Maria Jim

María Jim (Granada, Spain, 1993) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Madrid whose practice emerges at the intersection of materials and meaning, unfolding through painting, installation, and sculpture.

Her work investigates the social constructs that shape our experience of time—particularly those that equate value with productivity and speed. By challenging these paradigms, Jim reveals how they amplify the scarcity of time and the emotional pressures of contemporary life. In contrast, her practice creates spaces for stillness and introspection, where time stretches, softens, and becomes emotional and relative.

'Gardening' (as a painting) has become a conceptual and poetic core of her practice. To garden is to erase past, present, and future; it is to defy time. To cultivate in the present while envisioning a future that may never come. It is an act of care for something that may outlive us—a quiet defiance of time’s linearity.

Her creations draw inspiration from the representation of natural elements that defy fragility through resilience as a means of enduring time. By questioning traditional notions of time, Jim invites viewers into moments of contemplation and stillness, encouraging reflection on its abstract and relativ...

Master of Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid, and has also completed various training programs in performance, writing, and film.

2025

Collide, Latroupe Prado - January to April
Zoara’s auction - March
DCOOP prize - March
Art Exchange Festival Cuba - May
Galería Gorría (Havana, Cuba) - May

2024
Collide, Latroupe Prado - November to January
Poesía, Luz y Dibujo, San Lorenzo del Escorial - September
La cuestión palpitante, C arte C (Museo del traje) - June
Poesía, Luz y Dibujo, Sala la Capilla - April
Libr_s Prohibid_s, Matadero Madrid - February
Open Studio, Behold the time - January
Time’s there, Universidad complutense madrid - January
2023
Art residency, Formentera, Spain - September
Open Studio, Fractions - March
TDITL, Cinco Tejas - June
2022
Lo roto, Cinco Tejas - January
Duquelas, Espositivo - December
2021
CP 28010 Navidad - Espositivo academy - December
2020
Las cosas -Espositivo Academy - November