The murals at Harriett's Orlando Ballet Centre
Agave Rendezvous at Casacor Miami
Flëkz solo project at SCOPE Miami
Art Basel Miami 11/28-12/4
Image: Eric Beare {Nocturnal Emissions}
EDGE Collections presents...
Design collaborations on wallpaper and new works by contemporary artists:
Cristina Lei Rodriguez
atelier oÏ x L' Atelier Casablanca
Eric Beare
Flëkz
Mert Özgen
Island Gardens Deep Harbour Marina
888 MacArthur Cswy, Miami FL
Preview: Monday, November 30th 4-7PM
Open Daily throughout Art Basel Miami Beach, November 28 - December 4
(Miami, FL)
EDGE brings together a select group of international artists and designers for an exhibition of original works in multiple mediums with a key tie - collaborative wallpapers.
The exhibition is a visual journey of tropical, nautical and visceral themes brought fourththrough mixed media, painting, furniture, sculpture, scent, and site specific installation.
Miami native Cristina Lei Rodriguez unveils functional sculptures, new works on wallpaper and an 18 foot multi paneled textile mural in the exhibitions living room area. Fossilized Mussels (Silver) is the result of hand worked layers of epoxy resin, paint, concrete and gold to evoke a harmonious and oceanic mood.
Cristina Lei Rodriguez
Fossilized Mussels (Silver)
2016
Image courtesy of the artist and EDGE Collections
The collaboration of Swiss design trio, atelier oï and Moroccan luxury crafters L’ Atelier Casablanca presents handmade leather trunks housing the suspended mobile and scented origami installation Honminoshi Garden as well as a retro-futuristic bar trunk which houses exclusive wine, champagne and spirits.
atelier oï x L'Atelier Casablanca
Parfum trunk and Honminoshi Garden
2016
Image courtesy of atelier oï
Brooklyn transplant Eric Bear, who's paintings extend to the collections of Martha Stewart and Isaac Mizrahi sets the tone for tropical modern at the exhibition entrance with his painting titled Nocturnal Emissions. The work is accompanied by a newly released wallcovering that includes highly detailed sections of foliage that were landscaped and manicured by the artist at his home in Little Haiti.
Eric Beare
Nocturnal Emissions / Acrylic on canvas / 36" x 48" x 2"
Tropical Emissions / Wallcovering / Available in 100 sq ft minimums.
Los Angeles native and tape art wunderkind, Flëkz, creates a site specific ceiling and floor installation in the dining room of the marina lounge that will transform throughout the week. Flëkz works with Nitto tape to produce exceptional geometry without the use of rulers or measuring tools. Other works from Flekz include a collaboration piece titled Ritmo with Londubh Studio and a texturized wallcovering inspired by the work.
Flëkz
Ritmo (Rhythm) with Londubh Studio LA / 12" x 48" x 2" / Tape, wood, gold, silver, bronze leaf, glitter.
Wallcovering: Ritmo available in 100 sq ft minimums.
Istanbul artist Mert Özgen’s hyperrealistic portraits draw inspiration from the endless beauty of women described in classic literature. Juxtaposing notions of cosmetics with the use of wounds painted on the subjects skin. The two paintings are accompanied by a wallpaper mural of sharp blood corals and lavish gold metallic.
Mert Özgen
"Love seemed to me centuries of torture." / Oil on canvas / 60" x 40" x 2"
Coral Veins / ultraviolet print on gold metallic wallcovering. Available in 100 sq ft minimums.
The exterior facade of the building has been transformed by EDGE Collections co-founders and exhibition curators Carl Pascuzzi and Phoebe St. Germain Fellows. White Petal Forest (Philodendron), first shown at the Wolfsonian Museum in 2015 has been repurposed to fit the grand scale of the marina lounge creating a tropical camouflage within the waterfront setting.
EDGE Collections (Carl Pascuzzi and Phoebe St. Germain Fellows)
White Petal Forest (Philodendron) / exterior wallpaper mural /
Hong Kong based Pigro Felice provides seating in the outdoor areas which overlook Biscayne bay and Downtown Miami’s skyline. Guests are invited to seek refuge throughout the week as the location is a perfect halfway point between art fairs on South Beach and Midtown and Wynwood areas in the mainland.
