Multidisciplinary artist Aida Tejada, born in the Dominican Republic, brings a materially driven approach to her practice. She holds an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, along with a degree in Psychology and a master’s degree in Communication, fields that inform her sustained interest in perception, memory, and meaning.
Informed by her multicultural background, Tejada’s work explores the poetics of reconstruction through the use of natural and reclaimed materials. Working across multiple media, she engages in processes of mixing, shaping, and mending, treating material as a living archive that carries memory as an evolving presence.
Tejada has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions. Her work has received multiple honors, including two First Place awards from the International Society of Experimental Artists. It has been selected for The Florida Biennial 2022 at the Hollywood Art and Culture Center. She has participated in two artist residencies at the Deering Estate (2014 and 2026) and the Studios in the Mile (2020). The artist is co-author of the 2025 publication South Florida Color Palette: Native Plants and Natural Dyes.
SOLO SHOWS
2021 Urban Layers – Big Arts Cultural Center, Sanibel, FL
2014 Short Stories #2 – Wynwood Exhibition Center, Miami, FL
2013 Short Stories – The Art Link Gallery, Miami, FL
2012 Inner Reflections #2 – Arts Garage, Delray Beach, FL
2011 Inner Reflections – Alliance Française, Miami, Fl
COLLECTIVE SHOWS
2026 A Tapestry of Voices: Hispanic Legacies in the American History – Pinecrest Gardens, Miami, FL (upcoming August 2026)
Knot Sorry – Not ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA (upcoming August 2026)
Innovations 2026 – International Society of Experimental Artists, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ (upcoming November 2026)
Papel 3 2026 – Florida International University, Miami, FL (upcoming August 2026)
Red Filter – Gasper Arts Center, Dania Beach, FL
Endangered & Unseen – Aluna Foundation, Miami, FL
Miami Fiber Triennial 20226 _ Miami International Fine Arts, Miami, FL
River of Grass – Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
Uterly Profound 2026 – International Society of Experimental Artists, Online Exhibition.
Under The Red Tent – The Camp Gallery, Miami, FL.
Shifting Grounds: Voices in Public Art – Hartvest Project at Pinecrest Gardens – Miami, FL
2025 Caribbean & Latin American Visions – Pinecrest Gardens, Miami, FL
Neither Here Nor There – Miami International Fine Arts, Miami, FL
Threads Upon Threads – Miami International Fine Arts, Miami, FL
Ancestral Lines – Coral Spring Museum, Coral Springs, FL
Innovations – Ormond Memorial Art Museum, Ormond, FL
Don’t Be Absurd – Camp Gallery, Miami, FL (upcoming Oct 2025)
2024 Papel Deux – Florida International University, Miami, FL
Red Thread Art Studio Exhibition – Coral Gables, Miami, FL
Visions From Inside the Wall – Coral Gables Museum, Miami, FL
Meet Me There – Summer Thesis, Sowa Gallery, Boston, MA
Echoes: Weaving Identity & Belonging – Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
Art in The Gardens – Pinecrest Gardens, Miami, FL
Creative Convergence – The Art Link Gallery, Wynwood, FL
2023 AIM Biennial, Catalogue – Miami, FL
The World in a Handkerchief – Coral Gables Museum, Miami, FL
Marking Our Marks – 9th Member Only Online Exhibition, ISEA
Y Donde Esta Maria? – Art Concept Alternative, Santander, Spain
Innovations 2023 – ISEA, Cultural Art Center of Cape Cod, MA.
American Denim – Miami International Fine Arts (MIFA), Miami, FL
2022 11th Florida Biennial – Art and Cultural Center, Hollywood, FL
From Darkness To Light And Back Again – Doran Gallery, Boston, MA
A Home For Our Own – Camp Gallery, Miami, FL
Small Works, Big Impact – Art To Save Lives Contemporary, Miami, FL
Marking Our Marks – 8th Member Only Online Exhibition, ISEA
Making Our Room – Camp Gallery, Miami, FL
2021 Latinisiimo Biennial – City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse, the Quilt – Camp Gallery, Miami, FL
Threading Thoughts – Camp Gallery, Miami, FL
Sew To Tell – Coral Gables Museum, Miami, FL
Healing The Earth – Art To Save Lives Contemporary, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2019 28 ISEA Exhibition – Lowell Arts Center, Lowell, MI
The Portfolio Series: Bakehouse Artists – Coral Gables Museum, Miami, FL
2017 26 ISEA Exhibition – Big Arts Center, Sanibel, FL
National Art Encounter 2017 – Naples, FL
Miami Mix 2017- Projects Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Fugit Tempus – Railroad Museum, Miami, FL
2016 Spectrum Art Fair – Contemporary Art Projects, Miami, FL
Miami Mix – Projects Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Fugit Tempus – Kroma Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL
