Oversized, but far from gratuitous, the works of this Spanish artist embellish while questioning our relationship with the world.


SpY is a Spanish artist who has made a name for himself with his monumental installations and creations, particularly in the urban and public art sectors. His career has been built around a series of increasingly spectacular installations and large-scale interventions.
Through his works, SpY aims to challenge viewers while making them active subjects in the artistic process. Themes? Questions about the reality of human relationships, materialised by his projects, which interact with the urban environment to shake up our daily lives.
Another backbone of the artist’s work is the contrast “Between the aesthetics of his works and the difficult connotations of the objects with which they are constructed – often elements used to condition people’s behaviour.” These works are constructed and produced from his platform, soberly named “SpY Studio”. This is both a laboratory and a team of technical specialists and craftsmen.

“Loops” is his latest creation. A large-scale kinetic sculpture commissioned for the main atrium of Switzerland’s largest hospital in Berne. The pitch was as follows: How can art have a positive effect on patients and help nurture them emotionally within a hospital? The answer to this question took two years to germinate, giving rise to “Loops”. This kinetic work of art is made up of 24 large rings, which move through an immense space in a series of subtle choreographic patterns.

Another installation that marked the artist’s year was “Blankets”. It hangs in the main hall of the Times Art Museum in Chengdu, China. This large-scale kinetic work is made up of hundreds of emergency blankets. It uses real-life elements to work with movement, light and sound in a unique way. Moving in a continuously choreographed fashion, “Blankets” generates variable ripples across the room, as well as a solemn sound field evocative of a distant ocean.

Following in the footsteps of some of SpY’s most famous projects, “Blankets” uses real objects as sculptural elements. The artist radically reframes these objects – often laden with symbolic connotations – to subvert expectations and meanings.