Florida Contemporary

2026-27

On exhibition

October 17, 2026 – June 27, 2027
Located in the Hayes Hall galleries and Norris Garden

This annual exhibition presents four notable artists practicing in Florida. Highlighting the breadth of artistic approaches to personal, local and global themes, Florida Contemporary invites visitors to celebrate the state’s vibrant art scene. The artists selected for the 14th edition of this exhibition are Dustin Harewood (Jacksonville), Nicario Jiménez-Quispe (Naples), Savannah Magnolia (St. Petersburg) and Anastasia Samoylova (Miami).

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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Dustin Harewood

Dustin Harewood (b. 1978) grew up in New York City and Barbados. He lives in Jacksonville, where he has taught at Florida State College Jacksonville since 2004. Harewood is active as a painter and a muralist, and he will create a site-specific mural in the museum’s Blair Foundation Gallery. His wide-ranging interests include the environmental and societal effects of industrialization and colonialism.

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Nicario Jiménez-Quispe

Nicario Jiménez-Quispe (b. 1957), born in Ayacucho, Perú, is a master retablo artist whose intricate mixed-media dioramas blend traditional Andean art with contemporary themes of resilience, migration and daily life. Shaped by family tradition, his retablos have been exhibited nationally at organizations including the Smithsonian Institution, which also holds his work in its permanent collection.

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Savannah Magnolia

Savannah Magnolia (b. 1996) was born in Fort Myers and is based in St. Petersburg. She studied neuroscience at Boston University and later shifted her focus to painting, earning a BFA from the Ringling College of Art and Design and creating stylized interpretations of human anatomy with a distinctive hard-edge style and boldly saturated color.

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Anastasia Samoylova

Anastasia Samoylova (b. 1984) is a photographer, painter and installation artist who was born in Moscow and lives in Miami. Her work explores the issues that pervade contemporary life by mining the rich visual spectacles of Florida. Samoylova was featured at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in the 2024-25 exhibition Floridas: Anastasia Samoylova and Walker Evans.

 

 

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