Opening night for “Imagined Landscapes,” solo show from Duval-Carrié at PAMM.

Edouard Duval-Carrié needs no introduction to the local art world, or to the socially active community. Fresh off his highly acclaimed solo exhibition at PAMM last spring, Duval-Carrié has cemented a permanent place in Miami’s art pantheon. But he now joins nationally significant art practitioners such as Kara Walker, Glenn Ligon, Theaster Gates, Meredith Monk and Bill T. Jones in becoming a 2014 United States Artists Fellow (to which the Knight Foundation contributes).

This means that Duval-Carrié is the recipient of an unrestricted $50,000 grant, truly an amazing sum for any individual artist. “USA Fellowships are awarded to innovative artists of all ages and at all stages of their careers, who are nominated for their commitment to excellence and the enduring potential of their work,” according to United States Artists CEO Carolina Garcia Jayaram. “Our Fellows embody originality across every creative discipline, celebrating the broad range of artistic practices in every region of the county, and cultivating a creative ecology that is diverse in age, race, religion, gender and sexual orientation.”

Joining Duval-Carrié this year are 33 others from across the country, including architects, dancers, writers, musicians, actors and visual artists such as New York-based Wangechi Mutu, who had a huge show at MOCA North Miami last winter.

Currently, Duval-Carrié is in the process of curating the 30th anniversary exhibition for the ArtCenter South Florida – where he started his career. Called “Thirty Years On the Road” (a reference to its home on Lincoln Road on South Beach), it will feature three decades of work produced at one of Miami’s oldest art institutions, including artists such as Xavier Cortada, Carlos Betancourt, Brandon Opalka, Michelle Weinberg and William Cordova. It opens Nov. 19 and will be showing off our local face for Art Basel.