About A Sudden Leap

Miami-based artist and photographer Josh Aronson’s installation A Sudden Leap (2026) will feature two sail masts rising from the reflecting pool, each supporting sails printed with photographs drawn from Florida’s natural environment. The installation will offer visitors a gateway to the natural world, thus transforming the plaza into a site for contemplation, longing, and solace.

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About Josh Aronson

Josh Aronson (b. Toronto, Canada, 1994) is an artist and photographer raised in Florida whose work explores identity, belonging and landscape in the American South. Aronson’s staged photography considers the landscape as a space for memory, play and transformation. His solo exhibition Welcome to Wonder was held at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami from 2026-2027. Aronson’s photographs have been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Frieze, Vogue, Italian Vogue, Teen Vogue, i-D, and The Guardian, among others. His zine, Tropicana (2020), is part of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Library of Congress. In 2024, Aronson became the first artist to receive both the People’s Choice Award and Juror’s Prize for No Vacancy, the City of Miami Beach’s public art commission. In 2026, his first museum-commissioned public artwork, A Sudden Leap, debuted at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami.

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