Bios and accolades:
Cristina Lei Rodriguez lives and works in Miami, FL. The objects Rodriguez creates are abstract sculptures, made from common materials that are given a new intangible life. The sculptures are organic and minimalist, yet finished in a pristine and polished manner; Her sculptures have been exhibited nationally and internationally at museums and galleries such as the Astrup Fearnely Museum of Modern Art, The Neuberger Museum of Art, The Perez Art Museum Miami, Serpentine Gallery, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin (Paris, Miami), Team Gallery, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Guccivuitton.
atelier oï: Founded in 1991 in La Neuveville, Switzerland, by Aurel Aebi, Armand Louis and Patrick Reymond. The 3 founders are architects/designers and members of the Swiss Federation of Architects FAS as well as of the Swiss Federation of Interior Architects/ Designers. Born of an intuitive and emotional affinity with the act of shaping different materials, their projects have been recognized the world over. Between experimentation, cultural exchanges and events devoted to their creations, they design for Wogg, Roethlisberger, USM, B&B Italia, Foscarini, Bulgari, Breguet, Swatch and Louis Vuitton.
L’Atelier Casablanca: Founded in 1995 in Casablanca Morocco, this luxury wood and leather production facility has worked for some of the finest Luxury brands of the world. With product placement from Place Vendôme in Paris, Bond Street in London and 5th Avenue in New York, L’Atelier Casablanca offers a variety of exceptional offerings. In collaboration with design firm atelier oï, the boundaries of design and craftsmanship are pushed with it’s exclusive line of specialty trunks that will become the next generation of L’Atelier Casablanca luxury goods.
Eric Beare is an artist whose work spans a wide variety of styles and genres. The majority of his artwork is commissioned by decorators and designers with whom he collaborates toachieve unique artistic creations. His specialities range from large scale scenic murals to traditional botanical painting, hand crafted accessories and objet d'art, as well as surface design including textiles and wallpaper. His work has appeared in the pages of House and Garden, Architectural Digest, New York Times Style, Martha Stewart Living, Food and Wine, Florida Design, Deco Home, and House and Garden Magazine, walked the runway of several Isaac Mizrahi fashion shows, and been displayed in The Cooper Hewitt Museum and American Museum of Natural History.
Flëkz Gustavo Fuentes is a 22 year old self taught artist whose primary medium is tape. His murals can be found in exterior spaces throughout Los Angeles and his works on board are becoming widely collected worldwide by designers and celebrities alike. In his own words, “With all my pieces I try to not use any form of measuring tools. I think this gives more room for creativity and movement within my work. Every new piece I create is a challenge for myself to make it better than the last.”
Mert Özgen Born in 1988, graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Painting Department, Neş’e Erdok and Nedret Sekban Studio in 2010. In 2008-2009 he studied in Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, in Italy as an Erasmus student. He continues MA in Cultural Studies, Istanbul Bilgi University, Institute of Social Sciences and currently writing his thesis. Özgen regularly participates in leading art fairs in Turkey, Italy and abroad.
EDGE Collections, established in 2009, is a Miami-based design and manufacturing house that specializes in large-format production of custom wallpapers, tiles, and textiles. Founded by Carl Pascuzzi and Phoebe St. Germain Fellows, EDGE works to create projects for upscale residences, hospitality, museum, exhibition, public art and private collections. St.Germain & Pascuzzi’s work fuses multiple layers of original imagery that create narratives of a fantasy life; one in which elegance, symmetry, objets d’art and nostalgia go hand in hand. Their large scale installations have recently been included in Venice Design 2016, during the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale.
Their list of collaborations includes Hotel Shangri-La, Rockwell Group, Van Cleef & Arpels, Neiman Marcus, Google, Fiat North America, and various architects, designers, and tastemakers. In addition to the ongoing collaboration of Cristina Lei Rodriguez x EDGE, the team debuts a curated group of wallpaper collaborations in early 2017.
