Residents
The 2026 cycle of Biolumina brings together international artists working across bioart, painting, live video, and material-based practices. Rooted in Vieques, Puerto Rico, this inaugural cycle emphasizes slow creation, site-based research, and meaningful exchange with landscape, ecology, and memory.
2026 Cycle
Germarilis Ruiz Galloza
San Juan, Puerto RicoBioart · Biodesign · Sustainable Materials
Germarilis develops sustainable biomaterials and fabrication processes that imagine new forms of coexistence between living organisms and human systems. Her work transforms organic waste—such as sargassum, coffee residues, coconut fiber, banana peels, and bioplastics—into textiles and climate-resistant surfaces inspired by the visual richness of the Caribbean. During her residency at Biolumina, she will continue developing Luminico, a luminous installation combining blown glass, biomaterials, and cultivated bioluminescence, inviting reflection on care, sustainability, and ecological responsibility.
Miami, Florida, USALive Video · Generative Systems · Transdisciplinary Practice
Dimitry Saïd Chamy
Dimitry practice creates conditions for emergence, where memory, gesture, signal, and ritual unfold through time. At Biolumina, he will develop Signals from the Edge, a live video projection project built from footage collected on site in Vieques. Performed in real time using VJ software, the work responds to sound, movement, and weather, transforming walls, trees, and suspended fabrics into ephemeral, site-responsive installations.
Daniel Djuro-Goiricelaya is a multidisciplinary artist and educator whose practice explores image-making, material experimentation, and collaborative learning. During his residency at Biolumina, he developed a site-responsive project in Vieques connecting cyanotype, play, and community-based education. Through partnerships with local schools and cultural spaces, Daniel invited students and community members to experiment with process, surface, light, and collective imagination, reflecting Biolumina’s commitment to artistic exchange, place, and shared learning.
Allentown, PennsylvaniaCyanotype · Education · Community Exchange
Daniel Djuro-Goiricelaya
John’s practice understands memory as an act of resistance. Working primarily on paper, he treats the surface as an archive—layering drawing, printmaking, transferred imagery, and material traces to construct tactile maps of remembrance. During his residency at Biolumina, Colón will conduct a site-based investigation of Vieques’s layered histories, particularly its relationship to U.S. imperialism and military occupation.
Miami, Florida, USAMixed Media · Drawing · Printmaking · Paper-Based Practices