• Robi Walters (b. 1973, London) is a leading British contemporary artist based in Soho. His mesmerizing and colorful collages have captivated celebrity collectors including Thandie Newton, Usain Bolt, or Diplo. In 2018, Michelin-Star Chef Tom Kerridge commissioned Walters to create bespoke design work for his London restaurant. In 2020, Robi was invited by Aston Martin to become their Artist in Residence. Walters has also been named by The Telegraph as one of the top creatives in the UK, before going on to win the ‘Arts and Culture' category in the newspaper’s ‘Amazing 15’. The artist owes this exceptional success to his unique and transformative artistic practice; by constructing mixed-media pieces with unusual materials, such as packaging from household items and broken vinyl LPs, Walters has a creative process and product that are reminiscent of both pop art and arte povera movements. His use of such materials reflects his concerns about human consumption and sustainability; furthermore, the artist’s signature arrangement of these fragments into lotus-like forms represents his own interest in meditation, giving his vibrant works socially-charged and personal significance alike. This is true for Walter’s highly-chromatic blue piece selected for the exhibition, titled ‘This Town’ (2018).
   

• Paolo Ciabattini (b. 1961, Milan) is an Italian abstract artist of international vocation. His strong academic background, having studied architecture and design at the St. Raphael University of Rome, as well as drawing and figure at the Academy of Brera in Milan, is clearly reflected in his masterful command of paint. The artist uses thick layers of color, which accumulate on the canvas to create a powerful sense of intimacy. Ciabattini’s large-scale abstract paintings, such as ‘Abissi Marini’ (2013), on show at Espinasse31 Madrid, resemble natural elements and envelop the viewer through their impressive depth. Through this expression, the artist aims to unveil the hidden perceptions that are filtered through the synergy created in the human brain; those perceptions, according to Ciabattini, if devoid of the judgments of the mind, can be pure. He aims to transfer this concept of purity to the visuals surrounding the viewer of his works, which are transfused in color on the canvas. In 2013, Ciabattini established the LaboExpo project in Milan in collaboration with the world-renowned American architect Daniel Libeskind.​

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• Rodrigo Branco (b. 1986, São Paulo) is one of the most prolific street artists to have emerged from Brazil in recent years. Influenced by his artistic family and the fascinating world of graffiti in the streets of his neighborhood, Branco has developed his talent as a painter through the depiction of faces, elements, and colorful expressions that inhabit his imaginary or his childhood memories. The artist's pictorial technique includes a lack of definition to the borderlines of his subjects and a use of strong colors, producing paintings that capture and retain energy. His Untitled work (2017) at Espinasse31's ‘Identity’ exhibition reflects just this while providing a complementary and contrasting presence to the artworks on neighboring walls of the gallery. Rodrigo Branco has notably been involved in several social art projects in recent years; his mural works can be found on the walls of São Paulo’s favelas, while his works on canvas can be found in private and public collections around the world.

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• Veronica Mar (b. 1979, Granada) is a Spanish artist and interior designer based in Madrid. Her main body of work consists of delicate and abstract sculptures, with a style that is characterised by minimal and organic lines that subtly play with texture, colour, and reflections caused by light. This balance of both the seen and the unseen is fundamental to Mar’s work, greatly inspired by the dualities and rhythms seen in nature and in Taoist philosophy. The resulting pieces create a space of personal reflection and tranquility, and ultimately lead to a new awareness of the self within the natural world. Mar has exhibited her work at Rossana Orlandi (Milan) and the Wolfsonian Museum (Miami), among others. With Espinasse31, the artist's sculptures are on show at the Zaha Hadid Residences in Milan, and now at this new gallery space in Madrid. Works from Mar's ‘Unity’ series blend seamlessly into the exhibition, providing a visual break and a sense of harmony. 
   

• Adam Lucey (b. 1994, Boston, MA) is a self-taught American artist. With a background in street art and fashion, and having discovered his passion to paint at the age of 23, Lucey has an eclectic and attention-grabbing style that is grounded on bright colours, simple-yet-precise lines, and a harmonious use of acrylic and spray paint on canvas. The majority of his paintings involve pop culture motifs; besides creating his own recurring characters, Adam Lucey uses cartoon characters from his upbringing, immersing his works in 90’s nostalgia and strong character. His exhibited work at Espinasse31’s inaugural exhibition, titled ‘Cards & a Pig’, is an exponent of his signature style, as well as a symbol of the gallery’s focus on contemporary muralism—a notion derived from its roots in Miami’s Wynwood District, whereby urban art is transported from the street to the canvas.

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Identity is now open at Espinasse31 Contemporary Gallery’s new space in Madrid: Calle de Fúcar, 17. 28014 Madrid, Spain. BOOK A VISIT