JOAN SALÓ SPAIN, b. 1983
“White becomes rhythm in Saló’s work.”
Joan Saló navigates white as a space of repetition and rhythm. His paintings, built from thousands of hand-drawn lines using ink and acrylic, unfold like woven fields of thought — each mark contributing to a quiet yet complex visual structure.
There is a strong kinship to minimalism, echoing the meditative grids of Agnes Martin, yet Saló’s language feels more instinctive, closer to calligraphy or automatic writing. His gesture is both controlled and intuitive, allowing the surface to breathe while maintaining a precise internal balance.
Through subtle variations and accumulations, he builds volume without weight, and structure without rigidity. The eye moves slowly across the surface, discovering layers, pauses, and tensions that reveal themselves over time. White, in his work, is never empty — it becomes a space of introspection, an intimate territory where repetition turns into meditation, and where each line traces a quiet dialogue between control and release.
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JOAN SALÓUntitled 1175 x 195 x 4 cm -
JOAN SALÓUntitled 3195 x 135 x 4 cm
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JOAN SALÓUntitled 450 x 60 x 3 cm
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JOAN SALÓUntitled 560 x 50 x 3 cm
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TRACES
LEE HYUN JOUNG – JOAN SALÓ – ZHENG LU 16 Oct - 23 Nov 2025Traces brings together the works of Lee Hyun Joung and Joan Saló in Room 1 of Galerie Sept Knokke , uniting two distinct yet complementary approaches to ink. Both artists...Read more -
WHITE ON WHITE
KATRIN FRIDRIKS, JOAN SALÓ AND ZHENG LU 28 May - 27 Jul 2025“White on White” brings together three contemporary artists—Katrin Fridriks, Joan Saló, and Zheng Lu—who approach the color white not as a void, but as a force. In their hands, white...Read more
2006 - Won first prize at Arte in Artegna “Presente Futuro”, marking an early distinction at the outset of his career.
2008 - Received the purchase prize at the Bienal de Arte Ciudad de Amposta, one of his first public collection-related recognitions.
2014 - Exhibited at the Lissone Contemporary Art Museum, placing his work in a recognized institutional setting in Italy.
2017–2019 - Participated in the Jeune Création Européenne Biennale, shown across several European venues.
2020–2021 — Received the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe stipend followed by the Neustart Kultur grant from Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn
2022 — Presented Hypnagogia at the New Cemetery of Igualada, a site-specific project in one of Catalonia’s most significant architectural landmarks.
2025 — Exhibited in White on White and Traces at Galerie Sept, while also appearing in CCA Collection at CCA Andratx and being named a finalist for the Premi Antoni Vilacasas in Barcelona.