Join us for an artist-led tour at NSU Art Museum’s exhibition Close to Home, which brings together artists from the South Florida community whose creative source is their private world and the emotional ties that most intimately define them. The exhibition concept emerged from a growing recognition of artists in the region presenting work that depicted or functioned as an homage to those closest to them: fellow artists, romantic partners, chosen family, kin, ancestral lineage, and loved ones who have passed.
A series of gallery talks with the artists Cheryl Pope, Piero Penizzotto, Zoe Schweiger, and Leo Castañeda will take place from 3 – 5 pm. Pre-registration Required. This event will sell out.
3 – 5 pm
Free for Members
Non-Members Pricing
$16 Adults | $12 Seniors | $5 College Students
Cheryl Pope (b. 1980, Chicago, IL; lives and works in Miami, FL and Chicago, IL)
Cheryl Pope received her BFA and Master’s in Design from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago, where she is now an Adjunct Professor. Pope studied under artist Nick Cave for twelve years, was a teaching artist at the Museum of Contemporary Art for seven years, and worked in multiple community based organizations throughout Chicago. Recent exhibitions and projects include Declaration, the inaugural exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Richmond, VA (2018); Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland (2019), Chrystal Bridges Museum, Arkansas. A recipient of a 2015 3Arts Award, Pope’s work is in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Joan Flasche Artist’s Book Collection, Chicago; Seattle Art Museum, WA; and Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA.
Pope is currently based in Chicago and is represented by Monique Meloche Gallery.
Piero Penizzotto (b. 1998, Queens, NY; raised in Sunrise, FL; lives and works in New York, NY)
Piero Penizzotto is a Peruvian-American artist born and based in New York. Penizzotto’s sculptural practice is presented as an ode to the friendships and communities he is a part of growing up in New York and South Florida. He graduated from Hunter College with honors with a Bachelor’s in Fine Art (2022). Previous solo exhibitions include WHAAM! Gallery, New York (2026), Primary Gallery, Miami (2024) and White Columns, New York (2023). Penizzotto’s work can also be found in the El Espacio Collection in Miami, FL.
Zoe Schweiger (b. 2000, Miami, FL; lives and works in Miami, FL)
Zoe Schweiger is a multi-disciplinary artist born and based in Miami, Florida. She received her BFA in Interdisciplinary Sculpture from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, Maryland in 2022. Schweiger has exhibited her work in a number of solo and group exhibitions, including Envisioned Solastalgia at Mount Royal Station, Baltimore, as part of MICA’s commencement show, and I Imagine My Home Filled With Saltwater at Pinkard Gallery, MICA.
She has also been included in exhibitions in Miami such as The BluPrnt, curated by Robert Chambers, Deconstructing the Sameness, a survey by Ronald Sanchez, and Narration Within the Materials, curated by Amani Lewis at T&Y Projects with Art Intelligence Global in Tokyo, Japan. In addition, her work has been featured in exhibitions such as Dreams & Their Edges, and Collective Subconsciousness at Fox 2 Gallery, MICA. Schweiger has received numerous awards and scholarships, including a MICA Competitive Scholarship, MICA Creative Visions Award, MICA Presidential Scholarship, and MICA The DaVinci Award. In 2018, she received Honorable Mention in the YoungArts competition, and in 2017, she received Honorable Mention in the Scholastics competition. Her work has been published in several publications, including The Gallatin Review and Sprung Formal.
Leo Castañeda (b.1988, Cali, Colombia; lives and works in Miami, FL)
Leo Castañeda is a multimedia artist and video game designer exploring Latin American Surrealism in the Digital Age. His artwork primarily takes form in episodic games and immersive installations that meld atmospheric paintings, video, mixed reality, wearables, and sculpture. Castañeda is a Knight Foundation Arts + Technology Fellow, YoungArts Artist Technology Fellow, Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute Praxis Project Fellow, Ellies Creator Award, and Harpo Foundation grantee. He is a former resident of SOMA Mexico City, Oolite Arts, and Khoj International Artists Association in New Delhi India. Castañeda has exhibited at Pérez Art Museum Miami; Bronx Museum of the Arts; Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel; Museu do Amanhã, Rio de Janeiro; Espacio ArtNexus Bogotá; Digital Museum of Digital Art; Locust Projects Miami; Children’s Museum of Manhattan; and Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia Colombia. His work has been featured across PBS, Rhizome, Killscreen, Vice, Hyperallergic, ArtNexus, El Pais, Spike Art Magazine, and New American Paintings. He is currently a resident at the Bakehouse Arts Complex in Miami.
Major support for NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is provided by the David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation Endowment, the City of Fort Lauderdale, Jerry Taylor and Nancy Bryant Foundation, Wayne and Lucretia Weiner, Broward County Cultural Division, the Cultural Council, and the Broward County Board of County Commissioners, Community Foundation of Broward, Lillian S. Wells Foundation, the Wege Foundation, Beaux Arts of Fort Lauderdale, The Hudson Family Foundation, Delia Moog, Charles and Laura Palmer, Dr. Barry and Judy Silverman, and Friends of NSU Art Museum. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
