* CURRENT * June 01, 2024 – April 27, 2025

ARCHAIA

Verónica Losantos

During the '60 a large number of dams and reservoirs were built in Spain. One of them was located in Mansilla de la Sierra (La Rioja), forcing local people to relocate in a newly-built village and therefore being obliged to leave their homes. 

From this new human settlement, the reservoir can always be seen and during the autumn season the ruins of the ancient village emerge as the water recedes.

“ARCHAIA” is a photo essay about the idea of ‘the missing’ by using elements such as the collective memory, the function of photography as an evidence in archeology and its capacity for keeping vestiges remain, if only in a visual way.

* PAST * May 13, 2023 – May 12, 2024

OROGENIAS

Jesús Rocandio & María Rico

An artistic approach to the geology of Alto Najerilla region (La Rioja, Spain) by exploring the earthly origins which determines its scale, landscape and means of living in this territory.

Contemporary photography and creative experimentation with local materials through ceramics working together to suggest a artistic interpretation of surronding places.

* PAST *

Jul 2 – Oct 9, 2022

Notes from the Underground

Karin van der Molen & Patrick van Boeckel

A combined art project moving between the poetry and the disturbing feeling of seeing flames burning on the horizon to show how future can be approached with an open mind.

* PAST * Mar 19 – Jun 5, 2022

FORMAL

Carmelo Argáiz

“In this desert I create my artworks proudly, either convinced or doubtful, building structures with a strong determination, which I cover with materials showing its changing presence and giving relevance to the surprises created by the resulting powerful and fragile objects.”

* PAST * Jul 3 – Oct 3, 2021

MASS/COLOR

the abstract spirit

Marion Thieme

The artists presents a journey through almost 40 artworks, many of them debuting here together. On display in a vernacular context, the century-old stable converted into EsapcioArteVACA reinforces the expressive power of her work. Throughout this entire exhibition, Marion Thieme aims to engage us with our environment in an open an direct way, inviting us to make our own footprints on the nature that surround us.

* PAST * Mar 6 – Jun 13, 2021

RITUAL FRAGMENTS

Carlos Ramírez - "Zorromono"

Zorromono’s work takes a dual-pronged approach. By using an ancient stable and the adjoining traditional wash-house he creates a dialectic between the private and the public, generating contrasts and connections at the same time. Potent, yet everyday spaces, witnesses of our past toiling and long-disappeared collective rituals. They tell us about our past, while their disruptive presence in the present impels us to rethink our plans for the future.

* PAST * Sep 26, 2020 – Jan 6, 2021

TIME & FIRE

Roberto Pajares - "Pájaro"

“(To speak) about my past times within its context (a vernacular location). My artworks emerge as scenes and people looking at or walking around them create the final meaning”.

* PAST * Jun 6 – Aug 31, 2020

the hours of light

Francisco Gestal

“During the past six months I have created in my atelier more than a hundred artworks using very diverse materials and a wide range of dimensions and purposes, as well as some on-site art installations for such a special location”.