2025-26


Upcoming exhibition

October 18, 2025 – June 28, 2026
Located in the Hayes Hall galleries and Artis—Naples cultural campus

This annual exhibition presents a select group of notable visual artists practicing in Florida. Highlighting the diversity of artistic approaches to personal, local and global themes, Florida Contemporary invites visitors to celebrate the state’s vibrant art scene.

Please note that access to Florida Contemporary is limited during ticketed performances in Hayes Hall. Please contact patron services at 239-597-1900 prior to your visit to confirm gallery availability.


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Mally Khorasantchi

Mally Khorasantchi (b. 1948) was born in Germany and has lived and worked in Southwest Florida since 1992. Her colorful, large-scale collage-based paintings reflect on the dichotomies found in humankind and in nature: beauty and discord, reality and falsehood, or representational and abstract.

 


Image detail of artwork from the Florida Contemporary Exhibition

Boy Kong

Boy Kong (b. 1993) is a self-taught painter, illustrator, muralist and collage artist whose work is inspired by a mixture of Ukiyo-e, surrealism, graffiti art and animal folklore. A native of Orlando, Kong divides his time between Orlando and New York.

 


Image detail of artwork from the Florida Contemporary Exhibition

Jillian Mayer

Jillian Mayer (b. 1984) is a visual artist from Miami whose varied practice includes film, performance, sculpture, drawing and installation, with many of her works focused on concerns around the ubiquity of technology in contemporary life.

 


Image detail of artwork from the Florida Contemporary Exhibition

Reginald O’Neal

Reginald O’Neal (b. 1992) is a Miami-based artist who is active as both a muralist and an easel painter. His richly painted canvases expand the art historical traditions of portraiture with work that is simultaneously sentimental and sinister.

 

 

 

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Associated Events

Museum Lecture

Panel Discussion
Florida Contemporary 2025-26

Thursday, January 29, 4pm
Ubben Signature Event Space

Join the artists featured in Florida Contemporary 2025-26 for a lively panel discussion celebrating the state’s vibrant art scene. The 13th edition of the annual exhibition highlights diverse approaches to personal, local and global themes.

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Past Iterations of Florida Contemporary

 

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This presentation of Florida Contemporary is organized by Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum, and is curated by Courtney McNeil, museum director and chief curator, and Libby Harrington, director of museum exhibitions and operations.

This exhibition is generously sponsored by Naples Illustrated.

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