Vanesa Miori on the Zero Empty Spaces Podcast
I'm honored to share that I sat down with Evan Snow, co-founder of Zero Empty Spaces, for an episode of the Zero Empty Spaces Podcast — the series that spotlights the resident artists turning once-vacant spaces into living, working studios. As a resident artist at the Zero Empty Spaces location inside DCOTA in Dania Beach, it was a real pleasure to talk about the work, the practice behind it, and the studio I get to create in every week.
🎧 Watch the full episode below: (Episode #79— Zero Empty Spaces Podcast Episode #79 With Vanesa Miori)
A conversation about texture, instinct, and 23 years at the canvas
I trained as a painter in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and have kept a professional practice for more than 23 years, now based on Florida's southeast coast. Across all of it, the thread that holds my work together isn't a single palette or subject — it's a game of textures, a playful exploration of surface that goes back to my 2008 Buenos Aires solo show, Juego de Texturas. In our conversation, we talked about where that instinct comes from and how it still drives every piece I begin.
I work in acrylic, oil, and mixed media on canvas, building surfaces with modeling and molding pastes, palette knives, and impressions pressed directly into wet paint, then moving fluid color with a pour-and-blow technique. Gold and a vivid raspberry-bordeaux have become signatures collectors recognize, but the work ranges far beyond them — from oceanic series to botanical mixed media to the figurative couples I'm painting now.
From the studio to collectors around the world
Painting in an open studio means the work doesn't stay hidden until it's finished — visitors see it take shape. My pieces have found homes with collectors across South Florida, Argentina, Chicago, and Mexico City, and the Zero Empty Spaces model is a big part of why that connection feels so direct. Talking with Evan was a chance to reflect on what it means to make art in public, in a space built specifically for artists to create, collaborate, and sell their work.
See the work in person
If the episode sparks your curiosity, the best next step is to see the paintings in person:
Visit my open studio at Zero Empty Spaces, DCOTA — Dania Beach. [Add open-studio dates / link]
Explore the current collections online.https://vanesamiori.com/collections
Join the mailing list to hear about new work, studio events, and press. https://vanesamiori.com/follow
Thank you to Zero Empty Spaces and Evan Snow for the conversation — and for building spaces where artists like me can do this work out loud.
— Vanesa Miori
