MikhamikHouseOfArt

Independent Republic of Mikhamik

Mikha Dominguez (aka Mikhamik) is a Queer non-binary Latinx Venezuelan visual artist, photographer, and sculptor based in Minneapolis since 2014. Born in Caracas, Mikha began their career in the Venezuelan national television industry as a Set Designer and Art Director.

Mikha’s art has been showcased in exhibitions like the Twin Cities Pride in 2022 and 2023, and the 20th anniversary of Strut at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation in summer 2023. They were selected as one of 20 artists for the Art Shanty Projects in 2023 and 2024 and contributed to the PELI department at the Walker Art Center from 2022 to 2024.

Mikha’s work was featured at the MCAD Main Gallery for the MADE at MCAD show and in “Transmenniapolis,” an exhibition at the MCAD Library blending photography, collage, and installation. Additionally, their artwork appears in Volume 4 of Sensitive Content, a magazine that addresses taboo subjects and societal norms.

Mikha is actively engaged with the community through Mikhamik House of Arts, a public access installation series on their home facade in South Minneapolis. Exhibitions include Latinidad CLUES 2024, “Latina and Latinx MN: Re/claiming Space in Times of Change” at St. Catherine University, and UNO-OLLAS ArteLatinX at the University of Omaha, Nebraska. They received the Juror Choice Award at Franconia Sculpture Park’s 5 MINUTE FILMS and exhibited in Deconstruction//Abstraction at Rumriver Gallery in Anoka, Minnesota.

Currently a student at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), Mikha also teaches the “Work of Art” Workshop at Springboard for the Arts, equipping artists with essential business skills and is one of the Artist in Residency at the Twin Cities Pride.