Ewa Jaros

BIOGRAPHY

Ewa Jaros is a painter based in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain. Her practice explores notions of memory, connection, distance and belonging through painting. Working primarily with oil on canvas and wood, as well as ink on paper, she develops compositions that move between abstraction and figuration, where gestures, symbols and recurring forms become a visual language.

She holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona and has also studied at the Barcelona Academy of Art.

STATEMENT

My painting explores the subtle connections between presence and absence, distance and closeness, fragmentation and unity. I am interested in the possibility of finding something familiar in what seems distant or disconnected — a sense of proximity that exists beyond physical space.

Each painting becomes an encounter, a process through which images, gestures and forms gradually emerge. Water, circles, strings, spirals, light, lines and bodies recur throughout my work as visual elements suggesting continuity, connection and transformation.

My process moves between spontaneity and intention. I work with accidental stains, layered surfaces and intuitive gestures, allowing unexpected forms to develop alongside more precise, almos...

2016-2020 Fine Arts, University of Barcelona
2021-2022 Studies in Academic Drawing and Painting,
Barcelona Academy of Art

2026
"Metamorphosis" collective exhibition
Magber Gallery, Barcelona
2026
"Allò que el temps no ha esborrat" solo exhibition
Baró de Viver Cultural Center, Barcelona
2025
"Acor" finalist selection exhibition, Las Francesas Exhibition Hall, Valladolid
2024
"Encounter" two-artist exhibition with Anna McNeil, Mailuna, Barcelona
2023
"Arte en Femenino" group show, Nauart, Barcelona
2023
"Art Madrid '23" contemporary art fair, Crystal Gallery, Madrid
2022
"Pareidolias" group show, Uxval Gochez Gallery, Barcelona
2021
"Solstice" group show, Life Drawing Bcn, Barcelona
2020
"Sense Títol 20" group show, UB, Barcelona
2018
"Antropomorfos" solo exhibition Diamant, Barcelona
2017
"Memorias" exhibition Art Club Barcelona, Barcelona
2016
1st Prize Nauart Painting Award, Barcelona
Shortlisted Humet-Saula painting award, Calella
2015
Shortlisted Humet-Saula painting award, Calella