Living Form Dying Ground presented by PRIMARY.

Primary is proud to present Living Form Dying Ground, a new body of work by Miami native Typoe Gran. This exhibition, the artist's second solo with the gallery, opens on Friday, January 31, 2025, at 5 PM.

Living Form Dying Ground Solo Show at Primary | Miami, FL

In Living Form Dying Ground, Typoe Gran maps the dualities of the human experience—growth and decay, legacy and impermanence, discipline and chaos. Through drawings and sculptures, Gran builds grids and patterns that feel orderly yet vibrate with unpredictability. 

These spaces hold cycles and rhythms, where joy and fragility breathe together, and mortality is more than a shadow—it's a presence, even a celebration. He asks: What might we leave behind that's better than what we found?

Grounded in Gran's personal history, his work transforms vulnerability into connection. Childhood trauma, moments of solitude, and shared wisdom become threads in a more extensive meditation on life's transience.

Living Form Dying Ground moves beyond Gran's personal narrative, delving into the layered history of cemeteries moonlighting as public parks—spaces where life and death intertwined. These were places where families gathered to grieve and celebrate, play and reflect, and gardens flourished as sites of memory and renewal.

Gran's work seeks equilibrium—balancing ritual and spontaneity, light and dark, creation and decay. His pieces carry the weight of his existence while leaving space for the viewer's reflection and joy. The question lingers: How do we navigate the tension of opposing forces within a single space?