RetnaCarta A Mi Mismo

05.08–06.07.2025
Retna | Carta A Mi Mismo
ArtLife Miami



Marquis “RETNA” Lewis returns to Miami with Carta a Mi Mismo (Letter to Myself), a solo exhibition charting the artist’s journey of recovery, resilience, and creative rebirth. Drawn from years of personal turmoil, this body of work radiates emotional clarity and strength. For ArtLife founder Avery Andon—a longtime friend and advisor to RETNA—the show has been "over a decade in the making," a hard-won triumph that the artist himself describes as "a script drawn from memory and motion... a letter written in the language of resilience and rebirth."
Together, the paintings read like pages from a personal letter, collectively forming a meditative script of self-reflection rendered in RETNA’s trademark cryptic calligraphy. Letter to Myself thus serves as both a bold artistic statement and a self-addressed testament to hope and renewal, inviting collectors and casual viewers alike into the artist’s profound journey toward healing.

Installation Views

Artwork

Image of USA
Image of Ver & Eyecon M
Image of Ocean
Image of Real Blue
Image of Real Pink
Image of Rain Series #2
Image of Rain Series #3
Image of Rain Series #1
Image of Scheme
Image of White Shadows
Image of Shore Line
Image of Silver Waves
Image of Calm Ocean
Image of Society
Image of Ocean Waves
Image of Flex
Image of Gold Classics
Image of Chemical Romance
Image of Letter from Malibu
Image of Pelluca
Image of Mudrini
Image of Take Me
Image of Malibu series #5
Image of Malibu series #9
Image of Malibu series #2
Image of Malibu series #6
Image of Malibu series #10
Image of Malibu series #1
Image of Malibu series #4
Image of Malibu series #8
Image of Malibu series #7
Image of Malibu series #3

Marquis “RETNA” Lewis returns to Miami with Carta a Mi Mismo (Letter to Myself), a solo exhibition charting the artist’s journey of recovery, resilience, and creative rebirth. Drawn from years of personal turmoil, this body of work radiates emotional clarity and strength. For ArtLife founder Avery Andon—a longtime friend and advisor to RETNA—the show has been "over a decade in the making," a hard-won triumph that the artist himself describes as "a script drawn from memory and motion... a letter written in the language of resilience and rebirth."
Together, the paintings read like pages from a personal letter, collectively forming a meditative script of self-reflection rendered in RETNA’s trademark cryptic calligraphy. Letter to Myself thus serves as both a bold artistic statement and a self-addressed testament to hope and renewal, inviting collectors and casual viewers alike into the artist’s profound journey toward healing.