First Prize — Circle Art Contest Zurich 2026
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Finalist — Art Paris, Carrousel du Louvre 2026
Where art, music
and scent become one.
and scent become one.
Currently on view · Barcelona
Sentir con todos los sentidos
— to feel with all the senses at once.
El olor activa memoria profunda
Sentir con todos los sentidos
El olor activa memoria profunda
— to feel with all the senses at once.
Synesthesia
Art Gallery
Art Gallery
Where senses converge
Painting
Photography
Music
Scent
Light
Synesthesia I — Joan Alsina / Antoni Pons Sanchez · First Prize Circle Art Contest Zurich 2026 · Finalist Art Paris — Carrousel du Louvre 2026 · The intensification of perception · El olor activa memoria profunda · Pliegues del sentir, nudos de perfección · Synesthesia I — Joan Alsina / Antoni Pons Sanchez · First Prize Circle Art Contest Zurich 2026 · Finalist Art Paris — Carrousel du Louvre 2026 · The intensification of perception · El olor activa memoria profunda ·
Scent activates
deep memory
deep memory
Our gallery aims to produce physical memories, not just aesthetic impressions — where the invisible becomes tangible, and the sensible becomes thought.
Currently on view · Barcelona
Synesthesia I
Joan Alsina / Antoni Pons Sanchez
March 20 – April 20, 2026
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Joan Alsina
Sugar
Antoni Pons Sanchez
Synesthesia 1
Ricard Robres
Not a Drone
Joan Alsina
Tree
Antoni Pons Sanchez
Synesthesia 2
Ricard Robres
I'm Rich
Joan Alsina
Totem
Joan Alsina
La Forma que Permanece
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Synesthesia Art Gallery proposes a space where painting, photography, light, music and scent converge to generate an expanded sensory experience. The perfumer activates a unique aromatic composition that accompanies the exhibition, the light, and the music created by the gallery's artists.
Curator · Àngels Torras · Painting · Toni Pons · Photography · Joan Alsina
Perfume · Xavier Barrionuevo · Music · Nom du Bruit · Guitar · Antoni Robert
Bass · Kirill · Piano · Xavi · Drums · Toni Pons · Saxophone · Joan Alsina
Perfume · Xavier Barrionuevo · Music · Nom du Bruit · Guitar · Antoni Robert
Bass · Kirill · Piano · Xavi · Drums · Toni Pons · Saxophone · Joan Alsina
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Currently on view
Synesthesia I
Joan Alsina / Antoni Pons Sanchez
March 20 – April 20, 2026 · Barcelona
A dialogue between two distinct practices united by a shared obsession: the material surface as site of meaning. Alsina's body-as-canvas photographs meet Pons's fold-driven paintings in a meditation on perception, texture, and the limits of form.
The gallery proposes a total sensory experience — painting, photography, light, scent and music converge to create an expanded encounter with the work.
The gallery proposes a total sensory experience — painting, photography, light, scent and music converge to create an expanded encounter with the work.
Exhibition credits
CuratorÀngels Torras
PaintingToni Pons
PhotographyJoan Alsina
PerfumeXavier Barrionuevo
MusicNom du Bruit
GuitarAntoni Robert
BassKirill
PianoXavi
DrumsToni Pons
SaxophoneJoan Alsina
Vernissage · March 20, 2026
Opening Night
Drag · 23 photos
Program 2026
Upcoming exhibitions
Apr 28 – May 15, 2026
Textures
Joan Alsina · Solo
Upcoming
May 20 – Jun 18, 2026
The Fold as a Metaphor for Thought
Antoni Pons · Solo
Upcoming
TBC · 2026
A Bone in the Throat
Ricard Robres · Solo
Upcoming
Represented Artists
Three artists, one vision
01
Joan Alsina
Photography · Barcelona
Folds of feeling, knots of perfection
"The skin is my canvas."
Joan Alsina defines himself as a photographer who works with and adds texture to the human body. His series Textures captures the essence of substance — the energy of the soul on diaphanous backgrounds. Working in black and white, Alsina applies clay, dirt, honey, oil, paint and other materials directly to the body, creating hybrid figures halfway between human and spirit.
The work of photographer Joan Alsina can be read as a visual exploration of the fold — not only in its formal dimension, but as a sensory experience. In his images, texture is not a mere surface attribute: it is a territory where light bends, where matter folds back upon itself and where time seems to sediment.
In Le Pli: Leibniz et le Baroque, Gilles Deleuze develops the idea of the fold as an ontological principle — not simply a form, but a logic of matter and thought: everything folds, unfolds and refolds infinitely.
