Kamila Marrero’s exhibit features mixed-media works using charcoal and oil pastel to create layered, symbolic narratives.
An exhibit featuring the work of Kamila Marrero.
On display at West Regional Library from February 5, 2026 - February 27, 2026.
Kamila Marrero Bio
Kamila Marrero is a Fort Lauderdale–based visual artist whose work reflects a rich interplay of culture and structure. Born in Kazan, Tatarstan, and rooted in her Tatar heritage, she infuses her art with layered cultural narratives and architectural sensibility. Her background in architectural studies and restoration shapes her approach, emphasizing structure, balance, and spatial tension.
Working primarily in charcoal and oil, Marrero explores identity and presence beyond physical likeness. Her images function as internal portraits, quiet, restrained, and intentionally incomplete—where absence and negative space carry as much meaning as form.
Artist Statement: This is Not a Portrait
This is Not a Portrait considers the human face not as identity or likeness, but as an emotional field read through structure, weight, and presence rather than resemblance. As empathetic beings, we instinctively interpret facial forms as signals of emotional and psychological states. By avoiding clear recognition, these works shift the experience from identifying a person to navigating an emotional terrain where the face functions as an empathy map rather than an image of someone.
"What remains of me"
Medium Oil
"Soft Presence"
Medium Oil
"Head in the clouds"
Medium Oil
| Mon, Feb 09 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Tue, Feb 10 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Wed, Feb 11 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Thu, Feb 12 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Fri, Feb 13 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, Feb 14 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sun, Feb 15 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
