Ramiro Oller will show four sculptures at Hotel Victoria Gran Meliá for Nit de l'Art 2025.
The Argentine sculptor returns to Palma with Galería Pelaires, presenting an installation that transforms the hotel into a stage for contemporary art.
Hotel Victoria Gran Meliá joins the celebration of Nit de l'Art 2025 by hosting four sculptures by Argentine artist Ramiro Oller: Anjo, Daimon, Ghabh and Trabalenguas. In collaboration with Galería Pelaires and Art Palma Contemporani, the hotel becomes one of the venues for this key event in contemporary art on the island. The strategic location of these works—installed in the hotel lobby—has been conceived to interact with the surroundings, offering visitors a unique artistic experience.
By taking part in the 29th edition of Nit de l'Art, the hotel reclaims its essence as an artistic meeting point. The exhibition pays homage to its glorious past, reviving the spirit of the Dolce Vita that once brought great figures of Mallorca and the world through its halls between the 1950s and 1970s. The installation will open on September 20, during Nit de l'Art in Palma, and will remain on view as long as the Art Palma Gallery Walks are active.
An installation in dialogue with the space
The four sculptures in this installation perfectly embody Ramiro Oller's sculptural language, which plays with abstraction and three-dimensionality. Made of brass and enamel on steel, the works mirror their surroundings and blend into the environment, sometimes seemingly disappearing. They act as a "cut-out" in space that intermittently appears and vanishes.
These four pieces stand as a true statement of intent from Oller: "A world of visual paradoxes, of transparent enigmas, of fictions of impermeability, unfolded and multiplied like figures in a mirror."
This installation reveals his vision of open and ambiguous forms that flirt with the past, modern art, and the early stages of the digital world. Ultimately, "open forms, ambiguous figures, camouflaged, play with the conventions of representation of what in the West has been called nature." An artistic play that unfolds differently in each space, offering every visitor to Hotel Victoria Gran Meliá a unique experience.
About Ramiro Oller
Ramiro Oller (Buenos Aires, 1982) lives and works between Buenos Aires and Basel. He holds a master's degree from FHNW HGK Institute Art Gender and Nature (Basel, Switzerland) and a degree in Visual Arts with a focus on painting, as well as a postgraduate specialization in media and technologies applied to pictorial practice from UNA (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
Oller has exhibited works in public spaces in both cities where he is based, including the central building of the HGK art school in Basel, as well as a sculptural installation at Malba Puertos in Buenos Aires. He has won the first prize in Painting at UADE and the National Painting Salon Banco Nación in the under-35 category, and has twice received the national Creators Fellowship from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes. He was selected to participate in the FAAP Artistic Residency at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado in São Paulo, Brazil, and completed a residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. He has held numerous solo and group exhibitions and also teaches at various institutions.
About Hotel Victoria Gran Meliá
Hotel Victoria Gran Meliá is a true symbol of Mallorca's social and cultural scene, as well as a pioneer of luxury on the island. It experienced its golden age between the 1950s and 1970s, embodying the essence of Mallorca's mid-century Dolce Vita. Today, the hotel offers guests a unique experience in which daily pleasures meet living history woven into every corner.
Gran Meliá Hotels & Resorts is Spain's first luxury hotel brand, with a presence in some of the world's most beautiful and iconic destinations. Its hotels embody the mission of combining timeless elegance, exceptional experiences and services, striking architecture, and Spanish culture. In its vision, the Balearic landscape—and, by extension, nature—acts as a central and transformative force. The experience of the passage of time, erosion, and memory form the poetic core of its artistic identity.
About Nit de l'Art
Nit de l'Art in Palma is a unique cultural event and a pioneer in Spain, considered the must-see occasion that marks the beginning of the exhibition season in Mallorca. Since 1997, this magical night has transformed the center of Palma into a vibrant artistic circuit, attracting both art lovers and professionals from across the sector.
The event is organized by Art Palma Contemporani, the association of contemporary art galleries of the Balearic Islands. Since its founding in 2004, the association has worked to enhance the island's cultural life and bring citizens closer to new artistic languages and emerging creators. Currently, Art Palma Contemporani is composed of ABA ART, BARÓ, CCA Andratx, Galería Fermay, Hauser & Wirth Menorca, LA BIBI + REUS, KEWENIG, Florit / Florit, 6a Taller i Galeria, Galería Maior, Galería Pelaires, Pep Llabrés Art Contemporani, Tube Gallery, and Galería Xavier Fiol.
