Evelyn Politzer
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay
Lives and works in Miami, Florida
Education
2021-MFA in Visual Arts. Miami International University of Art and Design.Miami, FL
1987-B.A. Law, Universidad de la República. Montevideo, Uruguay
2020 Winner of The Ellies Creator Award. Miami’s Visual Arts Award by Oolitearts.org
Professional Development
2019-Experimental Fibers Art Class. Florida Int’l University. Miami, FL
2018-Spatial Fibers. Penland School of Crafts. Penland, NC
2016-In Place: Observing, Recording, Making. Crow Barn. Baltimore, OH
2015-Sculptural Knitting. Penland School of Crafts. Penland, NC
2000-Certificate Antiques Connoisseurship. Parsons School of Design. New York, NY
1998-Certificate Interior Design. Parsons School of Design. New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2023 – Pinecrest Gardens, Hartvest Project “Nature and History” Hidden Garden, Pinecrest, FL
2022 – Miami Beach Botanical Garden.Tree Huggers and Nests. The Art of Evelyn Politzer
2021 – Hialeah Cultural Center. Miami Dade College-Hialeah Campus. “Invisible Threads.”
2018 – Lion Brand Studio. Installation “Every Drop Counts”. NYC, NY
2017-2018 – The Eye has to Travel. Miami International Airport. Knitting as Poetry. Miami, FL
Reflections on the Natural Environment. Installations “Nesting” & “Every Drop Counts.”
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 – Tenth Street Gallery, “Birding: Obsession of Observation”. Sarasota, FL
2023 – Vogue Knitting Live – Art Gallery. NYC, NY
2023 – Coral Gables Museum, “El Mundo es un Pañuelo”. Coral Gables, FL
2022 – Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas, Kendall “Subverting Materials: Fibers and
Textile Art” Miami, FL
2022 – Pinecrest Gardens, Hartvest Project. “Los Colores de Miami” Pinecrest, FL
2022 – Art and Culture Center/Hollywood – 2022 Florida Biennial “Installations, Materiality, and
Magic Realism” Hollywood, FL
2022 – LnS Gallery. “In the company of women: at large” Coconut Grove, FL
2022 – Consulado México en Miami and Doral Contemporary Art Museum “El Hilo Conductor II”
2022 – The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery. “Elemental. Terra, Tide and Time” Pembroke Pines, FL
2021 – The Society of the Four Arts. Museum and Gardens “Talking Threads” Palm Beach, FL
2021 – Bridge Red Studios. “Materiality” North Miami, FL
2021 – The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery. “Warp and Weft.” Pembroke Pines, FL
2021 – Kendall Art Center-Rodriguez Collection. “Seeds of Connection.” Kendall, FL
2021 – Ciconia Art Collection. 10 Artists Program for Art Collecting. hARTvest Project. FL
2021 – Moore Building 200. “Inter I Sectionality: Diaspora Art” Miami Design District, FL
2021 – Doral Contemporary Art Museum. “South Florida Women Artists At Large” Doral, FL
2021 – Consulado General de México en Miami. “El Hilo Conductor” Miami, FL
2020 – Collective62. “Collective Threads” Miami, FL
2020 – TheCAMPGallery. “Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse” Miami, FL
2020 – Harvey B.Gantt Center. “InterISectionality: Diaspora Art”, DVCAI.org. Charlotte, NC
2020 – hARTvest Project. Pinecrest Gardens. “Braided Nature.” Miami, FL
2019 – Pinta Miami Art Fair. “Crossing Cultures.” Wynwood, Miami, FL
2019 – Corcoran School of the Arts and Design. George Washington University.
“Inter I Sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City”. Washington, D.C.
2019 – The Box Gallery. “ConstitutionX: Our Human Right”. West Palm Beach, FL
2019 – Laundromat Art Space. “Mother, I see myself in your eyes.” Miami, FL
2019 – FIU Art+Art History. “Ghosts of Louise Bourgeois” MB Urban Studios. Miami Beach, FL
2019 – Concrete Space Art Projects. “Mother, I see myself in your eyes.” Doral, FL
2019 – hARTvest Project. Pinecrest Gardens. “Fiber Art & Photography.” Miami, FL
2018 – hARTvest Project. Pinecrest Gardens. “Breast Cancer Awareness.” Miami, FL
2018 – Vogue Knitting Live – Art Gallery. San Francisco, CA
2018 – ArtServe. “12 to See Exhibition.” Fort Lauderdale, FL
2017 – Harris Art Gallery. Bird Road Art District. “Fiber Optics.” Miami, FL
2016 – FIU Art+Art History. “Olympic Waves” Miami International Airport. Miami, FL
2015 – La Pasionaria “The Bra Project. Un Sostén para la Vida.” Montevideo, Uruguay
Community Projects: Founding & Organizing
2022 – November. Cofounder First Miami Textile Biennial “Threading the City” Miami, FL
2021 – Organizer “Talking Threads” The Society of the Four Arts. Palm Beach, FL
2020 – FAMA-Fiber Artists Miami Association -cofounder- for the education and advancement
of the contemporary fiber arts https://www.fiberartists-miamiassociation.com/
2019 – Knitting at the Museum @ Coral Gables Museum. Miami, FL
2019 – World Wide Knit in Public Day @ Coral Gables Museum. Miami, FL
2017-2016 – World Wide Knit in Public Day @ Perez Art Museum. Miami, FL
2018-2012 – Hat-a-thon for Soldiers. Miami, FL
2019-2012 – Collaborative Knitting Projects for Educational Scholarships. Miami, FL