Venice Architecture Biennale
Venice Design 2016
VENICE DESIGN 2016 brings together an international set of designers of diverse cultural backgrounds – young and senior, established and emerging. It is noted for being one of the inaugural exhibitions to showcase current design developments during the Venice Architecture Biennale. Participants from 17 countries come to present their ideas and stories: from the use of traditional thousand year old techniques to the most innovative technological solutions available.
EDGE Collections has been invited to participate in this year's exhibition with an installation designed to provide grand juxtaposition of current space and time with respect to the undeniable historical presence of Palazzo Michiel. The palace will house the exhibit in context of la Biennale di Venezia from May 28th to November 27th, 2016.
"We have repurposed, found, and manufactured objects with the intent of giving them new life and a sense of place within imagery that makes up each functional piece. Industrial cuts of steel, fencing, caging, wire, aluminum, glass, mirror, chain, paper and paint were transformed, layered, photographed, and reworked into the form of paneled wallpaper, textiles and decorative mirror, all with the intent of giving these items new life and existence inside Palazzo Michiel. The aesthetic relies heavily on the use of color, scale, texture, and depth of repetitive pattern. In this case, we use multiple metallic tones as tribute to the opulence of the palazzo. From a distance the repetition provides a transformation of symmetry allowing the common materials to take on a second incarnation in the form of luxury goods."
For Venice Design 2016, EDGE has collaborated with music producer Altowave – Daniel Boukata from Sydney, Australia – who has designed the room's ambient sound and musical score. Venice Design 2016 Participating designers:
Abdulla Al AwadiSamovar Carpets (KWT); Alessandro Mendini and Kang Keum-seong, Chung Mi-sun, Chung Yong-hyun and OCDC (ITA - KOR); Arend Groosman (NLD); Ariel Zuckerman (ISR); Atocha Design (USA); Brigi Konda (HUN); Chapel Petrassi (ITA); Creative Chef (NLD); Ditte Trudslev Jensen (DNK); Eckhard Beger (CHE); EDGE Collections (USA); Frédéric Hernandez (FRA); Gunjan Gupta (IND); Karen Michelle Evans (GBR); Karim Rashid (USA); Kati Meyer-Brühl (DEU); Kino Guérin (CAN); Maria Volokhova (DEU); Nynke Koster (NLD); Pascale De Backer (BEL); Paul Kelley (GBR); Robert A. Wettstein (CHE); Sang Yoon Kim - Listen Communication (KOR); Satyendra Pakhalé (NLD); SoFarSoNear, Sans Souci, Katherine Richards Design (ITA - CZE - GBR); Studio Silvia Knüppel (DEU); TuominenPatel (FIN); Ueberholz GmbH (DEU).
VENICE DESIGN 2016
La Biennale di Venezia
Eventi Collaterali
Palazzo Michiel / Room D: Tempo D'Oro
Strada Nuova 4391, 30124 Venezia, Italy.
Ciao Venezia!
PARACOSM
Paracosm is an activation that manifests the intertwining of fashion styling and interior design.We proudly invite you to come interact with the space either by blending in, or standing out with different patterns of wallpapers as a vehicle of self-expression.With the use of the repetitive lines and geometry inspired by kaleidoscopic design, a psychedelic space was created where time evaporates and feelings elevate.
Paracosm was created in partnership with Tiffany Azmouz, a Stylist and Image Consultant based out of New York City and Miami.
