MOAD Artist Residency Featuring Lucia Morales

MOAD will host Miami-based artist Lucia Morales for an artist residency at Miami Dade College’s Kendall Campus. Throughout the summer term, Morales will create new work and engage with students, campus groups, and members of the public.

Lucia Morales is a Peruvian artist who lives and works in Miami. Born in Lima, Morales moved to United States with her family at a young age. Influenced deeply by her cultural heritage, she seeks to reconnect to Ayacucho­, a city nestled in the Andes Mountains, where her family is from.

As a multidisciplinary artist and educator, Morales examines themes of place and investigates how migration and immigration reshape notions of identity through painting, textiles, video performance, and installation. Informed by her family and Andean culture and history, Morales practices Peruvian folkloric dance weekly, which for her serves as a form of resistance, aiming to maintain her roots and traditions alive within her community.

Morales holds a Master of Fine Art, MA in Art Education and a BA in Landscape Architecture from Florida international University. She has worked and collaborated as an art educator with Miami-Dade and Broward public schools and with institutions such as The Wolfsonian and the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami.

MOAD is proud to offer artists resources, support, and space to create in Miami. This artist residency will also invite the public to step into the studio and observe and interact with the artist at work, promoting conversations about process, multidisciplinary artmaking, and the role of the artist within learning institutions.

MOAD's programs are made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor, and Board of County Commissioners. They are sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture, and with generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Miami Herald is a media sponsor of MOAD's programming.

Image: Lucia Morales, You Are Your Ancestors. Andean textile, screen printed text, Maíz morado (Peruvian purplecorn), plaster casted corn, 2024.Photo courtesy of the artist.