DEERING ESTATE AT MIA:
AIR ARCHIVE
DEERING ESTATE AT MIA:
AIR ARCHIVE
September – December 2025
MIAmi (moving images)
Concourse J, near Gate J7
The DEERING ESTATE AT MIA , organized by Dr. Liliam Dominguez, Historic Preservation and Head Curator at Deering Estate, is a collaboration with Miami International Airport's MIA Galleries and the Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program at Deering Estate. This screening program features a series of short films highlighting past and present Deering Estate AIRs, produced by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and Director of Photography Jorge Gonzalez Graupera.
The Deering Estate is a 21st-century house museum, cultural and ecological field station, and historic landmark located in southern Miami-Dade County. Its Artist-in-Residence Program supports professional artists across various disciplines by providing them with space and resources to pursue innovative projects and studio work. The program fosters connections among other artists and engagement with the public while interacting with the Estate's historical, cultural, intellectual, natural, and built environments.
Filmmaker and fellow Artist-in-Residence Jorge Gonzalez Graupera captures these stories through an ongoing short film series that highlights the Estate's resident artists, their creative processes, inspiration, and influences, while also celebrating their contributions and the impact of residency on their work.
To learn more about the Deering Estate, current exhibitions, and the Artist-In-Residence Program, please visit www.deeringestate.org
ARTIST PROFILES
Filmmaker and Director of Photography: Jorge Gonzalez Graupera
John William Bailly 2022
7:45 min.
John William Bailly is a French-American artist and professor based in Lyon and Miami. He earned his MFA in painting and printmaking from Yale University and has been a Faculty Fellow of the Honors College at Florida International University since 2004. His work examines history and culture with an emphasis on the Transatlantic dialogue through large oil paintings and mixed media on paper. Bailly has been exhibited nationally and internationally at several notable institutions, and his work in the collections of the Frost Museum of Art, Perez Art Museum of Miami, the University of Miami’s Lowe Art Museum, and the Zillman Art Museum in Maine, among others.
Video still from John William Bailly (Deering AIR Archive Series), 2025, courtesy of Jorge Gonzalez Graupera.
Andrés Cabrera-García 2025 2:57 min.
Andrés Cabrera-García is a Cuban-born artist who has worked in Cuba, Spain, and the United States. His art explores identity, place, and belonging through landscape, oil painting, and the overall materiality of paint. He often depicts how landscapes transition from natural to urban and how they reflect historical and cultural legacies. Notable exhibitions include “Circumscribed Landscapes” at Deering Estate (2023) and “Krome Avenue” at Coral Gables Museum (2019). He received 3rd place in the 2019 Paint-me Miami competition and has been a studio Artist-inResidence at Deering Estate since 2023.
Video still (above and cover) from Andrés Cabrera-García (Deering AIR Archive Series), 2025, courtesy of Jorge Gonzalez Graupera.
Giannina Dwin 2025 3:16 min.
Giannina Dwin is a South Florida-based artist and recipient of numerous grants and awards, including the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship and the Women in Visual Arts Award. Her work has been featured in national and international exhibitions, with notable solo installations at Fundacion Valdes-Salas in Spain and Project Space in The Art and Culture Center in Hollywood, Florida. She has also curated exhibits like Contemporary Ceramics and Textiles. Coppiano Dwin completed public art sculptures for the Broward County Cultural Council and the Broward County Main Library in Ft. Lauderdale. She specializes in installations, sculpture, ceramics, photography, and performance.
Video still from Giannina Dwin (Deering AIR Archive Series), 2025, courtesy of Jorge Gonzalez Graupera.
Tony Fernandez 2025
3:25 min.
Tony Fernandez is a photographer and educator influenced by renowned teachers Jerry N. Uelsmann and Aaron Siskind. He earned his BA from the University of Florida and his MFA from the Institute of Design in Chicago, later completing his Ph.D. in Education at Michigan State University. His work has been exhibited at numerous galleries and is part of collections at the George Eastman House, The Center for Creative Photography, and The Cleveland Museum of Art. Born in Cuba and raised in Miami, Fernandez founded the Photography program at the New World School of the Arts in Miami, where he is an adjunct instructor in Photography and Cinematography.
Video still from Tony Fernandez (Deering AIR Archive Series), 2025, courtesy of Jorge Gonzalez Graupera.
Jorge Gonzalez Graupera is an Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker and photographer. He has collaborated extensively with non-profits, museums, and institutions of higher learning, documenting their impactful initiatives. In addition to directing the AIR Archive Series for the Deering Estate, he has spearheaded diverse projects for esteemed organizations, including Florida International University, CMXNR, NPR, The Bass Museum, O, Miami, and numerous others. His film, “John William Bailly: In Situ at the Deering Estate,” has been awarded two 2023 Emmy Awards for “Long Form Content” and “Best Audio.”
Cultural Arts Programming at the Deering Estate is 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, and The Deering Estate Foundation, Inc. Programming in the Deering Estate theater is also possible thanks to The Jorge M. Perez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation.
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