THE ARMORY SHOW 2025

At Alzueta Gallery, we serve as a platform for emerging and established artists, encouraging dialogue between traditional and innovative practices. Our selection for The Armory Show embodies our mission: to present works that challenge boundaries while maintaining a deep connection to history and contemporary discourse. A shared sensitivity to materiality, process, and emotion connects the six artists presented. Their works, while distinct in execution, collectively explore the expressive potential of painting and its relationship to space, memory, and perception.

Violeta Maya (Spain, 1993) and Aythamy Armas (Spain, 1977) approach painting as an immersive act of intuition and exploration. Violeta’s process is defined by fluidity and controlled chance; she applies paint to wet canvases, allowing organic interactions to shape her compositions. Her rhythmic gesturalism and meditative use of color create works that embody emotional immediacy. In contrast, Aythamy treats painting as a self-contained language, using texture, form, and movement to construct abstract landscapes. His works are spaces for the viewer to inhabit, where gesture and materiality take precedence over representation.

Guim Tió (Spain, 1987) and Jordi Alcaraz (Spain, 1963) push the boundaries of figuration and material experimentation. Guim’s paintings explore identity and memory, dissolving the boundaries between figure and environment to create eerie introspective works. His vast landscapes and isolated figures reflect on solitude and human vulnerability. Alcaraz, on the other hand, disrupts traditional painting and sculpture by incorporating unconventional materials such as plexiglass, metal, and ceramics. His layered, multidimensional compositions play with transparency, shadow, and distortion, creating poetic meditations on perception and material transformation.

Claudia Valsells (Spain, 1969) and Maria Yelletisch (Spain, 1987) share an interest in the structural and emotional impact of color. Claudia, with her background in mural painting and color theory, constructs harmonious, rhythmic compositions where chromatic experience takes center stage. Her works evoke beauty and balance, demonstrating the psychological power of color. Yelletisch, meanwhile, embraces repetition as a meditative practice. Inspired by natural cycles and memory, her layered color compositions offer contemplative spaces that invite introspection and tranquility.