The Contemporary Art Modern Project (CAMP)<\/mark><\/a> is pleased to present Julie Peppito Chooses Hope<\/em>, a solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Julie Peppito<\/mark><\/a>, with an Opening Reception on Friday, April 11th from 6 \u2013 9pm. This event is free and open to the public, RSVP HERE<\/mark><\/a>. Julie Peppito Chooses Hope<\/em> offers a roadmap for navigating chaos through layered compositions of fiber, paint, and found objects. Exploring the tension between expectation and reality, Peppito transforms everyday materials into intricate works that embrace movement, ambiguity, and growth. The exhibition invites viewers to step beyond uncertainty and into possibility\u2014where hope is both a choice and an ever-expanding horizon. The exhibition is on view April 11 \u2013 May 10, 2025.<\/h4>\n![\"art,](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themiamiartscene.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Peppito_Julie_July_2023_003.jpeg?resize=630%2C420&ssl=1\")
<\/a>Artist Julie Peppito<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\nFor over 30 years, Peppito has transformed cultural waste into sculptures, tapestries, and installations that explore connection, environmental repair, and the human condition. She holds an MFA from Alfred University and a BFA from The Cooper Union. Her work has been exhibited at institutions including Kentler International Drawing Space, The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and The Sugar Hill Children\u2019s Museum. Her work has also been featured in The New York Times, on CBS Sunday Morning, and NY1. She has created public art for parks across Brooklyn.<\/h4>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themiamiartscene.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/camp-gallery-julie-peppito-growth.png?resize=630%2C571&ssl=1\")
<\/a>Growth 1 & 2<\/em>, 2024. Reclaimed objects and fiber, embroidery
floss, string, canvas, acrylic paint. 34 x 38 x 4 in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\nThe solo exhibition, Julie Peppito Chooses Hope<\/em>, suggests a guide on how to navigate life through mixed mediums of fiber, paint, found objects and her own innate belief in preserving the positive. Peppito tackles the daily distractions of life by creating multilayered works exploring where she is in the present as a means of establishing order in a life that is chaotic. Chaos can be found in any segment of life where reality clashes with self imposed expectations, where time flies uncontrollably out of ones\u2019s grasp, and much more. Peeling back life as we cross the social landscape, Peppito responds to the world she inhabits by offering hope. Coming into her own in an ever changing art world and practice, Peppito spends a great deal of time with not only the work that evolves, often from one object, but also with her thoughts on the piece. Her thoughts can travel through the everyday and mundane, through her own life, and through the climate she encounters. This multifaceted looking around her is clearly seen in works such as; Growth 1 & 2<\/em> (2025). The works offer the concept of growth in many ways. For example, it can be seen as two unequal stages of growth, two direction for growth\u2014or a limit to growth because of the different sizes. But in both there lies hope, simply because the works are bordered by a literal blank canvas, thereby giving one the freedom to move out of the work and into a new stage.<\/h4>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themiamiartscene.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/camp-gallery_julie-peppito-work.png?resize=630%2C468&ssl=1\")
<\/a>Holding Pattern<\/em>, 2021. Reclaimed textiles, beads, thread, gouache,
acrylic, fabric paint, thread, canvas. 36 x 48 x 4 in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\nPeppito often creates a tableaux both overflowing with action and thought, but also one open and dependent on interpretation. Dividing for example, Holding Pattern<\/em> (2025) into two sections, one is able to skip through the left portion only to attentively explore the right side. The piece is divided by color, historical references, the artist, and elements of culture. Once you travel through the labyrinths Peppito creates, you may enter into the unformed, the unknown. The work holds an intentionally ambiguous landscape, one with a shadowy figure lurking in the window, an empty chair, and less\u2014but even through this almost \u2018void,\u2019 Peppito places her bird, a muse, a symbol of the imagination\u2014fully formed, fully identifiable
\u2014showing that come what may, there is always hope and some things can never be erased. This is the key in Peppito\u2019s philosophy \u2014there is always hope, and we can all work towards the beautiful tomorrow of our imagination.<\/h4>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themiamiartscene.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAMP_julie-peppito-chooses-hope_art-exhibition.png?resize=630%2C627&ssl=1\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/p>\nIn all of Peppito\u2019s work one can witness her artistic practice as her search for materials rises from both conscious choices to something that catches her eye. This \u2018eye-catching\u2019 object is usually the idea of a work in its moment of becoming, akin to an unconscious stage, but as more than one idea holds space in anyone\u2019s mind\u2014new ideas often come hurdling towards her, calling her to listen to the ideas, and thus one idea evolves into many. These \u2018many\u2019 are then masterfully composed by Peppito to tell the story that she wishes to tell, as well as to listen to the stories that come from her works when viewed. Her work stands on the precipice of optimism forever leaning towards hope. The hope lies in the future, what she likes to envision for a \u2018beautiful tomorrow,\u2019 and the hope that her work stimulates, awakens and leads into conversations and connections bound in the hope for caring connections amongst all. \u2013Statement and curation by Melanie Prapopoulos<\/mark>, gallery founder and director.<\/h4>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themiamiartscene.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/camp-gallery-photo.jpeg?resize=630%2C840&ssl=1\")
