José Luis Garcia received his BFA in Visual Art from New World School of the Arts/University of Florida and his MFA in Studio Art from Florida International University. He has exhibited artwork locally in institutions and venues such as the Patricia and Philip Frost Art Museum, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Coral Gables Museum, Bakehouse Art Complex, and Laundromat Art Space. Garcia has taught various educational residencies as a Teaching Artist with Arts for Learning Miami, led workshops with Miami Dade Public Libraries' The Vasari Project, and is a Professor of Art & Photography at Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, New World School of the Arts, and Broward College North Campus.