Team

The ReefLine is an exercise of co-creation with nature and reimagining sustainability. These site-specific artworks/reef modules show us how art can be put into productive dialogue with science and activate new perspectives on the politics, aesthetics, and practices of sustainability. The scientific-led project has been developed in close collaboration with a team of marine biologists, researchers, architects, and coastal engineers in direct response to an immediate need to address climate change.

Her work emphasizes community-building, urban development, and environmental conservation, with a focus on climate change and ocean preservation. Notably, she founded The ReefLine, a seven-mile underwater sanctuary and sculpture park, supported by a $5 million G.O Bond from Miami Beach. Caminos' global impact includes roles with the New Museum Leadership Council, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's Latin American Circle Partner, and Art Basel Cities, alongside contributions to cultural and hospitality developments in Saudi Arabia.

Her work spans various projects including coral, seagrass, oyster, sea-urchin, and scallop restoration, reflecting her deep passion for preserving natural ecosystems and fostering appreciation for them. The nonprofit integrates art to effectively communicate science to the public, with their artificial reefs serving as ecotourism destinations that combine art and culture to engage communities. Under her guidance, the organization has deployed 5 artificial reef projects, comprising over 300 structures and 30,000 coral outplants. With involvement in over 25 restoration projects, she continues to lead innovative research scaling marine ecosystem restoration efforts.

Graduate of the University of Miami’s School of Architecture, Latorre has designed or worked on institutional projects, as well as malls, schools, universities, residences, recreational parks, and community centers throughout his career.

In 2006, he founded Alberto Latorre Architecture as a way of focusing his interest in merging art and architecture while collaborating with artists and designers.  Some of his works include unique projects at Metro Zoo, Doral Animal Shelter, Faena Art, and restaurants such as Seaspice and Larios on the Beach.

His most notable collaborations with Carlos Betancourt include: ‘The Sound Symbols Project’ installed on the sand in Miami Beach which received the Millennium Cultural Recognition Award; ‘Realm of Secrets’, a Miami-Dade Art in Public Places art commission consisting of eleven huge wall sculptures at Miami International Airport; and several monumental art installations onboard Royal and Celebrity Cruises.  Latorre has also collaborated with Ximena Caminos is a one-of-a-kind sculptural pavilion and art experience for Design Miami 2019 titled ‘Roots’ designed by Marko Brajovic. Mr. Latorre is co-founder of the Betancourt-Latorre Foundation, a non for profit, 501(c)3 organization benefiting artists from Miami and the Caribbean basin. The Foundation recently awarded more than 30 grants to artists affected economically by the Covid-19 pandemic. Because of his invaluable expertise, he was named the ReefLine’s Production Liaison Director, where he manages and directs artists, engineers, and the production team.

Sho is responsible for delivering a number of cultural projects across North America, including Milstein Hall, an extension to the College of Architecture, Art and Planning at Cornell University; a new museum for the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec; the Faena Forum, a multi-purpose venue in Miami Beach, and the renovation and reimagination of Sotheby’s Headquarters in New York. His cultural projects currently in progress include a museum expansion for the New Museum in New York City; an extension to the Albright Knox Gallery in Buffalo, New York; an event space for the Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles; and a new arts center with a theater and concert hall for the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Sho has also designed exhibitions for Prada, the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Park Avenue Armory, Dior’s first US retrospective at Denver Art Museum, and at the Dallas Museum of Art. He is also the designer of the new design galleries and studio for the Denver Art Museum. He has collaborated with multiple artists – including Cai Guo-Qiang, Marina Abramović, Kanye West, and Taryn Simon.

Sho’s urban and public space designs around the world include the Willow Campus masterplan, an integrated mixed-use village for Facebook in Menlo Park, California; a mixed-use development in Santa Monica; a new civic center in Bogota, Colombia; a post-Hurricane Sandy urban water strategy for New Jersey; and in Toronto, the largest transit-oriented development masterplan in North America.

Sho has built a number of innovative workspaces including–the China Central Television Headquarters in Beijing (2012), and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Headquarters (2013). He is currently designing a new business center in Fukuoka (2020) and OMA’s first tower in Tokyo for Mori Building Co, Ltd. (2022). He has recently completed three residential projects across North America—in New York, San Francisco, and Miami.

Sho has lectured at TED and Wired Japan conferences, and at universities throughout the world.

He is co-founder of marine biological art duo Coral Morphologic, through which he developed the world's first multimedia coral aquaculture studio located in the heart of Miami. It is Colin’s mission to bridge the gap between art and science by exploring corals in a relatable fashion, such that people of all ages can relate to the mystery and importance of conserving the world's tropical reefs.

Beyond Miami, Colin has dived the reefs of Indonesia, Jamaica, Australia, Fiji, Cook Islands, Bahamas, Hawaii, Arabian Gulf, Colombia, and the Solomon Islands. His work has been featured by the BBC, Nat Geo Channel, The New Yorker, the Miami Herald, Vice Magazine, NPR, The New York Times, and CBS Morning News. His most recent project is the Coral City Camera; an underwater live-streaming camera broadcasting 24/7 from an urban coral reef along PortMiami. .