ASSER SAINT-VAL

www.assersaintval.com | www.immyr.art / assersaint@gmail.com | asser@immyr.art

Artist Summary

Multidisciplinary artist: public art, installations, sculptures, and immersive environments exploring identity, spirituality, and science. Works integrate painting, sculpture, performance, and multisensory experiences, often informed by research on neuromelanin and cultural heritage.

Public Art Commissions

2024 – Aspen Ideas Climate, Miami Beach, FL
2023 – Art in Public Places (Peacolli), BRT, 200 St/Caribbean Blvd & US-1, Miami, FL
2023 – Art in Public Places (Yellow Elder), Grove Central, Miami, FL
2021 – This is Miami, HistoryMiami Museum, Miami, FL
2016 – Awakening the Senses Installation, Paris Perfume (Pour Un Homme Caron), Miami, FL
2016 – Mural, Diamond Mind Academy, Miami, FL
2014 – The Philosopher’s Stone, Miami Beach Botanical Garden, Miami, FL

Major Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2024 – No Vacancy, International Inn Hotel, North Beach Miami, FL
2024 – The Whole World is Churning: Then and Now and Beyond, DVCAI at Barry University, Miami, FL
2022 – The Great Mother, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, FL
2014 – The Universe Within, Museum of Art & Design, MDC, Miami, FL
2013 – Something Left Behind, Farside Gallery, Miami, FL
2009 – Deepen / Deeper, Carol Jazzar Gallery, Miami, FL
2008 – The Melanin Project, Miami-Dade County Public Library, Miami, FL

Select Group Exhibitions

2024 – DVCAI, Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami, FL
2023 – MOCA Museum, SFCC Exhibition, Miami, FL
2023 – Depth of Identity II: Art as Memory and Archive, Arsht Center, Miami, FL
2023 – Making Miami, Art Basel, Miami Design District, Miami, FL
2023 – DISplace, Green Space Miami, FL
2022 – Here We Stand, TW Fine Art Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2021 – Inter | Sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City, Harvey B. Gantt Museum, Charlotte, NC
2020 – Visionary Aponte: Art & Black Freedom, Vanderbilt University, TN
2019 – Inter | Sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City, Corcoran School of Arts and Design, Washington, DC
2018 – Visionary Aponte: Art & Black Freedom, NYU, NY
2017 – Festival del Fuego, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

International Exhibitions

2023 – Miami Meets Suriname, Suriname, South America
2017 – Festival del Fuego, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
2017 – Sculpture Freedom, Jamaica, WI
2006 – Melanin, Jacmel, Haiti

Artist Residencies

2024 – DVCAI, Suriname, South America
2024 – DVCAI, Miami, FL
2023 – DVCAI, Suriname, South America
2022 – DVCAI, Miami, FL
2021 – New Wave, West Palm Beach, FL
2019 – Taller Cultural “Luis Diaz Oduardo,” Santiago de Cuba
2017 – Casa del Caribe, Santiago de Cuba
2006 – FOSAJ, Jacmel, Haiti

Lectures & Panels

2022 – Adrienne Arsht Center, Performance Art of Miami-Dade County
2014 – Perez Art Museum Miami, Painting Son Casino Workshop Series
2009 – Miami-Dade County Public Library, Miami, FL
2006 – Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2006 – FOSAJ Art School, Jacmel, Haiti

Awards & Fellowships

2024 – No Vacancy, Miami Beach, FL
2024 – DVCAI Catalyst Award, Miami, FL
2022 – South Florida Consortium Award
2021 – DVCAI Artist in Residence Award, Miami, FL
2019 – Artist Access Grant, Miami, FL
2017 – DVCAI Residency Grant Award, Miami, FL
2011 – South Florida Consortium Award

Exhibition Reviews & Media Features

2025 – NBC 6 News, Constance Jones
2020 – The Black Art Explosion, Miami Herald, George Fisherman
2019 – Local Forces, Miami Herald, Jane Wooldridge
2016 – SuperFine & CARON Paris Join Art Week, Happi Magazine
2009 – The Melanin Project, Miami New Times

Collections

The Rubell Family Collection / The Mosquera Collection / Carlos & Nick Sanchoo Collection / Mike Paola Collection / Art in Public Places (APP) / Mireille Chancy Gonzalez / Francie Bishop Good / Andrea Thompson / Rosie Gordon-Wallace

Education

2004 – BFA (Honors), New World School of the Arts / University of Florida

2004 – BFA in Graphic Design, New World School of the Arts / University of Florida

2010 - present