NUMËN

Numën is a creative art factory, composed of María García-Casarrubios and Gabriel Castaño, two artists with different registers and creative languages who come together to present art in a personal way.
In Numën, there is an encounter of various contemporary disciplines, from sculptures, installations, textile works... All of them share a common approach to form and the surrounding space.

 

 

Gabriel Castaño is a multidisciplinary artist. In addition to his dedication to painting and sculpture, he has incorporated into his work, over the years, disciplines such as installation, video, and performance. In all these artistic fields, he presents plastic principles and starting points such as balance, gravity, chance, and form. His work reflects both the appearance and reality of image construction, offering the viewer a game of ambiguities in which he highlights the complexity of representing reality. He creates ephemeral sculptures using everyday objects that he assembles into tense encounters, forming a personal visual poetry where chance is key. The images he creates show the precise union between seemingly discordant elements suspended in time and captured in a snapshot.
He holds a degree in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid, where he lives and works. He has exhibited solo in galleries such as Espacio Alexandra (Santander) during the Photo España festival, Trema Arte Contemporánea (Lisbon), White Lab, and Slowtrack, both in Madrid. He has participated in numerous collective exhibitions in Spain, France, Portugal, the U.S., and Mexico, and his work has been shown at fairs such as Photo España, Arte Santander, Swab, Arte Lisboa, Miami River Art Fair, and Foro Sur, among others.

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María Cristina García-Casarrubios became involved with music when she was just seven years old, and since then, it has been an integral part of her life. She has dedicated herself not only to flute performance but also to teaching. María is recognized as a flutist and musician, but she also tirelessly explores other artistic areas, such as voice and poetry, as well as manual techniques like embroidery and weaving chair seats, directly linking to her family origins related to wicker and rush seating in Castilian lands. As a seat weaver, she works with her hands as closely as possible to the material, which has become an essential part of her work. "I receive antique pieces with patina, and each finished piece is the result of a long process. When I weave, my hands engage with the structure. Weaving and unweaving is a revealing act of narrative threads."
She holds a degree in Flute from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid and a postgraduate degree in flute from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. She is a member of the Madrid Community Symphony Orchestra and has participated as a flutist in the Eroica Orchestra in London, organized by the Guildhall School, performing in Mozart and Messiaen festivals. She is a member of the Ibert Quintet, formed by musicians from the Madrid Community Student Symphony Orchestra. She is also the director of the Grey Elephant Trio and the Synesthésie group. Currently, she is a Flute Professor at the Conservatory of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.