Joan Alsina's photography can be understood as a Deleuzian practice: an investigation into how light folds the surface, how matter becomes visible thought, and how texture becomes the place where the sensible and the conceptual meet.
In Le Pli: Leibniz et le Baroque, Gilles Deleuze develops the idea of the fold as an ontological principle — not simply a form, but a logic of matter and thought: everything folds, unfolds and refolds infinitely.
Joan Alsina's photography can be understood as a Deleuzian practice: an investigation into how light folds the surface, how matter becomes visible thought, and how texture becomes the place where the sensible and the conceptual meet.
2026First Prize, Circle Art Contest Zurich — Tree
2026Finalist, Art Paris — Carrousel du Louvre
2026Solo exhibition: Sobre Materia, Barcelona
02
Antoni Pons Sanchez
Painting · Mallorca / Barcelona
Synesthesia is the intensification of perception
"The fold as a metaphor for thought."
Antoni Pons Sanchez's practice is grounded in textures and folds, inspired by the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and the visual poetics of Joan Brossa. His paintings propose the canvas as a thinking surface — a site where language and image collapse into one another.
His series Synesthesia (2025) brings together painting and writing in a single gesture, exploring the crossover between perception and thought, sign and sensation.
His series Synesthesia (2025) brings together painting and writing in a single gesture, exploring the crossover between perception and thought, sign and sensation.
2024Art Basel Switzerland
2026Art International Zurich
—Galería la Santa · Galeria el Mirall · Galeria Verena Hofer
Collective Exhibitions
2002Galería Arte Shop.net, Barcelona
2000Certamen de pintura contemporánea, Amsterdam
1999Art Brut, Barcelona
1999Galería Zero, Barcelona
1997Tallers Oberts Ciutat Vella, Barcelona
1996Pintores del Gótico, Pati Llimona
1994XI Edición Festivales de Navarra, Museo de Navarra, Pamplona
1992"Pintura Española Contemporánea", Towaiq Palace, Riad, Arabia Saudita
1992XII Certamen Nacional Plástico, Ciudad de Alcorcón, Madrid
1992Bienal de Almería, Sala Auditorio Almería
19911ª edizione Premio Prestige, Palazzo Valentín, Roma
1991IX Constitución de pintura, Premios de Extremadura, Badajoz
1990Gran Formato, Sala de exposiciones El Monte, Sevilla
1990Maestros de la pintura de hoy, Palacio de la Madraza, Universidad de Granada
1990III Bienal de Albacete
1989VII Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas de Alcobendas, Madrid
1988Seleccionado 11 Bienal de Pintura, Albacete
1987Formato M X 30, Galería Arte Unido, Barcelona
1986II Congreso Internacional de la Lengua Catalana, "Catalunya Centre d'Art", Girona
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Ricard Robres
Illustration · Barcelona
Our gallery produces physical memories, not just aesthetic impressions
"A simplicity that resists being swallowed."
Robres's series A Bone in the Throat uses visual simplicity to attract the viewer. But the meanings do not go down easily. Like a bone in the throat, they interrupt easy consumption and leave behind a moment of friction, discomfort, or reflection.
Available Works
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All works available exclusively through the gallery. Contact info@synesthesiagallery.com
Joan Alsina
Sugar
2005 · Photography on Hahnemühle Photo Rag
200×150 cm
Joan Alsina
The Hand
2005 · Photography on Hahnemühle Photo Rag
200×150 cm
Joan Alsina
Totem
2005 · Photography on Hahnemühle Photo Rag
200×150 cm
Joan Alsina
Tree
2022 · Photography on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth
75×100 cm
Joan Alsina
La Forma que Permanece
2025 · Sculpture
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Antoni Pons Sanchez
Synesthesia 1
2025 · Painting on canvas
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Antoni Pons Sanchez
Synesthesia 2
2025 · Painting on canvas
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Antoni Pons Sanchez
Synesthesia 3
2025 · Painting on canvas
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Antoni Pons Sanchez
Synesthesia 4
2025 · Painting on canvas
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Ricard Robres
Not a Drone
2025 · Illustration, mixed media
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Ricard Robres
I'm Rich
2025 · Illustration, mixed media
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Ricard Robres
Shit-Powered
2025 · Illustration, mixed media
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Ricard Robres
Green Dog
2025 · Illustration, mixed media
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Ricard Robres
Limited-Edition Therapy
2025 · Illustration, mixed media
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Ricard Robres
Building Square Minds
2025 · Illustration, mixed media
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International Program
Art Fairs
Synesthesia Art Gallery represents its artists at leading international art fairs across Europe — from Basel to Paris, from Zurich to the Carrousel du Louvre.
