Kike Ibáñez

My work is the result of exploring personal experiences that have moved me emotionally, whether through their traumatic or pleasurable nature.

In terms of form, my approach is rooted in recovering the innocent gaze I had in childhood. I immerse myself in my memories to rediscover the colors, shapes, atmospheres, and sensations that captivated me as a child, and then translate those references into the present.

I am inspired by the idea of building from the simplest elements toward greater complexity, and also in reverse. For this reason, construction through geometric forms strongly shapes my creative process.

The graphic language of the 1980s, together with my professional experience as a graphic designer and illustrator, leaves a clear imprint on my pictorial work—and vice versa.

Solo exhibitions
2025 – Madrid en silencio. Touring exhibition through the libraries of the Community of Madrid, Spain
2024 – Madrid en silencio. Touring exhibition through the libraries of the Community of Madrid, Spain
2023 – Las bicicletas son para el verano, el otoño, el invierno y la primavera. Spazio Gastón. Bilbao. Spain
2023 – bIZI. La belleza de montar en bicicleta. Sala Barrainkua. Bilbao. Spain
2022 – MADRID DOS. Navel Art. Contemporary space. Madrid. Spain

Group exhibitions
2025 – MOSS Skate Art. Palo Alto, Barcelona, Spain
2024 – AVAM 100x100. Galería SAN, Zapadores Ciudad Del Arte, Madrid, Spain
2022 – En roue libre. Lamis, Sarrant, France
2022 – Epic cycling. DuoYunXuan Art Center, Shanghai, China
2021 – Epic cycling. Narimasu Art Gallery – Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2021 – Epic cycling. Otani Memorial Art Museum Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
2021 – Epic cycling. Ishikawa Nanao Art Museum, Nanao, Japan
2021 – Epic cycling. Art Museum & Library, Ota, Japan
2021 – Epic cycling..Yan-Huang Art Museum, Beijing, China
2020 – MADRID. Mad is Mad Gallery. Madrid. Spain