A selection of pieces

Julia Santa Olalla's series recurrently explore the image of the hole and the void, two key symbols in this exhibition. The hole acts as a semiotic binder that opens up diverse significant planes, questioning how we create reality, subjectivity and desire. Through a formal overlapping of different perceptive planes, Santa Olalla's paintings challenge our understanding of reality, generating a multiplicity of interpretations.

The artist consciously uses the visual cut that implies the change of modes of representation, which provokes an overlapping of the spectator's expectations. This interplay between different formats and perspectives invites us to reflect on the relationship between representation and reality.

Credits

Fuente César
Oil on canvas, 2026

Jarana era un huerto
Oil on canvas, 2026

Vidrio
Oil on canvas, 2025

Bola
Oil on canvas, 2026

Sin título
Oil on canvas, 2026

Julia Santa Olalla

Julia Santa Olalla lives and works in Granada. Born in Madrid in 1986, she graduated in Fine Arts from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and holds a master's degree in Contemporary Art and Visual Culture from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Santa Olalla's work focuses mainly on painting, although she has also explored other media such as photography and installation. Her work has been exhibited in several solo and group exhibitions in Spain and other countries, such as the United States, Portugal and the United Kingdom and is part of private and public collections, such as the Contemporary Art Collection of the Community of Madrid. 

@juliasantaolalla