— Opening November 21, 2024 —
(MIAMI, FL — October 24, 2024) — Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to present Passenger Opportunity, a solo show by Hurvin Anderson opening November 21, 2024. Inspired by recent trips to Miami and Jamaica, the exhibition spotlights a monumental, site-specific painting drawing from the artist’s Jamaican heritage as well as histories of travel, tourism, and colonial landscapes.
Born in Birmingham, England to Jamaican parents of the Windrush Generation–Commonwealth citizens who emigrated between 1948 and 1971–Anderson explores themes of memory, place, and migration through his artistic practice. Carefully navigating between abstraction and figuration, his work is recognizable for his ability to transform familiar spaces, such as country clubs and barber shops, into compelling and intimate visual narratives. Whether approaching portraiture, still life, or landscape, Anderson regards the history of painting with equal parts reverence and desire to create something entirely new.
Drawing from the murals by artist Carl Abrahams that adorn the departures lounge in Kingston’s Norman Manley International Airport, Passenger Opportunity pays homage to the artist’s Caribbean heritage as well as the broader diasporic experience—offering a poignant reflection on cultural exchange and displacement. The work, which is composed of sixteen oil-on-board panels, is presented as a singular painting that bisects the museum gallery allowing for the work to be viewed from multiple perspectives.
“Hurvin Anderson is a painter’s painter consumed by craft and an interest in the deep history of painting. Although we had been in discussion about a project for some time, this show is the result of the confluence of different travels with the Caribbean as a focal point,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “Passenger Opportunity is a testament to the rich artistic dialogue between Jamaica and Miami, highlighting Anderson’s extraordinary ability to weave together personal and collective histories.”
Passenger Opportunity is on view through August 17, 2025.
ABOUT HURVIN ANDERSON
Hurvin Anderson is a British painter known for exploring the long histories and traditions of landscape painting, making works of art rich with cultural references. His work sheds light on the complexity of growing up in England while desiring to reconnect with familial roots, which he accomplishes through a dedication to the medium of painting itself.
“This is my practice, I paint—and I try to do other things but I always come back to painting,” he has said. “I find painting a fascinating thing and a constant battle. It’s hard enough to be an artist.” The artist also often works through photographs rather than memory, which solidifies the feeling of distance that is woven throughout his oeuvre.
Born in 1965 in Birmingham, England, Anderson received his MA in painting from the Royal College of Art in London, where Peter Doig was a visiting tutor and served as an important influence. He has shown with Thomas Dane Gallery in London and Michael Werner Gallery in New York, and in 2002 completed a Caribbean Contemporary Arts Residency Program in Trinidad. His works can also be found in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Tate Gallery in London, among others. Anderson lives and works in Cambridgeshire, England.
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 40-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park.
The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
