Apia (Carolina V. Garcia / b.1977, Chile) is a multidisciplinary artist based in South Florida. Garcia is a self-taught artist with a degree in Engineering. She works seamlessly with acrylics, gouache, and watercolors. Her format goes from miniature painting to large 3D installations. The focus is on opening spaces to talk about inclusion and what is necessary to achieve it. This ultimately drives the materials and format selected for the work. Solo exhibitions include "Exaggerations of History" and "Hi and Hello World" at the Coral Spring Museum of Art in Coral Springs, Florida (Mar 2023). Selected Group exhibitions include "Silent Narrator Curious Spectator" at The Frank Ortis Gallery in Pembroke Pines, Florida (January - March 2023), Aqua Art with AC Contemporary during Miami Art Week 2022. Art on Paper in New York City, New York (September 2022) and "Los Colores de Miami" at the Instituto Cultural de Mexico in Miami, Florida (September-October 2022). Apia received the Artist Innovation Grant (March 2022) and an Artist Support Grant (August 2022) from the Broward Cultural Division. Garcia’s work is in private collections in the US, Chile, and France.