STUDIO PROGRAMMING

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY | The Studio is closed from July 16-AUGUST 4 2025

event: Thursday’s TEA at El NIDO – July 3rd, 2–4 PM  | July 10th, 2- 4 pm | August 7th 2 - 4 pm

Bjarni Sigurbjörnsson

Cutting Through Space: Works on Paper (2003–2004)

exhibition dates: june 21 - august 15, 2025

In these large-scale drawings from 2003–2004, Bjarni Sigurbjörnsson begins articulating a foundational concept in his practice: the act of cutting through space. Here, paper is not merely a support, but the skin of space itself—a living surface to be defined through gesture. Influenced by a Chinese aesthetic philosophy that views paper as an undefined field awaiting definition, Sigurbjörnsson engages the act of mark-making as a metaphysical encounter.

This approach aligns with the notion of the mind brush—a meditative act where the artist attempts to encapsulate a state of being in a single, deliberate motion. Working with ink, charcoal, and water, Sigurbjörnsson welcomed material interference, allowing the media to interact organically. These early works reveal a delicate tension between control and unpredictability, and mark the emergence of a visual philosophy that continues to inform his artistic language.

victoria chapman

echoes of hellissandur - PHOTOGRAPHS (2025)

exhibition dates: june 21 - august 15, 2025

Following a contemplative retreat in Hellissandur, Iceland, Victoria Chapman spent time in close dialogue with artist Bjarni Sigurbjörnsson, tracing the elemental landscape that shapes his work. Guided by Sigurbjörnsson, Chapman was brought to various sites of historical and mythic significance—places where time folds into terrain, and memory lingers in stone, moss, and wind. What emerged from this journey is a series of emotional photographs: not documentary in nature, but intuitive responses to place. These images speak not only to the visible landscape but to the vibrations of what remains unseen—evidence of lives lived, energies exchanged, and the quiet persistence of history within nature’s breath.

“ES” — Ester Spitz & Pim Kops

Writings and Photographs, 1980–1983

OCTOBER 2025

“I am near the top of the theatre in the dark. Next to me is a large spotlight.

I have my thoughts here, I have a good view here.

The spectacle is far away in the depth.

I shine light on it.”

— from ES: you are (a study of journals) by Ester Spitz

This exhibition brings together the evocative writings of Dutch interdisciplinary artist Ester Spitz, based in Los Angeles, and the atmospheric photography of Dutch musician and visual artist Pim Kops, taken between 1980–1983.

ES is not a direct narrative, but a dialogue—between journal and image, solitude and connection, internal terrain and external landscapes. Spitz’s text offers intimate psychological reflections on the nature of being, while Kops’ photographs traverse human connection, landscape, and the stillness of interiors, capturing the texture of a life unfolding.

 Rather than illustrating one another, text and image here coexist—each offering an abstract meditation on memory, embodiment, and emotional presence during a formative period of artistic and personal inquiry.