BIO
Jessy Nite is a multidisciplinary artist based in Miami, FL. Known for immersive, site-specific work, Nite weaves together bold typography, material exploration, and environment to create works that engage both public space and personal reflection. Her practice spans paracord tapestries, sun-activated installations, and sculptural works that merge language, place, and materiality.
Text is central to Nite’s practice. She designs custom fonts to carry layered meaning. In her paracord series, she knots phrases into expansive tapestries, using a material associated with survival and resilience to explore themes of human connection, endurance, and joy. The works invite viewers to project their own narratives onto the language presented.
In 2024, residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and the Penland School of Craft expanded her material investigations into three-dimensional weaving. Building on her iconic use of paracord, Nite began incorporating natural fibers and traditional craft techniques, exploring how textile processes can inform contemporary art and design. This shift deepens her inquiry into structure, tension, and the cultural implications of craft, while maintaining her commitment to language as form.
Nite’s signature sun installations are activated by daylight, casting typographic shadows that shift with time and season. These works can be experienced throughout Miami, including at Soho Beach House and Nike (Lincoln Road), as well as in the Little Haiti, Little River, and Wynwood neighborhoods. She has realized large-scale public commissions across the United States and Europe.
Her work has been commissioned by institutions including the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places, Arts & Culture Miami Beach, the City of Coral Gables Arts in Public Places, the Knight Foundation Public Space Challenge Grant, Asbury Park Boardwalk CRA, Hilger Gallery (Vienna, Austria), and Harborside Jersey City. Corporate collaborations include Nike, Facebook, Instagram, Red Bull, NFL, and Ami Paris.
In 2026, Jessy was named a finalist for the Florida Prize in Contemporary Art with a solo presentation at the Orlando Museum of Art. Additional recent solo presentations include exhibitions with the Adrienne Arsht Center (2022), No Vacancy (2022), and Club Gallery (2023). Her work has been featured in Hypebeast, Artnet, Designboom, and The Artist Newspaper.
Nite lives and works in Miami, where she continues to expand the boundaries between language, craft, public space, and design.
RESUME/CV:
JESSY NITE Born 1985 in New Jersey | Lives and works in Miami
Solo Exhibitions
2026 WAY UP ALONG Orlando Museum of Art (In conjunction with Florida Prize in Contemporary Art)
2023 MULTITUDES Club Gallery, Miami
2022 RECEPTIVE AS A VALLEY Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami
2017 LIGHTEN UP Start, Los Angeles
2015 HIGH HOPES Redbull, Miami
2014 KEEP COOL Meka, London
SO CHILL Museum’s Quartier, Vienna
ENDLESS SUMMER Meka, Zurich
2013 BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS Arts and Culture Center of Hollywood
2012 BAD AS I WANNA BE Primary Projects, Miami
Select Group Exhibitions
2024 BUMP IN THE NIGHT Collective 62, Miami
A MON SEUL DESIR Laundromat, Miami
2023 INTRACOSTAL CONNECTION Oolite Arts, Miami
TEXT/IMAGE Pan American Projects, Miami
FLORIDA ROOM No.2 KDR x Bridge Initiative, Miami
2022 NO VACANCY Miami Beach Arts and Culture,
FLORIDA ROOM No.1 KDR, Miami
2021 SUNSHOWERS Dalé Zine, Miami
ANNEX Sneeze Mag/ICA Miami, Miami
2020 GESAMT KUNSTWERK Spinello Projects, Miami
2018 HANGING BY A NAIL BY A THREAD BY THE SKIN OF YOUR TEETH, Spinello Projects, Miami
2017 FAIR. Zoe Lukov and Spinello Projects, Miami
MERE FACADE Spinello Projects, Miami
2016 CASH, CANS, AND CANDY Hilger, Vienna, Austria
2015 SPELL CHECK Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2013 LOCAL CRIT Michael Margulies Artist Agency, Ft. Lauderdale
2012 MEASURING AND COLLECTING Michael Montanaro, RI
SALON DE NOTRE DE SOCIETÉ Primary Projects, Miami
SURFACE PATTERN Circuit 12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2011 HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER Primary Projects, Miami
Select Public Works & Special Commissions
2025 Miami International Airport, Miami Dade County Art in public Places, Permanent Indoor Installation
2023 Aspen Ideas: Climate, Temporary Outdoor Installation, Miami
2022 Miami Beach Arts and Culture: No Vacancy, Temporary Outdoor Installation, Miami
2021 Miami Dade Arts in Public Places, Permanent Outdoor Installation, Miami
Harborside Jersey City JCMAP, Temporary Outdoor Installation, Jersey City, NJ
2020 NFL x Nike x Super Bowl LIV, Temporary Outdoor Installation,
2019 Mana Contemporary Installation, Temporary Outdoor Installation, Miami
City of Coral Gables Art in Public Places, Temporary Outdoor Installation, Miami
Knight Foundation Public Space Challenge Winner, Permanent Outdoor Installation, Miami
2018 Facebook Headquarters, Permanent Indoor Installation, Miami
DACRA, Temporary Outdoor Installation, Miami
Asbury Park CRA, Permanent Outdoor Installation, Asbury Park, NJ
2017 Nike, Permanent Indoor Installation, Miami
Facebook Headquarters, Permanent Indoor and Outdoor Installations, NY, NY
2016 WiPark at Liesing Transit Hub, Permanent Outdoor Installation, Vienna, Austria
Soho Beach House, Permanent Outdoor Installation, Miami
Grants, Residencies, Awards
2026 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art Finalist
2024 Vermont Studio Center Residency
Penland School of Craft Residency
2019 Artist of the Year, Miami New Times
2018 Winner: Public Space Challenge Grant, Knight Arts Foundation
2017 Facebook Artist in Residence
Wooden Walls Artist in Residence, Asbury Park, NJ
Artist in Residence, Start, Los Angeles
2016 Artist in Residence, Hilger Gallery, Vienna
2014 Artist in Residence, Museum’s Quartier, Vienna
Notable Collections
Margulies Collection at the Warehouse
Burger Collection, Hong Kong
Nike Permanent Collection
Meta
Soho House
Publications
HypeBeast, HypeArt, Artnet, The Art Newspaper, Miami New Times, Miami Herald, Time Out, Flavorpill, Wonderland, The Fader, Textile Society of America