Miami Design District
Palm Court Event Space
140 NE 39th St Miami, FL 33137
Show Hours
May 9th - 13th, 2016
Mon - Fri / 9am - 6pm
Architectural Digest Design Show
Gold Ore 5-panel painting to debut at Architectural Digest Design Show
Miami, Florida, February 18, 2016—This March, a unique interior design collection created by famed Miami artist Cristina Lei Rodriguez, in partnership with specialist producers EDGE Collections (Exceptional Design Goes Everywhere), debuts at the 2016 Architectural Digest Design Show in New York. Cristina Lei Rodriguez began her career showing multimedia sculptures that mimicked fantastical gardens and Baroque landscapes at Miami’s top artist run spaces. This soon led to solo exhibitions at renowned international galleries Emmanuel Perrotin, Team Gallery and Fred Snitzer. Always incorporating a life-size utilitarian component to her work, it was a natural progression for Rodriguez to focus her eye on design—and so began her partnership with the Miami production team EDGE Collections. A unique artist-centric approach combined with high-end custom production capabilities quickly led to museum exhibitions as well as a major 2015 Art Basel Miami Beach Sotheby’s collaboration. Now after two prosperous years the team are tackling New York with Cristina Lei Rodriguez x EDGE Collections, an immersive design installation in solo booth #M509 as part of MADE, a curated section focused on independent design at the Architectural Digest Design Show—the premiere luxury design trade fair at Pier 92 & 94 from March 17- 20, 2016.
Cristina Lei Rodriguez was born in Miami, Florida to a Japanese American Hawaiian- born mother and Cuban father. After graduating she became known for her distinct fantastical foliage-like sculptures that compiled resin, glitter, found materials and more in to lavish objects and environments. These works both critique and celebrate the inherent political attributes of pleasurable aesthetics such as shine and glamour while depicting elements of the natural world. Rodriguez carried her affinity for shine and the Baroque to “natural” designs. The methods of printing used by EDGE collections, with whom she has partnered since 2014, were a perfect fit. Not only are EDGE Collections able to achieve unsurpassed shimmering metallic effects, their process also considers the environment using VOC toxin-free ink—an important consideration for Rodriguez whose work carries a conscientious undertone, purposefully mimicking real-life natural phenomena using artificial materials.
First shown at the Bass Museum of Art in 2015 as part of the “Gold” exhibition, the Cristina Lei Rodriguez x EDGE Collection designs were spotted by Sotheby’s resulting in major showcase at Miami’s 1 Hotel penthouse during the 2015 Art Basel Miami Beach art fair in partnership with the auction house. The installation included panel paintings, wallpapers and handmade furniture displaying Rodriguez’s penchant for transforming interior spaces in to delightfully titillating sensorial environments. Sotheby’s Senior Vice President, Maria Bonta de la Pezuela comments:
We were thrilled to showcase Cristina’s work. I've been a fan of hers for about 15 years—since I first met her in Miami.
Selected for MADE, the curated independent design section of the 2016 Architectural Digest Design, Cristina Lei Rodriguez x EDGE Collections solo booth will feature a five panel shimmering Gold Ore painting, a series of smaller color tone paintings, handmade sculptural stools and benches, custom fabric and wallpaper designs as well as never before seen lighting designs created for New York. The booth design is described by Cristina Lei Rodriguez as ”a transformative and seductive space that invites interaction.” Her signature creative style, EDGE Collections expert production, and wallpaper that can be scaled and installed specifically to the measurements of almost any space has resulted in a design series that is already highly sought after by collectors and curators alike. Bass Museum of Art curator Jose Diaz who worked with the team on the “Gold” exhibition among others shares:
Cristina Lei Rodriguez x Edge Collections is earmarked as the new emerging design series to watch. Their artistic ingenuity means that their pieces function simultaneously as artworks and furniture and also tastefully express the kind of glamour and glitz we all hope to live in, and with.
