During the spring of 2024, as part of my artistic residency in Cantabria, I had the opportunity to visit five caves containing rock art for the first time. This exciting experience became a source of inspiration that led to this series of works titled 40.800-2025.

The series consists of five main paintings –whose titles are taken from the actual names of the caves –to which three additional works on paper complement each main painting, totalling twenty works. With this collection, I aim to create my own interpretation of the original paintings in a contemporary version of what can be considered the first artistic movement in history.

For this series, I experimented with new materials and chose jute as the canvas for the works. This choice was made because jute, with its rough and coarse texture, somewhat emulates the characteristics of the rocks that hold the original paintings.

The title, 40.800-2025, spans the extensive time interval from the oldest paintings, those in the Cave of El Castillo, to those created for this series. With it, I want to highlight the timelessness of art and its ability to continue being a source of inspiration even millennia after it was created.