On the occasion of the 11th edition of NADA New York, join Commissioner and NADA members for an intimate workshop at Komal Kehar’s East Village boutique Common Things.

Led by Miami-based artist Addison Wolff, we will examine the queer symbolism of violets in the poetry of Sappho and the malleability of identity and time. We’ll explore the textural optical paintings of the artist, represented by NADA Member, Baker—Hall and in a special collaboration with Commissioner. 

At the workshop, Addison will teach members how to generate hand-taped optical moiré effects on top of limited-edition prints, embedded with lines of poetry from Sappho, creating a palimpsest documenting queer cultural objects and personal histories. An immersive approach to unmasking the layers of the artist’s process, expect to sculpt layers of textural paint and discuss the use of coded color in queer culture. Plus, leave the workshop with a personalized work of art while creating a shared history.

To participate in the workshop, please email us at hello@commissioner.us. Spaces are limited and first come, first serve.

Baker—Hall will present a solo exhibition of Addison Wolff at NADA New York. The gallery is part of the fair’s guided tour program led by Komal Kehar and Commissioner. Everything is connected.

About Addison Wolff

Addison Wolff born in Winter Park, Florida; lives and works in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Addison received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana (2010). Addison’s practice explores issues of self-identity, intimacy, and interiority. Themes of transformation, transcendence, time, and fluidity are explored through non-objective compositions of broken color, collage, layering, erasure, and optical effects, on canvas and hand-built, hollow ceramic forms. Selected solo exhibitions include: “at the Baths,” NSU Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, (2025); “lOOking,” Baker- Hall Gallery, Miami, Florida, (2025); “Addison Wolff,” The Frank C. Ortis Gallery, Pembroke Pines, Florida, (2022). Selected group exhibitions include: “Young, Fresh, Different | Miami,” Zilberman Gallery, Miami, Florida, (2024); “South Florida Cultural Consortium Exhibition,” MOCA North Miami, North Miami, Florida, (2023); “Mes del Orgullo Gay,” Mexican Cultural Institute, Miami, Florida, (2022). Addison has received the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship Award (2022), Broward County Cultural Division, Artist Innovation Grant (2023), and Artist Support Grant (2022). They have works in the NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Broward County Cultural Division; and Boca Raton Innovation Center collections. 

Join us for a conversation about collecting as memory work with contemporary artist Reginald O’Neal and community historian Nadege Green, moderated by Commissioner Co-Founder Dejha Carrington.

Seven years ago, we asked folks to participate in a social experiment—to be nimble, take a risk, and move differently and outside traditional art market norms. Now Miami’s longest-running crowdfunding art program, Commissioner has brought together more than 600 visionaries to commission artists and build community through the arts. By interrogating notions of ownership and dismantling preconceptions around collecting, we have made possible what we can’t do alone. But, to what end?

Following the panel and audience Q&A, Reginald will introduce his monumental sculpture, “The Cellist”, featured in the exhibition Mirror of the Mind. There will also be an opportunity to meet El Espacio 23 artists-in-residence Carla Chaim (Brazil)  and Los Bravu (Spain) and Curatorial resident and scholar Odette Casamayor-Cisneros.

This special evening celebrating seven seasons of community collaboration is open to current and past members, alum, and conspirators.