Recommendation to Commission 01-13-14 CITY OF AVENTURA
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
MEMORANDUM
TO: City Commission
FROM: Teresa M. Soroka, MMC, City Cle �
DATE: January 14, 2014 ��
SUBJECT: Recommendations by Arts In Public Places Advisory Board
At their Board meeting today, the Arts In Public Places Advisory Board approved the
following recommendations to the Commission:
1) That the City Commission commission a piece of art, to be selected as an open
competition, in the amount of $30,000 (which includes $5,000 for maintenance)
to be placed in either the Government Center or Arts and Cultural Center.
2) That the attached piece of art by Zammy Migdal, entitled the American Spirit, be
accepted as a donation.
/tms
Attachments
cc: Arts in Public Place Advisory Board
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ZAMMY Z. MIGDAL
www.ZammyMigdal.com
Born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel
Served in the Israeli Army (IDF) from 1975 to 1979
B.A, Hospitality management, Florida international university
Contact Information: 3380 Devon Road
Coconut Grove, Florida 33133-5902
(305) 443-4408
ZammyMigdal@gmail.com
FORMATIVE ACTIVITIES
Studied metal sculpture under Carolina Sardi & Daniel Fiorda at
the South Florida Art Center
CULTURAL INTERESTS
• Board of Directors of Maximum Dance, a contemporary
dance company (2002-2005)
• Board of Directors of Ballet Gamonet
• Member (2005-2009)
• President (2006-2009)
• Member, Miami-Dade Art in Public Places Trust, Miami-
Dade County Government (2008- present)
Migdal (Page
2)
EXHIBITIONS
Solo shows
• When metal becomes abstract, one man show, Broward
Community College, Davie, Florida, Fall 2006
• From There To Here and More, Adamar fine Arts, Miami
Design Districts, March —June 2012
• SOFA - Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Adamar Fine
Arts-solo show, Navy Pier , Chicago, November 2012
Group exhibitions
• Art Miami, Avant Gallery, Miami, Florida, 2003
• Dot51, Art Basel week, Wynwood Art District, Miami,
Florida, 2004
• Spirit of Israel, Broward County Public Library, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, 2004
• When Art becomes Abstract, Cari Cohen Gallery,
Hollywood, Florida, 2004
• Embler Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2005
• Palm Beach International Sculpture Biennale, Wellington,
Florida, 2006
• Tides Gallery, Art Basel week, Design District Miami,
Florida, December 2006
• ART DC, Adamar Fine Arts, Washington, DC, April 2006
• Many Point of View, Dot 51, Wynwood Art District,
Miami, Florida, May 2007
• SOFA —Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Adamar Fine
Arts, Chicago, November 2007
• Art Miami, Art Basel week, Dot 51, Florida, December
2007
• SOFA - Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Adamar Fine
Arts, Park Avenue Armory, New York, May 2008
• Art Santa Fe International Fair, Adamar Fine Arts, Santa
Fe, New Mexico, July 2008
• SOFA —Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Adamar Fine
Arts, Chicago, November 2008
Migdal (Page 3)
• SOFA - Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Adamar Fine
Arts, Park Avenue Armory, New York, April 2009
• SOFA —Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Adamar Fine
Arts, Chicago, November 2009
• MIA —The Miami international Art Fair, Adamar Fine Arts,
Miami Beach, Florida, January 2010
• Art Palm Beach, Adamar Fine Arts, Palm Beach, Florida,
January 2010
• SOFA - Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Adamar Fine
Arts, Park Avenue Armory, New York, April 2010
• SOFA - Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Adamar Fine
Arts, Navy Pier, Chicago, November 2010
• Art Palm Beach, Adamar Fine Arts, Palm Beach, Florida,
January 2011
• SOFA - Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Adamar Fine
Arts, Park Avenue Armory, New York, April 2011
• Art Toronto, Lausberg Contemporary Gallery, Toronto
Convention Center, Toronto, Canada, October 2011
• Art Berri Gallery, group show, Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic, November, 2011 —January, 2012
• SOFA - Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Adamar Fine
Arts, Navy Pier , Chicago, November 2011
• Art Miami, Art Basel week, Lausberg Contemporary
Gallery, Miami, Florida, December 2011
• Art Winyood, Lausberg Contemporary Gallery, Miami,
Florida, February 2012
• Context -Art Miami, Art Basel week, Cansio
Contemporary Gallery, Miami, Florida, December 2012
• SOFA - Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Thalan &
Thalan Gallery, Navy Pier , Chicago, November 2013
Migdal (Page 4)
FEATURED:
• Casa & Estilo, 2006
• Vanidades en Espanol, 2006
• Florida Today, NBC Channel 6, Miami, Florida, 2007
• Miami Herald, Neighbors Front Page, 2007
• Ocean Drive Magazine, 2007
• Miami Magazine, 2007
• Miami Today, 2007
• Coral Living, 2007
• Coral Gables Gazette, 2007
• Glass Quarterly, 2008
• CNN in Espanol, featured interview 2012
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES
• Metal in 25 Movements, wall installation, University of
Miami Miller School of Medicine, Department of Family
Medicine, Miami, Florida, January 2007
• Zachor- Remember-1w
Holocaust Memorial Monument, Temple Beth Am,
Miami, Florida, May 2007
• The Cosmo Wave, wall installation, Cosmopolitan
Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 2010
• In search... Clinical Research Building, University of
Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida,
January 2011
• Dancing In The Shores, wall installation, Miami Shores
Village Hall, January 2012
• Bloomingdales —Aventura store, October 2012