Evelyn Politzer
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay • Lives and works in Miami, Florida • www.evelynpolitzer.com
Education
MFA in Visual Arts
Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL
Winner of The Ellies Creator Award
Oolite Arts (Miami's Visual Arts Award), Miami, FL
B.A. Law
Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Solo Exhibitions
“Felt Dreamscapes”
Ft Lauderdale Airport, Terminal 2, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
“Threads, Folds, and Rabbit Holes” (Two Person Exhibition)
Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
“Woven Waters” (Two Person Exhibition)
Tanya Brillembourg Art, Key Biscayne, FL
“Nature and History”
Hidden Garden, Pinecrest Gardens / Hartvest Project, Pinecrest, FL
“Tree Huggers and Nests”
Miami Beach Botanical Garden, Miami Beach, FL
“Invisible Threads”
Hialeah Cultural Center, Miami Dade College-Hialeah Campus, Hialeah, FL
“Every Drop Counts (Installation)”
Lion Brand Studio, New York, NY
“Knitting as Poetry. Reflections on the Natural Environment” (Installations 'Nesting' & 'Every Drop Counts')
The Eye Has to Travel - Miami International Airport, Miami, FL
Group Exhibitions
“Swathed In Color, Line, and Stitches”
The CAMP Gallery, Miami, FL
“Florida Now”
Florida CraftArt Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
“endangered & unseen”
Aluna Foundation, Miami, FL
“River of Grass”
Hollywood Art And Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
“Healing Goddesses III”
Doral Cultural Arts Center, Doral, FL
“Deering Contemporary 2026”
ArtSeen365, Miami, FL
“F*CK ART: Nature & Artifice”
The Museum of Sex, Miami, FL
“What's In Your Container?”
Barry University, Miami, FL
“Ancestral Lines”
Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL
“This Summer Too”
Barry University, Miami, FL
“Idas y Vueltas”
Collective 62, Miami, FL
“Tides and Currents”
Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL
“Art in the Gardens”
Pinecrest Gardens, Pinecrest, FL
“Hey, Look Me Over”
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL
“Modular”
Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
“Oolite Arts in the Gardens”
Pinecrest Gardens, Pinecrest, FL
“American Heartbeats”
Museum of Contemporary Arts of the Americas, Kendall, FL
“Conceptually Green”
Arts Warehouse, Delray Beach, FL
“y tu, de donde eres?”
The City of Miami: Office of the City Manager, Miami, FL
“Punto de Inflexión”
Casa Eme Gallery, The ANT Project, CDMX, Mexico
“This is Not a Doll's House”
The CAMP Gallery, North Miami, FL
“The American Denim”
MIFA Gallery and FAMA, Doral, FL
“Halleluyah: Recycling & Upcycling Le Salon des Refuse”
Green Space Miami, Miami, FL
“Women Pulling the Threads of Social Discourse”
Jewish Museum Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
“Overflows”
FAU Ritter Art Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
“Color Culture: Our History Through Fiber”
Thousand Islands Art Center, Clayton, NY
“Artists Celebrate our Planet with Care”
Doral Contemporary Art Museum, Doral, FL
“Birding: Obsession of Observation”
Tenth Street Gallery, Sarasota, FL
“Vogue Knitting Live - Art Gallery”
Art Gallery, Times Square, New York, NY
“El Mundo es un Pañuelo”
Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL
“Subverting Materials: Fibers and Textile Art”
Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas, Kendall, FL
“Los Colores de Miami”
Pinecrest Gardens / Hartvest Project, Pinecrest, FL
“2022 Florida Biennial (Installations, Materiality, and Magic Realism)”
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
“In the company of women: at large”
LnS Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL
“El Hilo Conductor II”
Consulado México en Miami / Doral Contemporary Art Museum, Miami, FL
“Elemental. Terra, Tide and Time”
The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery, Pembroke Pines, FL
“Talking Threads”
The Society of the Four Arts Museum & Gardens, Palm Beach, FL
“Materiality”
Bridge Red Studios, North Miami, FL
“Warp and Weft”
The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery, Pembroke Pines, FL
“Seeds of Connection”
Kendall Art Center-Rodriguez Collection, Kendall, FL
“Moore Building 200: Inter I Sectionality: Diaspora Art”
Miami Design District, Miami, FL
“South Florida Women Artists At Large”
Doral Contemporary Art Museum, Doral, FL
“El Hilo Conductor”
Consulado General de México en Miami, Miami, FL
“Collective Threads”
Collective 62, Miami, FL
“Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse”
The CAMP Gallery, Miami, FL
“InterISectionality: Diaspora Art”
Harvey B. Gantt Center, Charlotte, NC
“Braided Nature”
Pinecrest Gardens / hARTvest Project, Miami, FL
“Crossing Cultures”
Pinta Miami Art Fair, Wynwood, Miami, FL
“Inter I Sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City”
Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, GWU, Washington, D.C.
“ConstitutionX: Our Human Right”
The Box Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
“Mother, I see myself in your eyes”
Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL
“Ghosts of Louise Bourgeois”
FIU MB Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL
“Breast Cancer Awareness”
Pinecrest Gardens / hARTvest Project, Miami, FL
“Vogue Knitting Live - Art Gallery”
Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“12 to See Exhibition”
ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, FL
“Fiber Optics”
Harris Art Gallery, Bird Road Art District, Miami, FL
“Olympic Waves”
Miami International Airport / FIU Art+Art History, Miami, FL
“The Bra Project: Un Sostén para la Vida”
La Pasionaria, Montevideo, Uruguay
Community Initiatives
FAMA-Fiber Artists Miami Association
Co-founder & OrganizerFostered and grew membership to almost 300 fiber artists, co-organizing multiple public exhibitions, lectures, and educational events.
First Miami Textile Biennial 'Threading the City'
Co-founderA city-wide textile art showcase spanning multiple galleries and botanical spaces across Miami.
Talking Threads Exhibition
OrganizerCo-organized with The Society of the Four Arts Museum & Gardens, Palm Beach, FL.
FAMA (Fiber Artists Miami Association)
Co-founderEstablished as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to education and advancing textile/weaving practices as contemporary disciplines.
Knitting at the Museum & World Wide Knit in Public Day
OrganizerPublic community engagement events at the Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL.
World Wide Knit in Public Day
OrganizerCommunity textile activation at the Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami, FL.
Collaborative Knitting Projects for Educational Scholarships
CollaboratorFostered fiber projects raising funds for community and youth education.
Professional Dev.
Experimental Fibers Art Class
Florida International University, Miami, FL
Spatial Fibers
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
In Place: Observing, Recording, Making
Crow Barn, Baltimore, OH
Sculptural Knitting
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Certificate Antiques Connoisseurship
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Certificate Interior Design
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Selected Press
“Woven Waters”
Written by Adriana Herrera, PhD • Exhibition curatorial essay
“Tejer una comunidad”
Written by Francine Birbragher • Letra Urbana Letra
“Interview with fiber artist, Evelyn Politzer”
Written by Teri Henderson • All She Makes: Issue 4 (Cover feature)
“Evelyn Politzer–Una artista local que conecta el campo uruguayo con las tendencias en Miami”
Written by Ministerio de Diseño-Uruguay • Design Journal Feature
“The Fibers’ Expression”
Written by Dainy Tapia • Arte al Dia Review
“Colorful Coral Gables Home is an Artistic Hub”
Written by Marina Brown • Florida Design: Vol 16, No. 2 (Cover feature)
“Knitting as Poetry. Reflections on the Natural Environment”
Written by Dr. Yolanda Sanchez • MIA Gallery Exhibition Brochure