BIOGRAPHY
Juls Gabs (b. 1989, San Sebastián, Spain) is a Spanish painter working between material and digital realms. Currently based in Boston, MA, her practice redefines contemporary figuration by dissolving the boundaries between classical painting and technological processes. Through layered compositions, invented landscapes, and hybrid surfaces, Gabs explores transformation, memory, and the evolving relationship between nature and human perception.
She is the 2025–2026 Artist-in-Residence at Mount Auburn Cemetery (MA), where she developed Prophecies of the Land, a digital painting and installation project reflecting on cycles of life, death, and regeneration. In 2023, she presented a 13-foot commissioned painting at Kunstenfestival Watou (Belgium), supported by the Government of Poperinge.
Her solo exhibitions include Landscapes of Future Era, Today (HallSpace Gallery, 2024), Blending Boundaries (Rome, 2022), and 404: error (Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop, London, 2020). Her work has been exhibited internationally across the US and Europe, including Silvermine Art Centre (CT), Cambridge Art Association (MA), and the Thyssen Museum (Madrid).
Gabs was a finalist for the Teravarna Landscape Award (2023) and the Mayte Spínola Revelation Artist Prize (2019). In 2019, she was recognized by Arteinformado as one of “12 artists focused on the next generation.” In 2021, her work was acquired for the permanent collection of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Mayte Spínola (Spain).
She has completed international residencies including Paradise AIR (Tokyo), Roman Road Gallery’s Columbia Residency (London), and Sommer Atelier Aschersleben (Germany). In 2022, she was commissioned by Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team.

CV
Spanish Painter currently living in Boston.
Working between material and digital realms, Juls Gabs constructs hybrid landscapes where technology and nature intersect. Her practice reimagines painting as a site of transformation, using layered processes to investigate memory, regeneration, and the shifting conditions of contemporary life.
Major Achievements
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Prophecies of the Land - Mount Auburn Cemetery, Artist in Residency 2025-2026
2024 Landscapes of Future Era, Today - HallSpace Gallery
2022 Blending Boundaries - Onstream Gallery (Rome, IT)
2020 404: error - Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop (London, UK)
2018 Goodies Boobies - Casa Navacerrada (Madrid, SP)
2018 Daring Forest - Sala de Exposiciones Miguel Hernandez (Madrid, SP)
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2024 ESC 2031 SS: Nature Sync - 0-1 gallery (The Hague, NL)
2023 Blue - Cambridge Art Association (MA, USA)
2023 QUEERwerks - Silvermine Art Centre (CT, USA)
2023 /kom.po'zi.ci.o:/ - Kunstenfestival Watou (Watou, BE)
2023 Teraverna Award, Teraverna Gallery (LA, USA)
2024 Aura - Cambridge Art Association (MA, USA)
2022 Vertical Crypto Art 4th cohort - Metaverse
2022 Ex_xTension - V.O curations (London, UK)
2022 Life's a Beach - Mmad_art (London, UK)
2022 2:3 - Wet Dovetail (Middlesbrough, UK)
2022 Reimagine Newham - De/Konzept (London, UK)
2021 Still Journey - Roman Road Gallery (London, UK)
2020 Galleri Bellman (Stockholm, SE)
2019 Smylife Collection - Thyssen Museum (Madrid, SP)
2019 Radical Residency IV - Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop (London, UK)
2017 WaterMelon Salad Perfornmance - SLADE School of Arts (London, UK)
2016 Enquire in my own room - Noir Villanine. Hotel Pasteur (Rennes, FR)
2015 Vistiendo la Sombra - Museo del Traje (Madrid, SP)
2025 Art Off the Wall - Brookline Arts Center (MA, USA)
Art Residencies
2025-26 Mount Auburn Cemetery Artist in Residency
2022 Vertical Crypto Art 4th cohort - Metaverse
2022 ORBIT (online)
2021 Sommer Atelies Aschersleben (Aschersleben , GE)
2021 The Columbia Residency - Roman Road Gallery (London, UK)
2021 Rubb3r_ Residency (online)
2021 After Illussion Residency (online)
2019 Radical Residency IV - Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop (London, UK)
2018 Paradise AIR Residency (Tokyo, JP)
Art Fairs
2023 (un)fair Milano
2018 Scope Miami Beach
2016 JustMad 8
Awards
2024 Grants for Creative Individuals, finalist (MA, USA)
2023 Teraverna Award, finalist in Landscape (LA, USA)
2019 Mayte Spinola Revelation Artist Award, finalist (Madrid, SP)
2014 Indagacion en Nuevos Espacios Creativos, finalist (Madrid, SP)
Workshop & Presentations
2022 "Juls Gabs presentation at "Teoria del Arte Contemporaneo" - Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
2026 "Juls Gabs presentation for final year students" - Universidad Francisco de Vitoria - upcoming in March
Museum Acquisition
2021 “Vistiendo la Sombra #5” adquired by Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Mayte Spínola for its permanent collection.
Art Festivals
2023 /kom.po'zi.ci.o:/ - Kunstenfestival Watou (Watou, BE)
Commissions
2022 Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team (Sylverstone Grand Prix, UK)
Education
2014-2015
MA, Development of Creative Business
Fundación Museo Thyssen (Madrid, SP)
2010-2014
BA, Fine Arts
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (Madrid, SP)
2010-2014
BA, Media and Communication
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (Madrid, SP)