Next month, from June 6th to 14th, 2013 the Miami Iron Side will be hosting the second edition of an international artists’ showcase entitled “International Biennale Artists Exhibition Miami, IBAEM” an event endorsed by the City of Miami through its Arts & Entertainment Council.

Produced by the nascent Key Biscayne-based company, The Art Marketing Mind, LLC., the 7-day IBAEM & Auction will exhibit the work of 74 emerging and mid-career artists from Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dubai, Germany, Guatemala, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Russia, United States and Venezuela exhibiting painting, photography, sculpture, installation and performance.

Back in the early 1990’s and throughout various world capitals, there was a surge in art biennials that emerged as a concept of mega exhibitions taking place every two years which developed within the art fair age and became a center for urban entertainment where the focus of art went from major art spaces to other locations and venues.

In Miami, the organizers for this show used the Italian word biennale as a noun to describe a large art exhibition to be held annually in June and presented throughout the city’s most unique exhibition spaces.

In January, the original founder of the International Biennale Artists Group, Elisha Ben Yitzhak along with Maria Napoles and Tata Fernandez visited the Miami City Hall to receive an official endorsement from theCity of Miami Mayor, Tomas Regalado .

“I’m thrilled that Miami has become a hub for the arts throughout the year and this second edition will be adding installation, performance and a special project with the auction benefiting the Arts & Entertainment Council,” said Tata Fernandez , VP of the Art Marketing Mind.

The organization and selection of artwork arranged for the show has been framed within a broad theme entitled “Coexistence of Traditional and Modern Values in Contemporary Society” lead by Vero Beach-based curator Silvia Medina and creatively displayed by ethical designer Luis Valenzuela .

Medina was a member of the scholastic team that inaugurated the Wifredo Lam Institute in Havana, under the guidance of theFirst Havana Biennale Curators and she also directed the prestigious Sala Mendoza in Caracas, Venezuela.

Using the power of the web through the high traffic generated by one of Miami’s leading blogs, WHATSUPMIAMI-WUM and whose editor is spending a 3-month stay reporting throughout Europe, IBAEM’s organizers aim to promote artists using the Magic City’s renown reputation and appeal as a cosmopolitan U.S. city for the arts.

“Our mission is to showcase in innovating venues the work by emerging artists that don’t have formal gallery representation so they can be in the spotlight of the visual arts in South, Central, East and West of the State of Florida,” said Maria Napoles , President of the Art Marketing Mind.

Participating artists for IBAEM 2013 are: Adam Mielu Pakurar, Alberto Rubinstein , Alicia H. Torres , Anabel Rub Peicher, Anastasia Gorskaya , Andrea Difiore , Anica Shpilberg , Antonio Cortes Rolon , Araceli Salcedo , Barbara Rosenzweig , Beatriz&Beatrice, Belina Sierraalta , Bernadette Despujols, Carlos Jairran, Carlos Jose Tirado Yepes , Carlos Vallejo , Carmen del Carpio , Carolina Rojas , Cecilia del Toro , Cecilia Rivera , Charles Raele , Clau Cebrian , Danny Hughes , Elena Bulatova , Elisha Ben-Yitzhak , Emilio Hector Rodriguez , Fabiola Osorio , Farnaz Tahbaz , Felizitas Wermes , Flora Edwards , Fundacion UMA, Gaby Grobo, Irene Sagmeister , Jaap Jaapkore, Jabbar Farshbaf , Janinne Alter, JAZZI Jasmine Schofill Nuss, Jaime Ferreyros , Jose Garcias Chibarro , Jose Luis Cabrera , Jose Oscar Torres , Jose Ricardo Pinto , Juliana Aragao , Juliana Ferreyros , Katrin Alvarez , Lina Linkimer , Luis Fernandez “lugufelo”, Maby Rod , Magaly Otaola , Maggy Aguirre , Malena Assing , Malena Peon , Maria Carballo , Maria Fernanda Lairet , Marl Rod, Maureen Graves , Nancy Martini , Nataliya Yustitskaya, Niurka Barroso , Oswaldo Sandoval , Patricia Secco, Patrizia Manzini , Pavel-Miguel Jimenez-Alfonso , Ramon Aular , Raquel Rub, Rhaisa Castrodad, Shawn Man , Stephanie Bloom , Suzette Urs, Taisiya Naumovich , Takako Kodani , Teresa Neal , Toshiko Nishikawa , Yulia Altas and Joey Diaz .