Susanne Schirato

Headwind by Susanne Schirato explores the dynamic relationship between human activity and the environment. This outdoor, site-specific installation evokes a school of fish formation through blue-dyed windsocks that shift direction with the wind. Schirato draws from environmental art traditions to transform root-like forms into wind-filled figures that gesture toward systems of power. The poetic ambiguity of the word windsock—both as a weather instrument and a slang term in Portuguese—adds layers of meaning to these floating innate beings. Through its visual and conceptual language, Headwind invites contemplation on the fragility of ecosystems, the urgency of climate awareness and the complexities of human behavior. Headwind is Schirato’s first solo show in the United States.

Susanne Schirato (b. 1978, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Miami-based artist whose practice explores the intersection of art and science through subaquatic research and environmental expeditions. She holds a degree in Visual Arts from the Panamerican School of Art and a postgraduate degree in Contemporary Artistic Practices from the Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, Brazil. Her work is informed by experiences diving in flooded caves, participating in underwater research, and traveling to remote regions such as Antarctica and the Arctic. Schirato has exhibited in Brazil and the U.S., with recent solo shows including Águas Profundas (2024) and Emersão (2025) in Brazil and the group exhibition Ancestral Lines at the Coral Springs Museum, in Florida.