The Architecture of Perception: The Art of Teresita Fernández To encounter the work of Teresita Fernández is to enter a realm where the boundaries between the physical landscape and the psychological interior begin to dissolve. Born in Miami, Florida, in 1968 to Cuban parents who arrived in exile following the Cuban Revolution, Fernández carries within her a profound understanding of displacement and the layering of history. Her early years were steeped in the tactile traditions of her family; spending time in the ateliers of her great aunts and grandmother—highly skilled couture seamstresse…