Cristina Lei Rodriguez x EDGE Collections Booth: #M509
Architectural Digest Design Show
Pier 92 & 94, New York City
March 17- 20, 2016
For images or purchase details please contact Adriana Vergara
+1 786-301-2646
adriana@adrianavergara.com
About Cristina Lei Rodriguez
Cristina Lei Rodriguez (1974) lives and works in Miami, FL. She received her BA from Middlebury College in 1996, and MFA from California College of Art in 2002. The objects Rodriguez creates are abstract sculptures, made from common materials that are given a new intangible life. Her work is organic and minimalist, yet pristinely finished; echoing a tension between the natural and the artificial. Her art has been exhibited internationally at the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art (Oslo), Serpentine Gallery (London), Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin (Paris, Miami), Team Gallery and Deitch Projects (both New York). Her work has been reviewed by Modern Painters, The New York Times, Financial Times, Wallpaper, The New Yorker and Arte al Día International. In Miami, Rodriguez's work is included in the permanent collections of PAMM, de la Cruz Collection, Bass Museum of Art, and the Rubell Family Collection. www.cristinaleirodriguez.com
About EDGE Collections
EDGE Collections, founded in 2009 by Carl Pascuzzi and Phoebe St. Germain Fellows, is a Miami-based design and manufacturing house that specializes in large-format production of custom wallpapers, tiles, and textiles. EDGE works with architects and designers to produce projects for upscale residences, hospitality, museums and private collections. Their list of collaborations includes Hotel Shangri-La, Rockwell Group, Gensler, Starwood Brand, Van Cleef & Arpels, Neiman Marcus, Google, Fiat North America, and various architects, designers, and tastemakers. EDGE has been invited to participate in the Venice Design Biennale during the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale. www.edge-collections.com
About Cristina Lei Rodriguez and Edge Collections Collaboration
EDGE announced its ongoing design collaboration with contemporary artist Cristina Lei Rodriguez in 2014. Projects have been commissioned by institutions such as The Bass Museum of Art, The Neuberger Museum of Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music and The Institute of Contemporary Art. A line of wall-coverings, Cristina Lei Rodriguez + EDGE Collections features four distinct wallpapers inspired by the one of a kind, site specific installations. The collections four wallpaper options are titled Gold Ore, Terrain,
Plated, and Prismatic.
About Architectural Digest Design Show
The 15th annual Architectural Digest Design Show, held from March 17–20 at Pier 92 & 94 in New York City, showcases the best in the design and luxury market. The four-day fair features more than 400 premium brands and covers a range of categories, including: furniture, accessories, art, kitchen and bath products, flooring, rugs, carpets, electronics, ceramics, stone + tile, wall covering, lighting, outdoor products, building products, and more. From product launches, theater programming, and special events, the show is a must-attend for the industry’s top professionals and discerning consumers. It is free to design trade who pre-register online. The on-site ticket fee for trade is $30. General (consumer) admission is $30 online and $40 at the door. Ticket price includes full access to the exhibit hall, DIFFA’S DINING BY DESIGN table viewing (co-located at Pier 92),
ADDS Café + Lounge, Theater, and many more daily special events. A portion of the proceeds of all ticket sales benefits DIFFA Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. The Architectural Digest Design Show is produced by Vornado/The Mart (MMPI), hosted by Architectural Digest and co-sponsored by The New York Times. www.ADDesignShow.com
PHILODENDRON AT WOLFSONIAN
Our White Petal Forest Diamond (Philodendron) wallcovering is on view at the Wolfsonian museum on South Beach. Philodendron: From Pan- Latin Exotic to American Modern. Curated by Christian Larsen. Open daily during Art Basel Miami Beach and runs through February 2016. Wolfsonian - FIU 1001 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139
PHOTOS COURTESY OF WOLFSONIAN
ART WEEK EVENTS
We are proud to announce Cristina Lei Rodriguez has been selected for a solo show at the Sotheby's Penthouse during Art Basel Miami Beach. Works on view include wallpaper interventions from our collaboration with the artist. Access during the week by limited invitation. For more information please contact us via info@edge-collections.com
EDGE Co-Founder Carl Pascuzzi's large scale interactive piece The Selfie Vortex will be on view December 4th at the annual VH1 + SCOPE event. Part installation and part performance, The Selfie Vortex aims to give guests everything they need to get their selfie fix becoming part of the art. This installment of The Selfie Vortex was made possible by Cricket Wireless and Something to Smile About #STSA.
Le Meridien Canterbury
Custom wallcovering for the Le Meridien Canterbury Hotel - Indianapolis. EDGE created bespoke murals made up of hybrid imagery of vintage cartography and modern day maps of the surrounding location.