GALERIA REUS




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Galería Reus is a contemporary art gallery based in Mallorca whose trajectory dates back to 2003. Over the years, the project has evolved through different forms of collaboration and programming, consolidating itself as a space dedicated to the research, production, and dissemination of contemporary art.

The gallery works with emerging and mid-career artists, supporting the development of their practices while creating a context for dialogue, experimentation, and reflection around the diverse forms of contemporary artistic expression. Its program is characterized by a diversity of languages and approaches, as well as an interest in establishing connections between the local artistic scene and the international context.

From Mallorca, Galería Reus aims to actively contribute to the contemporary cultural ecosystem by promoting projects that encourage exchange, artistic research, and the development of new perspectives.


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MARTIN PAASKESEN




Biography


I work directly on raw canvas, where each painting slowly emerges through layers, repetition, and material
shifts. The surface is built from hundreds of patches—fragments of canvas that accumulate into a structure
with its own weight, tactility, and internal logic. The canvas is not a neutral support for an image but an active
participant in the painting's becoming. The image is not applied to the surface; it is revealed through it.

Animals, objects, and fragments of language enter the paintings as temporary presences. They do not function
as fixed symbols but as forms that introduce rhythm, tension, and character. They inhabit the painting rather
than define it, existing alongside the material traces left by the process itself.

Each work often begins with an idea, a motif, or a line of inquiry, yet this serves as an opening rather than a
plan. Through intuition, resistance, and chance, the material is allowed to shape the direction of the work. The
process becomes a negotiation between intention and material, where control gradually shifts from the artist
to the painting itself.

I do not experience painting as the construction of a message. Instead, I become gradually aware of something
that already exists within the work. Only once the painting is finished does it emerge as an autonomous entity.
At that point, my role changes: I become one viewer among many. I have witnessed the painting's making, but
I do not claim authority over its meaning. Meaning is produced in the encounter between the work and the
viewer.

I am interested in the point at which material and image become inseparable—where painting no longer
represents something, but exists as a reality in itself.



CV SOLO SHOWS

2025, Shrink Session, Annika Nuttall Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark

2025, Et ord, Galleri Møntergade 6, Copenhagen, Denmark

2023, Flower Garden, Annika Nuttall Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark

2023 Tissue, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

2022, Under the Dome we Roam, Mott Projects, Catskill, NY

2021, Shotclock, Galeria Fran Reus, Palma, Spain

2021, Seagulls and the Sea, The Curators, (Online)

2020, Slow dancing with fast feet, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

2020, Ice on, Annika Nuttall Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark

2019, Soloshow, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

2018, Copenhagen Works, Brask HQ, Copenhagen, Denmark



BOOTHS

2026, Art Herning, Annika Nuttall Gallery, Herning, Denmark

2025, CHART Art Fair, Annika Nuttall Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2025, CAN Ibiza Art Fair, La Bibi+Reus Gallery, Ibiza, Spain

2025, Art Herning, Annika Nuttall Gallery, Herning, Denmark

2024, Luxembourg Art Fair, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg

2024, Enter Art Fair, Annika Nuttall Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2024, Art Herning, Annika Nuttall Gallery, Herning Denmark

2023, Art on Paper Brussels, Valerius Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2023, Estampa Contemporary Art Fair, Gärna Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain

2023, Kiaf, Galeria Fran Reus, Seoul, South Korea

2023, Enter Art Fair, Annika Nuttall Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2023, Art Rotterdam, Valerius Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2023, Art Herning, Annika Nuttall Gallery, Herning, Denmark

2022, Luxembourg Art Week, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

2022, Enter Art Fair, Annika Nuttall Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2022, Art Herning, Annika Nuttall Gallery, Herning, Denmark

2021, Untitled Art Fair, Galeria Fran Reus, Miami, FL

2021, Art Fair Dijon, Valerius Gallery, Dijon, France

2019, Luxembourg Art Fair, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

2019, North Art Fair, VÆG Comtemporary, Aalborg, Denmark



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION

2025 Bitten by the bug, Heart Museum – Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark

2025 Wit Gallery, Madrid, Spain

2025, Elementary, duo with Ricardo Passaporte, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

2024, Group Show, Escat Gallery – Casa Estudio Granados, Barcelona, Spain

2024, Good Vibrations, OFR Bookshop Paris, Paris France

2024, NBB Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2022, Trespassing, Ainori Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal

2021, Fluffy Bananas, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

2021, How’s the weather over there? Annika Nuttall Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark

2020, Staycation is a new artwork on your wall, FouFou Contemporary (Online)

2020, Pavilion, Galeria Fran Reus, Palma, Spain

2020, Supper, (Cancelled), Deli Grocery, Ridgewood NY

2019, Winter Selections, VÆG Contemporary, Aalborg, Denmark

2019, Cal-arts Summer group show, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles CA



Other (selected)

2025, 24hdrop, Christoph Oberlechner, Online

2023, Sotheby’s and Rotary International Charity art auction for Desideria Care e.V, Cologne, Germany

2023, 24hdrop, Christoph Oberlechner, Online

2021, Closed Magazine, Germany

2020, Dossier Magazine, Denmark

2020, Christmas Charity Auction, Save the Children, Copenhagen, Denmark

2020, Børsen Pleasure newspaper, Denmark

2020, Mural Project Valbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019, The Danish Art Foundation work grant

2019, Berlingske newspaper, Denmark

2019, BoBedre magazine, Denmark

2019, Musik i Lejet festival, Tisvilde, Denmark

2019, Red Cross Klub100 Charity Auction, Roskilde Festival, Denmark

2019, Folkemødet (the peoples meeting), livepainting, Allinge, Denmark

2019, Elle Decoration magazine, Denmark



SCHOLARSHIPS

2019, The Danish Art Foundation work grant