EL CALOR DE OTROS SOLES/ Barcelona, July 2026
There are departures that are not born from the desire to leave, but from the necessity of imagining a future under a different light. For many Latin Americans, migration means learning to exist across distances: between the memory of one place and the uncertainty of another, between what has been left behind and what continues to endure. El calor de otros soles (The Warmth of Other Suns) brings together the works of four young Latin American photographers, who are now living in Europe: Fabiola Ferrero, Marisol Mendez, Silvana Trevale and Daniel Santolo Franco.
The exhibition takes its title from the ideas explored in Isabel Wilkerson’s seminal book The Warmth of Other Suns (2010), which traces the journeys of African American communities who migrated from the Southern United States. Through a compilation of individual stories, Wilkerson depicts migration as a deeply complex human experience shaped by the pursuit of a better future. While Wilkerson’s work is grounded in historical research and first hand testimonies of the Great Migration, the artists gathered here approach migration through the lens of personal experience and the realities of their own communities. They reveal intensely personal and nuanced narratives that highlight the complexities, contradictions, and opportunities inherent in the immigrant journey.
Daniel Santolo’s (Caracas, 1993, based in Barcelona) work invites viewers to consider the migrant body as a living map, a territory continually reshaped by memories and experiences. His project, "Cartography in Transit," reflects on how identity evolves through migration. Daniel poignantly illustrates that the body carries the imprints of its journey, showing a personal mapping of lived experiences. His exploration reveals the in-between spaces that migrants inhabit, between what is left behind and what is embraced, between origins and destinations. Through his lens, each individual emerges not just as an island of solitude but as part of a broader community that fosters belonging, reminding us that home is where we come from, but also where we choose to grow our roots, build and nurture connections.
A fragment of the text by Joanne Sarkis.
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HABITAR EL CUERPO / Barcelona, May 2025
In one of our first conversations, Juliana Sorondo remarked that the works gathered in this exhibition—despite their formal and material diversity—seemed to conjure a shared idea: the body as a habitable space, formally delimited, a repository of individual memory, and ultimately something that can be loved, hated, or transformed by us, its legitimate inhabitants. Indeed, many of the reflections offered by the four artists in this show about their own practice align, to greater or lesser degrees, with this perspective. However, convinced that my role here should be neither neutral nor passive, I will take the liberty of questioning both the idea and the preliminary title of this exhibition—To Inhabit the Body—of adding a mark of doubt to its phrasing and turning the certainty of its statement into a question. I will thus abandon the usual caution of a wall text in favor of a far more meddlesome stance. To inhabit the body? To what extent is the notion of dwelling an adequate approach today, a misleading figure, or an inevitable experience of corporeality?
A fragment of the text by Belén Zahera.
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FROM SURFACE TO SPACE / Barcelona, April 2024
In the years following the Second World War, numerous artists explored the concept of an expanded painting, one that transcended the confines of the canvas and dug into various subjects related to the medium and artistic production. In 2019, the TATE Modern organized an exhibition that brought together European artists who, during that era, were redefining the notion of painting, moving beyond traditional canvas boundaries.
We've curated the latest artworks by Daniel Santolo, José María de Aurora, and Nikolay Morgunov as these artists focus on exploring materials and the surfaces that contain their artwork to ignite discussions around the sense of physical space and belonging.
A fragment of the text.
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PRÓLOGO / Barcelona, May 2024
Like the beginning of everything, Prologue is the first word. An introduction that brings together diverse voices and visual languages to spark a conversation that is only just beginning.
This group exhibition brings together eight talents from different artistic practices, exploring the power of the meeting point between the individual and the collective, opening space for new perspectives and possibilities.
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