Miami, March 11, 2026 – The Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) at Miami Dade College (MDC) presents Susan Lee-Chun: Everybody Suz-ercise! A humorous and engaging body of work by artist Susan Lee-Chun, the exhibition transforms an art gallery into a gym space. It includes a video art series, photographs from her performances and an uncanny installation. Together, this presentation of Lee-Chun’s work explores exercise culture, gender norms and the racialized beauty industry.

The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will be on view at MDC’s Padrón Campus from March 18 through June 28, 2026, by appointment only. Public programs and events accompanying the exhibition will be announced on MOAD’s website and social media channels.

“This exhibition offers a special opportunity to honor an inventive body of work by the formidable artist Susan Lee-Chun. We recently received a donation of her work, and this is the first time we are able to present it to the public,” said Amy Galpin, Ph.D., MOAD’s executive director and chief curator.

Suzercise (mirrored symmetry, composition #1) doubles benches, weights and other gym equipment in a carefully symmetrical arrangement, creating an uncanny, almost stage-like setting that feels both real and familiar, yet artificial and strange. The mirrored layout suggests reflection, evoking the ways cultural identities are replicated and reflected back to us as branded alter egos. Her video series, Let’s Suz-ercise Chicago-style!, documents a performance from 2009 inspired by aerobic exercise VHS tapes.

Lee-Chun is known for adopting a series of alter egos — Sue, Sioux and Su — that embody shifting cultural and social personas, from mainstream assimilation to perceived “otherness.” Through these characters, she playfully unsettles expectations about authenticity and belonging, using humor and commercial aesthetics to draw viewers in through familiarity, only to subvert those expectations.

By turning an everyday site of training into a space for critical reflection, Lee-Chun exposes how beauty, fitness and cultural symbols are packaged for consumption — inviting viewers to question where the line between perception and reality, artifice and authenticity truly lies.

Based in Miami, Florida, Susan Lee-Chun has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. While humorous and playful, her work challenges ideas about culture, stereotype and representation.

MOAD’s programs are made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County mayor and the Board of County Commissioners. They are sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Department of State’s Division of Arts and Culture, and with generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

WHAT: Susan Lee-Chun: Everybody Suz-ercise!

WHEN: Wednesday, March 18 through Sunday, June 28, 2026, by appointment only

WHERE: MDC’s Padrón Campus Art Gallery, 627 SW 27th Ave., Miami, FL 33135

For updates and a full schedule of MOAD’s events, please visit http://www.moadmdc.org/ and check MOAD’s Facebook and Instagram channels for regular updates.

Press Contact: Jennifer Weinberg, MOAD Marketing and Membership Manager, 305-237-7710, jweinbe1@mdc.edu.

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