Folding studies (up!)
An installation by artist Laura Sebastianes centred around Penélope Archive's new edition.

April, 2026

The work extends Sebastianes’ sculptural practice into a pop-up format, translating her interest in scale, repetition and exposed structure into an edition that unfolds in space.

Part of Penélope Archive’s ongoing curatorial program for the paloma wool window, now on view at our space on Av. Diagonal 358, 08013, Barcelona.

Laura Sebastianes (b. Córdoba, 1990) is an artist based in Barcelona. She approaches sculpture through a language that operates as a continuous mechanism, where surfaces unfold across multiple layers and forms. Working primarily with aluminium and cardboard, she employs lightweight, ductile materials that allow her to manipulate scale. Through this gesture, she reduces common objects, artefacts and structures, developing a precise attention to material and form. This operation also informs her understanding of repetition: working at a reduced scale enables the extension of elements across multiple iterations, revealing their internal logic. Structural components such as screws, plates or supports recur throughout her work, forming part of a visual language that remains deliberately exposed.

Her work has been exhibited at Halfhouse (Barcelona, 2026), Terranova (Barcelona, 2025), Lucas Hirsch (Düsseldorf, 2025), Sant Andreu Contemporani (Barcelona, 2024), Bio Gallery (Seoul, 2023), La Butxaca Màgica (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, 2023), Caselli (Milan, 2022), Mayrit Biennial (Madrid, 2022), Sainte Anne Gallery (Paris, 2022), Grund (Berlin, 2021), Centre d’Art Tecla Sala (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, 2021), Interface (Berlin, 2020), Matadero (Madrid, 2018) among others. In 2021, she was a guest resident at Fabrik (Burgdorf, Switzerland). Her work has been published in Cantinela (Barcelona, 2025).

A limited edition of “Folding studies (up!)”, signed and numbered by the artist, is available at penelopearchive.com

Penélope Archive is a publishing project that reimagines iconography through artistic editions. Co-founded by artist Carlota Guerrero and researcher Mariona Valdés Torrella, it represents an act of symbolic reparation, born from a desire to expand visual narratives and challenge hegemonic representations.

The collection currently includes works by artists such as Carlijn Jacobs, Cristina BanBan, Rosalía, Suwon Lee, and Carlota Guerrero, alongside emerging artists including Athen&Nina, Julia de Ruvo, or Isabella Benshimol, and will continue to grow over time.