2015 Person, Place, Thing – Wynwood Exhibition Center, Miami, FL
Contemporary Arts Projects, Miami, FL
Miami Mix 2015 – Projects Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
12X12 – Projects Gallery, Wynwood, FL
Miami Mix – Projects Gallery, Wynwood, FL
Just my Height Art Show – Pyramide Gallery, Miami, FL
Art Cycle 2015 – Coral Gables Museum, Miami, FL
2014 In Deep – Deering Estate at Cutler, Miami, FL
Art Cycle 2014 – Coral Gables Museum, Miami, FL
Artcycle, Miami – Miami Sea Fair, Miami, FL
12×12 – Projects Gallery, Wynwood, FL
Support/Surface – Hangar Gallery, Wynwood, FL
2013 Unhinged – BWAC (Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition), Brooklyn, NY
Irreversible Projects Space, Miami, FL
Artcycle 2013 – Coral Gables Museum, Miami, FL
Irreversible Mag Collaboration, Miami, FL
Breaking Ground – Dinamo Project, Coconut Grove, FL
2012 Another World & Other Places – Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, FL
Extraordinary Five – Wynwood Exhibition Center, Miami, FL
Artecho – Miami Beach, FL
Artcyle Project – Wynwood, FL
Works on Paper – Artspace Gallery, Miami, FL
Secrets and Mysteries, Darkroom Gallery, VT
Femmes – Artdealer Miami, Miami, FL
Emerging Artists Series – Botanical Garden, Miami Beach, FL
Updated Visual Dialogs – The Lunch Box Gallery, Wynwood, FL
Williams Island Festival – Aventura, FL
Zona Maco – Collaboration project with Irreversible Magazine, DF, Mexico
Art Wynwood – Collaboration project with Irreversible Magazine, Wynwood, FL
2011 Annual Exhibition – Pen & Brush, New York, NY
Escape – Artlink, Wynwood, FL
Inside-Out the City – Space Lighting Studio, Wynwood, FL
Square Foot – Projects Gallery, Wynwood, FL
8 on Eight – Alliance Française, Miami, FL
Urban Landscape – 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Scenes on the Street – Darkroom Gallery, Vermont, VT
Transmusing – Artspace MAGQ, Miami, FL
Stillville – Shake a Leg, Coconut Grove, FL
2010 Body – Pen and Brush, New York, NY
Perspectives – Nomade Gallery, Miami, FL
Vicious Circle – Nomade Gallery, Miami, FL
Food for Thought – Artspace MAGQ, Miami, FL
Urban Biscayne – Precision Art Gallery, Miami, FL
Loft 027 – Coconut Grove, Miami, FL
AWARDS
2026 Merit Award, Utterly Profound, International Society of Experimental Artists, Online, 8th Annual Member Only Juried Exhibition.
2019 Best on Show, “Gracie Award”, 28 International Society of Experimental Artists, Lowell, MI
2017 First Place, 26 ISEA Exhibition (International Society of Experimental Artists), Sanibel, FL.
2012 Juror’s Choice “Secrets and Mysteries, Darkroom Gallery, VT
COLLECTIONS
Museo Del Estanquillo, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Private Collectors
RESIDENCIES
2026 Deering Estate Artist in Residence.
2020 Studios on The Mile Artist Residency, Coral Gables, Miami, FL
2014 Environmental Artist in Residence, Deering Estate, Miami, FL
TEACHING / JUROR
2015 to present Teaching Artist,
2015-2017 Co-owner at Green Square Studio, Miami, FL, Juror, “iPhoneography Miami” 2012 Organized by Artspace MAGQ, Miami, FL,
2011 Juror, “Planète Femmes”, International Photography Contest, Alliance Francaise, Miami, FL
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2022-present Teaching Artists Guild, Member
2021-present Fiber Artist Miami Association, Member
2017-present International Society of Experimental Artists, Member
2014-2022 Bakehouse Art Complex, Associate Artist
PRESS
2026
Deering Estate Artists in Residence Spotlight: Aida Tejada and Debora Rosental, Miami’s Community Newspaper. URL
The Origins and Communities of the Camp Gallery, Whitehotmagazine.com. URL
Under the red tent, waves memory, labor and community at Camp Gallery, Miami Herald,URL
Under The Red Tent, Art Miami Magazine. URL
The Best Art Exhibition to See in Miami in March, Miami New Times URL
Daily Inspiration: Meet Debora Rosental and Aida Tejada, Voyage Miami Magazine. URL
2025
The Best Art Shows to See in Miami, July 2025, Miami News Time. URL Women Artists in Miami: Redefining Contemporary Art Through Vision, Innovation, and Leadership, Art Miami Magazine. Dec 2025, p.4
Lineas Ancestrales en el Quinto Aniversario de FAMA, Miami New Herald. URL
2024
Women Fiber Artists Thread The Needle to Create Red Thread Art Studio, Artburst Miami. URL
2021
Big Arts Presents Exhibition by Aida Tejada, Sanibel Captiva Journal. URL
Urban Layers Opens in Big Arts, Santiva Chronicle. URL
Aida Tejada, Urban Layers, Gulfshore Life. URL
2020
Studios on the Mile, Coral Gables Magazine, P28
2019
An Interview with an Award-Winning Experimental Artist, ISEA, URL
2015
Qué Hacer? Una Guia de Exhibiciones en Miami, Nuevo Herald, URL
2012
Eight Unmissable Shows, Miami New Times, URL
2011
Visible Magic, Irreversible Magazine, pp. 35-37, URL
2010
Cell-Phone Photography, Miami New Times, URL