The 2023-2024 season comes to an end, and as usual, at Galería Artizar we like to review the highlights of this period and preview some of the projects that will come in the next one.
We leave behind a season once again marked by our presence at important international fairs and with a clear emphasis on exhibitions by artists from the Canary Islands at our gallery in La Laguna.
In September, we opened with a solo exhibition by Ubay Murillo (Tenerife, 1978). Shortly after, we enjoyed a new edition of the Artizar Conexiones program, which on this occasion was held in the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, a program in which we invited collectors and art agents from across the country to visit the studios of the artists we work with and connect with each other to expand the network that originates from our space in Tenerife and grows more and more each year.
Soon after, we participated again in the Estampa fair in Madrid, a key showcase for the dissemination of the artists we represent.
In November, there was a dual exhibition by the young artists Luna Bengoechea (Gran Canaria, 1984) and Esther Elena Pea (Tenerife, 1994), who perfectly intertwined their works to create a remarkable show.
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To close the year and transition into the next, we presented a new solo project by the artists Martín y Sicilia (Tenerife, 1971 and Tenerife, 1974). This project introduced several new elements to their artistic careers, such as the presentation of the video game Cromaterra and the watercolors that were very well received.
Also in December, we had our second participation in the Pinta art fair in Miami, a city that is now a key aspect of our gallery’s operations. And in February, we returned to the Citibanamex center in Mexico City for the second year in a row as we participated in the Zona Maco art fair, the most important in Latin America.
Luis Palmero (Tenerife, 1957) once again filled the Artizar spaces with his most recent works, which are greatly appreciated by our circle and which are once again making their mark on the national scene, both with collectors and through a collaboration with the Artnueve gallery in Murcia.
Between exhibitions, we attended the Expo Chicago art fair, a venue that every year strongly supports our gallery’s project and is bringing us great results.
And upon our return from the United States, we had the immense pleasure of inaugurating a solo exhibition by Carlos Nicanor (Gran Canaria, 1974), seven years after his last one at Artizar. This exhibition was held in collaboration with the Panamerican Art Project gallery in Miami, as this gallery officially began representing the Canarian sculptor a few months prior.
After another successful participation in Artesantander, where Alejandro Correa‘s (Tenerife, 1984) work achieved resounding success, we began the solo exhibition of artist Paula Valdeón (Badajoz, 1992), her first with Artizar, which will undoubtedly mark the beginning of a long collaboration.
With all this behind us, we close the season and will return in September, specifically on Friday the 6th, with the exhibition by the great Pamen Pereira (Ferrol, 1963), followed by Laura Mesa (Tenerife, 1975) and the return of Elena Galarza (Tenerife, 1966) to the Canary Islands art scene with a new solo exhibition.
And to kick off 2025, Hans Lemmen (Venlo, 1959) and Dave McKean (Maidenhead, 1963).
All of this, along with fairs, Conexiones III, and many other projects that we will announce soon.
We hope this helps you continue to support us and respond as you have so far to the work we love to do.
HAPPY SUMMER AND SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER
Frasco Pinto y Pedro Pinto
