Joan Canyelles

30.05.-29.06.2025

The Spanish artist Joan Canyelles presents “interstici” at the Air Raid Shelter of Santa Eulària des Riu in Ibiza through the OFF program of CAN Art Ibiza. An initiative that, since 2022, promotes the art of Balearic artists holding exhibitions in halls of the Pittusan islands, mainly between Formentera and Ibiza.

"Interstici"

This project is presented as a cartography without territory, a visual system that does not represent, it simply unfolds. The work eludes illusion and affirms itself as a concrete presence. Form and support maintain a relationship of equality, in which the physical displaces any narrative. Rather than observing it, the visitor enters a spatial system guided by rhythm, proportion and displacement. Geometry emerges. The piece rests on the floor, articulating a sequence of right angles, repeated and fragmented. It behaves as an open structure, in which the line is suspended and unresolved. There are no legible signs, only cuts, alignments and pauses that mark a transit rather than a form. In this subterranean environment, the work reconfigures the perception of space. Along the central axis, its linearity activates a perspective that guides the gaze towards the bottom of the space. “Interstici” proposes a mode of orientation: an organization of minimal elements that alters the place without imposing itself. What is relevant is not what it represents, but what it allows to happen in its environment.

Joan Canyelles (Pòrtol, 1987) is a Spanish artist based in Mallorca. Graduated in Humanities (University of Aberdeen), Cartography (UAB) and specialized in Graphic Design (CalArts), he also studied ceramics in Marratxí. His work explores the relationship between language, communication and territory through painting, sculpture, photography and installation, with a reductivist approach in form, color and texture. He has exhibited at Casal Solleric (2024), TACA (2021), The Cooper Union Gallery (New York, 2022) and the Japan Typography Association (Tokyo, 2022). He has received the TDC68 Judge's Choice Award (2022) and his work is part of the MACBA archives. He is co-founder of PLEA, a multidisciplinary practice between art and design.

For the third consecutive year, the Balearic tourism company Paya Hotels reaffirms its strong commitment to Balearic artistic creation and to the strengthening and visibility of this sector through its support of the OFF CAN 2025 Program. This program not only promotes Balearic talent, but also seeks to connect Ibiza and Formentera through art.