SaveArtSpace is proud to present The Extravagance of the Quotidian, a public art exhibition on bus shelter ad space in Miami, FL, opening July 31, 2026, curated by Hermes Berrío.

The Extravagance of the Quotidian selected artist is Alfredo Travieso.

What is the most extraordinary thing we walk past every day?

Not everything meaningful arrives with spectacle. Sometimes it’s already there; hanging from a clothesline, sitting on a sidewalk, glowing under fluorescent light at the corner store, carrying the marks of labor, routine, and survival.

The Extravagance of the Quotidian is an invitation to look closer at the everyday and recognize its weight, its beauty, and its contradictions. This open call seeks artists whose work transforms the familiar into something undeniable; where ordinary objects, domestic rituals, street corners, gestures, and fragments of daily life become containers for memory, identity, struggle, humor, and grace.

What we call ordinary is often where life reveals itself most honestly. In public space, these works become interruptions; small monuments to the lives we are living, even when no one is looking.

Opening July 31, 2026, SaveArtSpace will launch a public art installation for the selected artwork on bus shelter ad space in Miami, FL. The public art will be on view for at least four weeks. Bus shelter location announced on July 13, 2026.

Selected Artist

Location: N Miami Ave & NW 19th St, Miami, FL

Born July 1, 1973 in Bogota, Colombia, and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Alfredo was trained in film and arts in New York City. His studies include a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Arts from Marymount Manhattan College; film directing and production, at Parsons New School University; and numerous production collaborations with New York University’s TISCH School of the Arts film program. He currently resides and works out of the city of Miami, Florida. He has obtained his MFA at the School of Visual Arts: Arts Practice Program in New York in 2014. Alfredo has had group exhibitions in Miami, New York and Philadelphia, and is a current resident artist at Dimensions Variable. 

This image responds to the call: "The Extravagance of The Quotidian" I drive through Little Haiti everyday. I am humbled by the hard working and resilient neighbors of this community, who have long been ignored, yet proudly work and reside in this part of the city, despite the hardships and inequality they face. This woman graciously accepted to be photographed. At first, she covered her face and was clearly embarrassed, but later lowered her shades and confidently posed. I will probably never see her again, but I hope she sees herself in one of these ads and is reflected back into her community, and I can only hope she finds value, self worth and self respect. She is, at least for this moment, immortalized, present and recognized.  

Connect with Alfredo at @zeligbot & @trashroom_gallery.

Curator

Hermes Berrío (b. 1980, Colombia) is a Miami-based artist whose work captures the vibrancy and complexity of contemporary life. He received his BFA from New York University in 2005. In recent years, Berrío has participated in solo and group exhibitions across the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Australia.

His work is included in important public and private collections around the world, including The Bunker Art Space in West Palm Beach and the Miami-Dade County Public Art Collection.

Berrío is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2018, 2022, 2025), the Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation Grant (2019), the South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant (2023), and the Miami Individual Artist (MIA) Grant (2023, 2024). He was a Fountainhead Studios resident artist from 2019 to 2024.

Connect with Hermes at @hermesberrio.

SaveArtSpace

Founded in 2015, SaveArtSpace is a non-profit organization that works to create an urban gallery experience, launching exhibitions that address intersectional themes and foster a message of social change that benefits the working class. By placing culture over commercialism, SaveArtSpace aims to empower artists from all walks of life and inspire a new generation of young creatives and activists.