bio

Ariel Baron Lapciuc is an artist, former professor, creator of Loop Art Critique and sometimes curator. She taught digital, video and animation art in higher education for 15 years at Florida Atlantic University, Miami Dade College, Broward College, Florida International University, Hillsborough Community College, and the University of South Florida. Her courses focused on the use of cutting edge technology in contemporary fine art and its development in the post internet era. Her pedagogy emphasizes the relationship between technology and fine art through self directed learning, peer teaching, and critique based practice. She integrated emerging tools including generative AI, AR, and metaverse platforms, guiding students to explore new visual languages while critically examining how these technologies shape artistic production.

Baron Lapciuc holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of South Florida and a BFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Mississippi. Her last position was a Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor at Florida International University. She is currently Curator in Residence at Lynn University NFT Art Museum and on the board of trustees at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.

Her interdisciplinary practice centers on digital media and drawing, with a long term focus on evolving video drawings that began in 2008. Her work explores repetition, feedback loops, world building, and the artistic process through durational and site specific projects. She has a long exhibition record with a recent solo exhibition, Cycles, at MIFA Miami in 2024.

She is also the creator of Loop Art Critique, a large artwork which functions as an international critique community connecting artists across digital and physical spaces. She runs this with hello from two artists, cha and Carolina Kleine-Samson. Loop Art Critique received support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in 2026 and also became a part of the Art + Research Center at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.