Hub/Art Exhibition is pleased to announce the opening of “Human Cosmos”, a new group exhibition that will open on Friday, February 6th, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM, at the exhibition space located at Carrer del Dr. Trueta 183, Barcelona.
“Human Cosmos” investigates the multiplicity of the human being as a constantly expanding universe. Through self-representation, the individual not only multiplies but becomes aware of the fragmentation of their own identity. The Self transforms, decomposes and recomposes, becoming ground for research and celebration, in a process that attempts to answer the question: Who am I today?
As in carnival, where each mask both reveals and conceals, the artistic act becomes a gesture of objectification and depersonalization. It is precisely in this tension that the individual recognizes their intrinsically plural nature. The exhibition invites us to consider identity not as a fixed form, but as an open space, traversed by roles and narratives that interweave in a choral and mutable human cosmos. In this shared context, art becomes collective ritual, play and reflection, an invitation to dance in the complexity of our time.
Chan Alvarez investigates identity, self-awareness and perception as constructs in continuous transformation, shaped by time and context. Through a strongly philosophical approach, his practice questions the boundaries of individuality, opening a dialogue on the multiple layers that compose the person and on the unstable character of the concept of self.
Maria Papageorgiou, a multimedia artist, uses video, sound and illustration to explore the emotional and sensory dimensions of human experience. Her works, characterized by intense colors and a strong narrative component, give shape to hybrid identities and symbolic characters, reflecting inner states and subjective perceptions.
Adriano Deandreis paints urban landscapes that metaphorically transform into the stage of contemporary society: places of passage, encounter and movement, where the individual wears and changes masks. Color becomes the expressive language of freedom and emotional immediacy, conveying the vital energy of a community in constant becoming.
Tina Bevilacqua focuses her research on the emotional expression of the body and face without ever revealing its identity. In her works, the human figure becomes a space of silence and suspension, while identity remains hidden, suggested rather than declared.
Virginie Clément works on the female figure through portraits and everyday scenes, often anonymous. Starting from inspirational photographs, her paintings play with light and color to create contemporary presences suspended between recognizability and distance, where the missing face becomes a space for collective projection.
Paola Cossu, a figurative painter of strong emotional intensity, conceives her works as visual translations of personal experiences that transform into universal images. The faces and gazes she paints function as stratifications of the same identity, capable of expressing different feelings depending on the interlocutor and context. Her painting thus conveys the complexity of being, mutable and relational, deeply connected to space and the gaze of the other.
Skullwatch develops his research as an introspective journey into the depths of human existence. Through painting and material experimentation, he brings to light what escapes rationality, creating worlds in which the human being is always central. The observation of the other becomes a mirror of self-observation, in a continuous dialogue between interiority and presence.
Tanja Hoffmann works between intuition and conceptual structure. The series of collages presented in the exhibition opens spaces where past and present meet. Found objects, paper, color and textures are layered, giving life to fragmented but connected interior landscapes, where identity emerges as an unstable balance between chance and construction, word and form, distance and proximity.
Sculptor Mariusz Potyszka creates metal works that give life to a multitude of characters, one and one hundred thousand together, like the masks evoked by the famous writer Luigi Pirandello. Harmonious and timeless faces, whose wounds are transformed into points of light and strength thanks to the presence of gold, evoking the idea of an identity that is built precisely through fractures and transformations.
Finally, street photographer Collecting Souls tells the story of human beings through the most silent details: a wrinkle, a gesture, a gaze. Photography becomes an instrument of listening and approach, capable of capturing the multiple identities that emerge in urban space and everyday life.
The opening evening will be accompanied by a live performance by actress Sylwia Sienicka entitled “Facing Yourself”. Drawing inspiration from the tradition of commedia dell’arte and reinterpreting it in a contemporary key, the work stages a human figure who goes through the day in search of their own identity. Choosing our true self is extremely difficult. Like actors on a stage, people change roles, select their masks and modify their behavior based on the places they inhabit and the interlocutors they encounter. This work reflects on what it means to be authentically human in a world of constant movement and transformation.
The exhibition will be open until February 16th on the following days and times:
Monday – Friday: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM / 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Saturday: 3:30 PM – 7:00 PM
The Artists
Chan Alvarez (Philippines/Spain)
Maria Papageorgiou (Greece/Spain)
Adriano Deandreis (Italy)
Tina Bevilacqua (Italy)
Paola Cossu (Italy)
Virginie Clement (France)
Skullwatch (Italy)
Tanja Hoffmann (Germany)
Mariusz Potyszka (Poland)
Collecting Souls (Italy)