<\/a>The CAMP Gallery 791-793 NE 125th Street in North Miami, Florida 33161<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\nArt lovers and collectors are cordially invited to The Contemporary Art Modern Project (CAMP)<\/mark><\/a> for the Opening Reception of Julie Peppito Chooses Hope<\/em>, a solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Julie Peppito, on Friday, April 11th from 6 \u2013 9pm. The exhibition is on view April 11 \u2013 May 10, 2025. The CAMP Gallery is located at 791-793 NE 125th Street in North Miami, Florida 33161. The CAMP Gallery<\/mark><\/a> is open Tuesday\u2013Saturday, from 11am to 5pm. Private tours can be scheduled by emailing hello@thecampgallery.com<\/mark><\/a> or calling 786-953-8807. For more information contact Maria Gabriela Di Giammarco, Assistant Director of The Contemporary Art Modern Project, email: maria@thecampgallery.com<\/mark><\/a><\/h4>\nVisit www.thecampgallery.com<\/mark><\/a>
Follow The CAMP Gallery on Instagram @thecampgallery<\/mark><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
<\/a>For over 30 years, Peppito has transformed cultural waste into sculptures, tapestries, and installations that explore connection, environmental repair, and the human condition. She holds an MFA from Alfred University and a BFA from The Cooper Union. Her work has been exhibited at institutions including Kentler International Drawing Space, The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and The Sugar Hill Children\u2019s Museum. Her work has also been featured in The New York Times, on CBS Sunday Morning, and NY1. She has created public art for parks across Brooklyn.<\/h4>\n
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floss, string, canvas, acrylic paint. 34 x 38 x 4 in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\nThe solo exhibition, Julie Peppito Chooses Hope<\/em>, suggests a guide on how to navigate life through mixed mediums of fiber, paint, found objects and her own innate belief in preserving the positive. Peppito tackles the daily distractions of life by creating multilayered works exploring where she is in the present as a means of establishing order in a life that is chaotic. Chaos can be found in any segment of life where reality clashes with self imposed expectations, where time flies uncontrollably out of ones\u2019s grasp, and much more. Peeling back life as we cross the social landscape, Peppito responds to the world she inhabits by offering hope. Coming into her own in an ever changing art world and practice, Peppito spends a great deal of time with not only the work that evolves, often from one object, but also with her thoughts on the piece. Her thoughts can travel through the everyday and mundane, through her own life, and through the climate she encounters. This multifaceted looking around her is clearly seen in works such as; Growth 1 & 2<\/em> (2025). The works offer the concept of growth in many ways. For example, it can be seen as two unequal stages of growth, two direction for growth\u2014or a limit to growth because of the different sizes. But in both there lies hope, simply because the works are bordered by a literal blank canvas, thereby giving one the freedom to move out of the work and into a new stage.<\/h4>\n
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acrylic, fabric paint, thread, canvas. 36 x 48 x 4 in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\nPeppito often creates a tableaux both overflowing with action and thought, but also one open and dependent on interpretation. Dividing for example, Holding Pattern<\/em> (2025) into two sections, one is able to skip through the left portion only to attentively explore the right side. The piece is divided by color, historical references, the artist, and elements of culture. Once you travel through the labyrinths Peppito creates, you may enter into the unformed, the unknown. The work holds an intentionally ambiguous landscape, one with a shadowy figure lurking in the window, an empty chair, and less\u2014but even through this almost \u2018void,\u2019 Peppito places her bird, a muse, a symbol of the imagination\u2014fully formed, fully identifiable
\u2014showing that come what may, there is always hope and some things can never be erased. This is the key in Peppito\u2019s philosophy \u2014there is always hope, and we can all work towards the beautiful tomorrow of our imagination.<\/h4>\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/p>\nIn all of Peppito\u2019s work one can witness her artistic practice as her search for materials rises from both conscious choices to something that catches her eye. This \u2018eye-catching\u2019 object is usually the idea of a work in its moment of becoming, akin to an unconscious stage, but as more than one idea holds space in anyone\u2019s mind\u2014new ideas often come hurdling towards her, calling her to listen to the ideas, and thus one idea evolves into many. These \u2018many\u2019 are then masterfully composed by Peppito to tell the story that she wishes to tell, as well as to listen to the stories that come from her works when viewed. Her work stands on the precipice of optimism forever leaning towards hope. The hope lies in the future, what she likes to envision for a \u2018beautiful tomorrow,\u2019 and the hope that her work stimulates, awakens and leads into conversations and connections bound in the hope for caring connections amongst all. \u2013Statement and curation by Melanie Prapopoulos<\/mark>, gallery founder and director.<\/h4>\n
<\/a>Art lovers and collectors are cordially invited to The Contemporary Art Modern Project (CAMP)<\/mark><\/a> for the Opening Reception of Julie Peppito Chooses Hope<\/em>, a solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Julie Peppito, on Friday, April 11th from 6 \u2013 9pm. The exhibition is on view April 11 \u2013 May 10, 2025. The CAMP Gallery is located at 791-793 NE 125th Street in North Miami, Florida 33161. The CAMP Gallery<\/mark><\/a> is open Tuesday\u2013Saturday, from 11am to 5pm. Private tours can be scheduled by emailing hello@thecampgallery.com<\/mark><\/a> or calling 786-953-8807. For more information contact Maria Gabriela Di Giammarco, Assistant Director of The Contemporary Art Modern Project, email: maria@thecampgallery.com<\/mark><\/a><\/h4>\n
Visit www.thecampgallery.com<\/mark><\/a>
Follow The CAMP Gallery on Instagram @thecampgallery<\/mark><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n