Black\stract: techniques & storytelling in Black abstraction
self curated solo art show | NeueHouse Hollywood | los angeles | february 2025
Black\stract is a multidisciplinary art exhibit that reimagines Black identity and futures through the lens of abstraction. this exhibition explores the emotional depths and resilience of Blackness, weaving together bold colors, dynamic patterns, and expressive forms to create a vivid tapestry of stories.
miela’s work delves into the power of abstraction as a vehicle for liberation and transformation. by blending individuality with shared experiences, Black\stract offers a vision of Black creativity that is both deeply personal and expansively collective. through vibrant compositions, the exhibit invites audiences to reflect on the infinite possibilities of what Blackness can be.
this show uses themes as a framework for reflection:
[figures & forms]
celebrating individuality through abstract shapes
[why so blue?]
using the color blue as a narrative device for alienation
[patternists]
patterns as a vehicle to multifaceted identities
[mosaics]
identity as a mosaics of interconnected stories
through Black\stract, we celebrate the expressive, the evolving, and the boundless. this is more than an art exhibit—it is an invitation to reflect, connect, and imagine expansive Black futures.
photos courtesy of elmer vivas.
to be a patternist. animated poem that was played at the show.
the experience:
9 paintings focused on searching for what it means to be othered. to be “othered” is to be forgotten, disposed of —made alien to society. this is the story of Blackness, this is the story of pride, this is the story of humanity, & its destruction of the soul.
on othering
a self-curated art solo show | Farley’s coffee shop | san francisco | december 2023
guiding set of questions:
a sister of the yam
a self curated debut art show | spring 2023 | san francisco, ca
consisting of 10 original paintings & original pieces of poetry
the purpose:
an art show that intends to reimagine the Black american woman as the catalyst for the american experiment.
the experience:
composed of seven unique elements that help give shape to the ranging dimensions of the Black american experience.
i am a sister of the yam because i committed to the lifelong journey of healing and self-acceptance;
i know to heal, is to liberate myself —
&
it is freedom from fear.
healing is a road towards
visibility.
how to forget a black vegan: SOCIOL 1103 Environment & Inequality Final Project
a four-part art installation with poetry (32” x 40”). spring 2021
guiding question: how do neo-liberal environmental justice policies drive cultural erasure of POC communities?
black veganism:
meant to honor black people who have grown up forced to live in a society that deems their life disposable, and still does their part, dreaming of a world in which there is equitable and meaningful involvement of all people with respect to developing environmental policies.