Aqua Art Miami's 20th anniversary will bring a major new work to the Aqua Hotel itself from street art pioneer, and activist Shepard Fairey, recipient of the 2026 Art Miami Lifetime Visionary Award. Fairey will transform the hotel’s exterior façade with a new mural, creating a new large-scale work directly on the Collins Avenue property. Over a career spanning more than four decades, Fairey has dissolved the boundaries between fine art, street culture and political activism, from his iconic 1989 Andre the Giant Has a Posse sticker campaign, which evolved into the global OBEY movement, to his historic 2008 Barack Obama HOPE portrait, now housed in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.



Shepard Fairey will also perform an exclusive DJ set during Aqua Art Miami’s VIP Preview on December 2, bringing his multidisciplinary practice into the fair’s 20th anniversary opening-night celebration. His presence will extend across the Art Miami fair family, with an additional DJ set at CONTEXT Art Miami on December 1 and a curated presentation inside the Art Miami VIP Lounge featuring key monumental moments, print editions and fine art works from his global portfolio.