Typoe Gran
Sculpture Garden, 2022
Fiberglass and Marine Paint

Typoe Sculpture Garden transforms a section of the 10-mile linear park into a vibrant and surreal gathering area. Typoe’s large scale sculptural icons are inspired by children’s building blocks. The works reference the history of blocks as groundbreaking educational tools that foster and challenge the creativity in all of us. These shapes resonate both with children and adults encouraging joy, play and creativity. The artist has created many of his own shapes referencing art history, fashion, nature, connectivity, and the after life. Two constant themes throughout the blocks are balance, and how we build the world around us. If we had no limits, what kind of world would we create?

“This park is my love letter to Miami. It is something I hope the entire community can come to enjoy and experience together. My dream has always been to design parks and public spaces, and I’m so thankful for the opportunity to make my dream into reality with The Underline and Airbnb” said Typoe. “As I grew up here, I have always been highly influenced by the Art Deco movement, and it’s a tradition that I wanted to keep in the city, but in a fresh modern way.”

Typoe Gran (b. 1983, Miami FL) is a Miami-based multidisciplinary and mixed media artist whose work exists at the intersection of play, ritual, and mortality. Drawing from Fröbel Gifts—educational materials for young children originally designed by Friedrich Fröbel—he reconfigures simple building blocks into forms that mediate cycles of growth, decay, and transformation. Across murals, paintings, and monumental public sculptures, Typoe creates spaces where intimate gestures and urban interventions coalesce, inviting reflection on the delicate interdependence of life, memory, and culture.

His work has been presented at Crystal Bridges Museum (Bentonville, AR), Locust Projects (Miami, FL), Public Art of UH System (Houston, TX), Artis–Naples (Naples, FL), and Faena Art Center (Buenos Aires, Argentina), as well as the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts (Miami, FL) and The Underline Sculpture Garden (Miami, FL). His work is included in the permanent collections of the Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh, PA) and the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) (Miami, FL).

Commissioned by The Underline
Typoe Gran
Miami, 2022