Presented by: ESPRONCEDA – Institute of Art & Culture
Venue: Carrer d’Espronceda 326, Nau 5, 08027 Barcelona
Opening: Thursday, 15 January 2026 (from 19.00 to 21.30)
Exhibition: 15–25 January 2026 (visits 17:00 19:00 by appointment at info@espronceda.net)
ESPRONCEDA – Institute of Art & Culture is pleased to announce HOMEOSTASIS, a solo exhibition by Irish artist Mark Redden, opening on Thursday, 15 January 2026 and on view from 15 to 23 January 2026. Visits are available in the afternoons by appointment (info@espronceda.net). The exhibition will take place at Carrer d’Espronceda 326, Naves 4–5, Barcelona.
HOMEOSTASIS forms part of NEB & Inclusió, a programme developed by ESPRONCEDA as an official partner of the New European Bauhaus (NEB). The initiative fosters new forms of creativity at the intersection of sustainability, aesthetics, accessibility, and cultural inclusion.
HOMEOSTASIS – exploring equilibrium through material, intuition, and change
HOMEOSTASIS refers to the capacity of living organisms to self-regulate and adapt to changing external conditions. This dynamic equilibrium—never static, always evolving—lies at the core of Redden’s artistic inquiry.
Through paintings, sculptures, and material experiments, Redden explores the tension between opposing yet interdependent forces: stability and change, harmony and disruption, intuition and uncertainty. His works echo natural processes, where balance emerges through cycles of transformation rather than stasis. A conceptual thread connects the exhibition to Voltaire’s Candide, where the protagonist traverses a world shaped by both fortune and misfortune. Similarly, Redden invites visitors to reflect on their own assumptions about order, chaos, and the pursuit of equilibrium within an unstable world.
Redden’s approach is deeply informed by his experience building traditional Irish boats—currachs. The craft’s ancestral knowledge, its material intelligence, and its ecological sensibility permeate his practice. Abstract forms, raw textures, and a vivid use of colour evoke emotional landscapes, cycles of decay and renewal, and the adaptive behavior of living systems.
HOMEOSTASIS ultimately offers a contemplative space, encouraging heightened awareness of the relationships between people, materials, painting and craft traditions, and the broader ecologies we inhabit.
IOMRAMH – Film presentation by Rachel Heavey
Alongside the exhibition, ESPRONCEDA will present IOMRAMH, a new film work by Irish artist and researcher Rachel Heavey. The film stems from Heavey’s encounter with Redden’s contemporary currach—reconstructed in pink nylon and rowed across the Mediterranean—becoming a poetic meditation on home, tradition, migration, and relationality.
Through learning currach-building and rowing at sea, Heavey enters the embodied dimension of this Atlantic heritage. IOMRAMH documents the revival of indigenous knowledge and the fragile relationships linking communities, materials, and ecosystems shaped by colonial histories and postcolonial movement.For over 15 years, Redden has built and taught currach rowing in Barcelona, integrating this living tradition into his socially engaged artistic practice. Heavey collaborates as part of this relational and regenerative process.
About the Artist – Mark Redden
Born in Dublin in 1979, Mark Redden is an Irish visual artist based in Barcelona. Working across painting, sculpture, and drawing, he uses oil paint, wood, canvas, paper, and ink to create abstract works centered on perception, emotional response, and intuitive interpretation. Redden’s practice focuses on colour, balance, and surface, generating symbolic and ambiguous forms that intertwine and mutate, opening pathways to memory, affect, and sensory reflection.
About NEB & Inclusió
The exhibition is part of NEB & Inclusio, a program by ESPRONCEDA as an official partner of the New European Bauhaus (NEB). This European initiative combines design, culture, social inclusion, and innovation to rethink how we live together. NEB & Inclusion promotes collaborative artistic practices that address contemporary challenges such as climate change, urban transformation, and social inequality.
Practical Information
Opening: 15 January 2026
Exhibition: 15–25 January 2026
Visits: 17:00–19:00, by appointment only at info@espronceda.net
Location: ESPRONCEDA – Institute of Art & Culture
C/ Espronceda 326, Naves 4–5
08027 Barcelona