2026
Art Paris
Grand Palais
Grand Palais
Paris, France · April 2026
Joan Alsina
Finalist
2026
Art Shopping
Carrousel du Louvre
Carrousel du Louvre
Paris, France · April 2026
Joan Alsina
2026
Circle Art Contest
Zurich
Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland · 2026
Joan Alsina
First Prize
2024
Art Basel
Switzerland
Switzerland
Basel, Switzerland · 2024
Antoni Pons Sanchez
2026
Art International
Zurich
Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland · 2026
Antoni Pons Sanchez
2025–2026
Daily Art Fair
Online · International
Synesthesia Gallery
Fair History
All participations across our artists
2026
Art Paris · Grand Palais
Paris, France
Joan Alsina — Finalist
2026
Art Shopping · Carrousel du Louvre
Paris, France
Joan Alsina
2026
Circle Art Contest Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Joan Alsina — First Prize
2026
Art International Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Antoni Pons Sanchez
2024
Art Basel Switzerland
Basel, Switzerland
Antoni Pons Sanchez
2025–26
Daily Art Fair
Online · International
Synesthesia Gallery
2002
Galería Arte Shop.net
Barcelona
Antoni Pons Sanchez
2000
Certamen Pintura Contemporánea
Amsterdam
Antoni Pons Sanchez
1992
Pintura Española Contemporánea
Towaiq Palace, Riad
Antoni Pons Sanchez
1991
Premio Prestige
Palazzo Valentín, Roma
Antoni Pons Sanchez
1990
Maestros de la pintura de hoy
Universidad de Granada
Antoni Pons Sanchez
1988
Bienal de Pintura
Albacete
Antoni Pons Sanchez
The Gallery
Synesthesia
Art Gallery
Art Gallery
Synesthesia Art Gallery proposes a space where painting, photography, light, music and scent converge to generate an expanded sensory experience.
The perfumer activates a unique aromatic composition that accompanies the exhibition of works, the light, and the music created by the gallery's artists.
Based in Barcelona, we work closely with each artist to develop a focused body of work, presenting it through solo and group exhibitions, publications, and international art fair partnerships.
The perfumer activates a unique aromatic composition that accompanies the exhibition of works, the light, and the music created by the gallery's artists.
Based in Barcelona, we work closely with each artist to develop a focused body of work, presenting it through solo and group exhibitions, publications, and international art fair partnerships.
Exhibition credits — Synesthesia I
Curator · Àngels Torras
Painting · Toni Pons
Photography · Joan Alsina
Perfume · Xavier Barrionuevo
Music · Nom du Bruit
Guitar · Antoni Robert
Bass · Kirill
Piano · Xavi
Drums · Toni Pons
Saxophone · Joan Alsina
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Represented artists
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Exhibitions in 2026
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Senses engaged
Curator
Àngels Torras
Curator · Synesthesia Art Gallery
Àngels Torras is a curator, cultural strategist and art historian based in Barcelona. Her work spans the public and private spheres, with a focus on developing ambitious exhibition projects that bring together art, space, and sensory experience.
She has curated the exhibition series Clavé amb Majúscules at the Palau Martorell, Reial Cercle Artístic, Sala Joan Gaspar and Palau de la Generalitat, and has been involved in cultural programming at the highest institutional level throughout Catalonia.
She has curated the exhibition series Clavé amb Majúscules at the Palau Martorell, Reial Cercle Artístic, Sala Joan Gaspar and Palau de la Generalitat, and has been involved in cultural programming at the highest institutional level throughout Catalonia.
Member, Executive Board — Cercle de Cultura de Barcelona (Cercle d'Economia)
Patron — Fundació Lluís Coromina
Benefactora Miró&Sert — Fundació Joan Miró Barcelona
VIP Member — ARCO Madrid
Former Patron — Museu Fundació Tàpies · Fundació Francesc Pujols · Fundació Ernesto Ventós
Barcelona · The Gallery
The Gallery
Where art comes to life
Joan Alsina's gallery is the beating heart of his practice — a vast, light-filled space in Barcelona where photography, sculpture, and performance converge. It is here that the body becomes canvas, that texture is applied, and that the long meditative process that precedes each work takes place.
The gallery is not merely a workspace. It is a laboratory of perception, a space for spiritual contemplation before creation. Each work in the Textures series is preceded by a period of stillness and preparation that can last hours — the gallery holding that silence.
Visitors, collectors and institutions are welcome to visit by appointment. The gallery is available for private viewings of works in progress and completed editions.
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Barcelona, Catalonia
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Joan Alsina
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Currently on view
Synesthesia I
Joan Alsina / Antoni Pons Sanchez
Joan Alsina / Antoni Pons Sanchez
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