Beatriz Monteavaro

Beatriz Monteavaro (b. 1971) in Havana, Cuba and lives and works in Miami, Florida. Monteavaro received a BFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1996). Her multidisciplinary practice encompasses painting, sculpture, drawing, and music, drawing on personal and cultural memory, Cuban-American identity, popular culture, migration, the natural world, and science. In addition to her visual practice, Monteavaro is a drummer and member of the Miami-based punk/metal band Holly Hunt, with music and rhythm informing her approach to making and thinking.

Selected solo exhibitions include “Tonight, We Can Be As One Tonight” (2026), Under the Bridge, North Miami, Florida; “Beatriz Monteavaro: Vacation” (2020), Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at FSW, Fort Myers, Florida; and “Nochebuena” (2015), Locust Projects, Miami, Florida. Selected group exhibitions include “Imaginary Landscapes: Black Mountain College Architecture and Design” (2026), Black Mountain College Museum and Art Center, Asheville, North Carolina, “Draw: The Community of Those Who Have Nothing in Common” (2026), Passerelle Centre d’Art Contemporain, Brest, France; “South Florida Cultural Consortium” (2023), Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, North Miami, Florida; and “A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices of Unrest in the American Experience” (2020), Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia. Monteavaro received the Black Mountain College Active Archive Residency (2025) and the South Florida Cultural Consortium Award (2022).