Martina Quesada
For this exhibition, the artist has created a series of artworks that function as a visual synthesis distanced from any narrative structures, yet consistent with an internal order. The body comprising wall sculptures and works on paper is to perceived as a system of interrelated forms. Repetition, variation, and spatial arrangement—across both sculptural and pictorial media—generate a quiet yet intentional rhythm. Quesada’s works engage with tensions between material presence and symbolic suggestion, visibility and withholding. Geometric forms are treated not as fixed compositions, but as propositions—flexible structures that allow for shifts in perception. The use of pigment on paper introduces a more atmospheric register, extending the sculptural language into the pictorial. Rather than occupying space in a conventional sense, her works aim to activate it as a site of resonance. They do not seek to impose meaning, but instead establish a set of conditions through which meaning may emerge. Martina Quesada (b. 1987) lives and works in Paris. She is a self-taught artist whose practice has developed through sustained, hands-on study with master artisans and material specialists. Her research has taken her across Latin America and Europe, including in-depth work with ceramicists and chromists dedicated to traditional pigment-making techniques in Peru and Mexico. Quesada has presented her work in solo and group exhibitions in London, Paris, Madrid, Buenos Aires, and Lima. Her work is held in both institutional and private collections, including the MACBA – Museum of Contemporary Art of Buenos Aires and the MALI – Museum of Art of Lima. She has an upcoming solo exhibition at MACBA, opening in November 2026.
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BERNIER/ELIADES GALLERY was founded in 1977 in Athens and has since continued working dynamically in the field of contemporary art in Greece. After completing twenty-one years in its old space located at 51 Marasli Street in Kolonaki, the commercial center of Athens, from January 1999 the gallery is housed in a Neoclassical building in Thission, the historic center of Athens at the foot of the Acropolis.
During the gallery’s function, Jean Bernier and Marina Eliades have introduced to the Greek public numerous artistic currents, such as Arte Povera, Minimalism, Land and Conceptual Art and the younger generation of American and European artists.
Since 2016, they opened a new space in Brussels located in the Chatelain district. While they keep their curatorial core of historical established artists, they added a different programming vision with longer and specific projects. This experimental space serves as a platform to present young and upcoming international artists to the public.
This page is a selection of key moments at the gallery since 1977, such as memorable exhibitions, strong relationships or historic artworks. Please head for the page “Exhibitions” or “Artists” for more information.