On view March 19 through March 29, 2026—exploring the choreography of bodies and brushstrokes.
Professional wrestling and contemporary art collide in Sunset Flip, a visionary exhibition in the Miami Design District. The show illuminates the creative worlds of two globally recognized wrestlers who have ventured into visual art: Lee Moriarty, Ring of Honor Pure Champion, and Thekla Kaischauri, All Elite Wrestling Women’s World Champion.
On view from March 19–29, 2026, Sunset Flip presents ten meticulously crafted works, including three previously unseen tennis-inspired paintings by Moriarty, conceived for the Miami Open. The exhibition also anticipates Kaischauri’s participation in House Show: Power, Spectacle, and Pro Wrestling at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, co-curated by Adam Abdalla.
Curated by Abdalla in collaboration with gallerist Nina Johnson and presented under the aegis of GAME TIME, the exhibition unfolds alongside PAMM’s Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture, positioning the show as part of a larger meditation on the aesthetics, mythologies, and performative dimensions of athleticism.
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Portrait: Lee Moriarty
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Portrait: Lee Moriarty
At its essence, Sunset Flip is a dialogue between body and canvas. Moriarty channels the physical poetry of the ring, shaped by his mastery of Mexican lucha libre under Negro Navarro, into painterly narratives. His luchadors—masked, monumental, and enigmatic—exist both in the arena of spectacle and in moments of quiet contemplation, caught in sunlit repose, winter afternoon stillness, or through binoculars scanning a distant horizon. Each painting becomes a metaphorical grappling of identity, performance, and introspection.
Kaischauri, drawing from ballet, martial arts, and violin training, transforms the visceral impact of wrestling into vivid, kinetic canvases. Her works register the bruised, battered, and relentless rhythm of the ring while she constructs her own wrestling costumes, merging painting, performance, and sartorial expression. Together, Moriarty and Kaischauri render wrestling as a performative language—an intricate choreography of gesture, color, and narrative that oscillates between theater, sport, and visual art.
The exhibition opens with a reception on Friday, March 20 at 7 p.m., following a panel discussion at PAMM as part of GAME TIME Session 1. Sunset Flip invites audiences to witness the collision of muscle and imagination, of spectacle and introspection, and to see wrestling as both athletic theater and a canvas for human expression.
by: Thekla Kaischauri
For further information, visit the Miami Design District’s website.