Las Ánimas is the creative duo composed by Trini Salamanca and Pablo Párraga, based in Seville since 2014. Our work has a strong symbolic, mystical, tribal and esoteric component. Using a language of minimalist, geometric and iterative patterns, we experiment with different materials, their shapes and textures, to develop an iconography of retro-futuristic, ceremonial and deeply evocative Aesthetics.
Las Ánimas creative universe encompasses references as distant as Science Fiction, tribal art and proto cultures, distortion of reality, cybernetics, duality, experimental / industrial electronic music, architectural brutalism and so on; a vast imaginary that links with the elements of our personal environment, reinterpreting and projecting them from an atypical and personal insight. Totems that challenge functionality and form; a symbolic universe full of emotions that lead to a spiritual mood lost in time.
Formerly known as Antoñito y Manolín (2014-2020), we renamed ourselves Las Ánimas as part of the creative and artistic evolution of our work, because of its link to the entrails of the soul, the expression of our inner universe and the conception of our pieces as keys or doorways between the visible (electromagnetic field) and our gravitational world.
Solo Exhibitions
2025 – “Alquimia de la luz” – Exhibition at Isolina Arbulú Gallery. Marbella.
2019 – “Altar”. Cruzcampo Foundation. Ephemeral installation.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 – ‘Factoría de nada’ dentro de BADA CDMX. Curador: Marion Friedmann.
2025 – ‘Lola’s Spring Salon’. CDMX. curator: Kira Bayankina.
2024 – “Cromlech” – Exhibition at Isolina Arbulú Gallery. Marbella. Curator: Sema D’Acosta.
2024 – “Objects and Artifacts” – Exhibition at THL Space. Madrid Design Festival.
2024 – Zona Maco. Marion Friedmann Gallery at ZONA MACO, International Fair of Contemporary Art and Design. Mexico City.
2023 – “I Used to Smoke” – Group exhibition at Berlín Galería. Seville.
2023 – “Masters of the Future” – Exhibition at Castillo de San Jorge, Seville. Michelangelo Foundation. Curators: Jean Blancheart, Irina Eschenazi, and Ramón Vergara. Work: Sculpture Templum Veritatis Occultae. More info: 1, 2 and 3.
2023 – “Seville, Illuminated Shadow” – Exhibition at Madrid Design Festival, Madrid. Curator: Macarena Navarro. Work: Intervention Cathedra Veritatis and illuminated sculpture Ibérica. More info: 1, 2 and 3.
2022 – “Meridiano” – Group exhibition at John Holland Gallery, Lepe (Huelva). Curator: Sema D’Acosta.
2022 – Natura Foundation – Group exhibition. Barbate (Cádiz). Curator: DGM Gallery.
2022 – “Interzona” – Group exhibition. Durán Monkey Gallery (Madrid). Pictorial work, reliefs and tapestries: Territorio 3.4.74 – 6 reliefs made of wood, paper pulp and sulfate. INVO – 7 “mask” tapestries, in acrylic wool and wood. ECCO – 2 “writing” tapestries. SIRIO – 2 pictorial works made with acrylic spray and wood.
2022 – “Metazoon” – Hotel Editions, Madrid. Curated by Gärna Art Gallery. Work: Solid wood sculpture.
2021 – “Game Over” – Unique piece. Microbuk. Curator: Rubén Barroso.
2021 – “Towards the Event Horizon” – Group exhibition. Gärna Gallery Art. Madrid. Work: 7 sculptures, 3 reliefs and 1 totem. More info.
2019 – Lexus Art Car Gyorin Kozane. European Design Awards (First Prize).
2019 – “Unique Specimens” – Group exhibition. Seville.
2018 – “Cans” – Intervention, exhibition and charity auction. Lugadero (Architecture Studio).
2017 – Film Quién te cantará – Furniture – 1 Goya and Official Selection at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
2015 – “The Uninhabited City”. Group exhibition. Curated by The Red Gallery.
2015 – “MAASAI”. Group exhibition. Lab Sevilla.
2015–2016 – Central Design Market. Madrid.
Awards
2019 Winner 1st European Lexus Art Car Prize (International)..
2019 Finalist of AD Magazine – Architectural Digest (Spain).
2019 Young designers finalist. Architektur & Wohnen (Germany).