ONE PRACTICE.
MANY FORMS.

Gelingarcia’s work begins with a question—not a medium.

An idea may become a wall sculpture when it requires physical presence, an image when it depends on visual tension, a piece of music when it needs duration, or a performance when the audience becomes part of the work. These are not separate disciplines or parallel careers. They are different tools within one evolving artistic practice.

Born in Andorra, holding Spanish nationality and based in Luxembourg since 2017, Gelingarcia began exhibiting at an early age. His first solo exhibition took place in 2000, when he was sixteen. Since then, his practice has continued to expand through painting, photography, sculpture, installation, moving image, music and collaborative projects.

Across this varied body of work, certain tensions continually reappear: order and chaos, destruction and reconstruction, humour and discomfort, the familiar and the unexpected.

Cardboard, tape, paint, photographs, found objects and fragments of popular culture are cut, layered, punctured and reorganised. Familiar symbols lose their original stability and acquire new meanings. Construction and disruption become equally important parts of the process.

The resulting works often retain visible evidence of their making: torn edges, exposed layers, physical imperfections and unexpected collisions. Rather than hiding the process, Gelingarcia treats it as part of the work’s identity.

THE FORM MAY CHANGE.
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

Gelingarcia does not approach painting, sculpture, photography or music as isolated categories. He moves between platforms according to what each project needs to communicate.

A single investigation may produce a physical object, a sequence of images, a recording or a live encounter. Some projects remain intimate and self-contained; others grow through collaboration or develop across several years.

What connects them is not a fixed visual style, but a consistent way of working: questioning established meanings, transforming existing materials and allowing experimentation to redirect the original idea.

Play is central to Gelingarcia’s practice—not as decoration, but as a way of opening difficult questions.

Popular imagery, toys, architecture, national symbols, music and everyday materials provide recognizable points of entry. Beneath their familiarity, however, the work often addresses instability, identity, power, cultural memory and the possibility of change.

His Andorran origins, Spanish nationality and experience of living in Luxembourg contribute to a practice shaped by movement between places, languages and cultural perspectives.

Collaboration extends the practice beyond the limits of a single medium or author. Gelingarcia has worked with filmmakers, musicians, performers, podcasters and cultural organisations, allowing projects to evolve through dialogue and shared production.

Selected collaborations include Genius with Alvaro Oliva and Guido González Velasco; Neptune Blues and I Don’t Give a Fuck with Andrea MG; 2 Bald Bearded Dudes with Chris Bolsius; and Magníficos Incultos with Gelo Fuentes.