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piloto pardo is excited to announce its participation in the inaugural edition of Paraíso Art Fair, taking place at Ambika P3 in London, just minutes from Regent’s Park and Frieze.

Taking place 15–18 October, Paraíso brings together galleries from Latin America alongside international projects committed to showcasing artistic practices from the region.

We are proud to take part as a Latin American-run gallery based in London, presenting the work of four Latin American artists living and working across the globe: Juan Martínez Macari, Alejandra Prieto, Cosima zu Knyphausen, and Martina Quesada.

Juan Martínez Macari lives and works in Idahue, Chile. His painting practice is rooted in close observation and the tradition of still life, turning his attention to flowers, domestic objects, tools, and other elements drawn from his immediate surroundings. His works embrace the intimacy of the everyday and the slow act of looking.

Alejandra Prieto lives and works in Santiago, Chile. Working primarily through sculpture and installation, her practice examines the relationships between materiality, labour, extraction, and global capitalism. Often transforming materials such as coal into familiar objects, Prieto draws attention to the systems of production, value, and consumption embedded within everyday life.

Cosima zu Knyphausen is a Chilean artist based in Berlin. Moving between painting, drawing, and writing, her work revisits art-historical and literary references through a contemporary and deeply personal lens, exploring questions of desire, intimacy, identity, and queer experience. (Gallery Thomas Schulte)

Martina Quesada is an Argentine artist based between Buenos Aires and Paris. Working across sculpture, installation, and video, her practice uses geometric systems, sacred symbolism, and references to nature to investigate perception, memory, and the shifting boundaries between the visible and invisible. (Bernier Eliades)

We look forward to welcoming you at Paraíso, Ambika 3, London, 15–18 October, parallel to our regular programming in the gallery in Farringdon.

Image:
Juan Martinez Macari
Croc, 2026
oil on canvas
35 × 20cm by @__pilotopardo

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Join us tomorrow, Sunday, October 11, from 4–8pm for the opening of ‘Ponds and Fancies’, a solo exhibition by Cosima zu Knyphausen.

1. Narcissus Pond (In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the pond
was untouched by animals or humans, ensuring the
water remained perfectly still for the reflection), 2026
Acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas
50 x 70 cm

2. The artist in her studio, 2025. Curtesy of the sister. by @__pilotopardo

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We’re excited to announce Ponds and Fancies, a solo exhibition by Cosima zu Knyphausen, opening this Sunday, October 11th, from 4–8pm.

Ponds and Fancies marks zu Knyphausen’s second solo exhibition in London and with piloto pardo.

Please join us to celebrate!

DM or email us for a preview :) by @__pilotopardo

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This is the final week to see ‘Dust’ by Alejandra Prieto, one of Chile’s most renowned artists, whose practice spans sculpture, painting, video, and interdisciplinary work.

Visits this week are by appointment only.

A few moments from the opening of ‘Dust’. Thank you to everyone who joined us that evening and who has visited the exhibition since!

Prieto’s work explores materials extracted through mining, including coal, lithium, and pyrite, and their geopolitical, psychological, and social dimensions.

‘Dust’ is Prieto’s first solo exhibition in London, following Denver Art Museum’s acquisition, through piloto pardo, of her work Estratos (Carbón), 2026.

We’ll also be presenting works by Alejandra at @paraiso_fair, taking place 15–18 October at Ambika 3.

DM us for passes!

@a.prietos
Photos: @inessofiamontoya by @__pilotopardo

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Alejandra Prieto
Mask (Pyrite), 2025
Pyrite
Edition 1/3
30 × 20 × 15 cm

Her solo show “Dust” continues this week.

Gallery is open from 3-6.

@a.prietos by @__pilotopardo

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The 2026 Whitney Biennial has just come to a close, with Ignacio Gatica among this year’s participating artists.

Image:

Ignacio Gatica
40.75165, -73.97531 -33.41733, -70.59861
Inkjet print, seamless aluminum artist’s frame
Ed. 1/3 + 2 AP
17 × 24 in. (43.2 × 61.0 cm) by @__pilotopardo

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180• installation views of “Dust” by Alejandra Prieto, currently on view at the gallery.

“Prieto considers minerals as living matter, connecting bodies, economies and systems of production through their
extraction, circulation and use. In Dust, these concerns converge around the human head: a sculptural head made from lithium brings together the mineral’s geological and psychological associations, while the mineral masks made from carbon and pyrite, cast around the face, evoke protective surfaces whose endurance echoes that of rock itself.” - extract from press release.

For more information check our website!

Open until October 7th.

#mineral #gallery #alejandraprieto
@a.prietos

photos: @renelazovy by @__pilotopardo

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Hot spring, 2026
Oil on canvas
180 × 109 cm

Part of the exhibition “Dust” by Alejandra Prieto at piloto pardo. The exhibition runs until October 7th.

//:pilotopardo.com by @__pilotopardo

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Lithium Head, 2026
Potassium alum, lithium
30 × 20 × 20 cm

Alejandra Prieto’s solo exhibition “Dust” opened yesterday at piloto pardo. Thank you to everyone who joined us for the vernissage.

“Dust” is now open Thursday–Saturday, 3–6 pm, and by appointment.

Lithium Head is a material synthesis of Prieto’s ongoing investigation into lithium: a mineral extracted from specific regions of the earth that has become one of the most sought-after commodities of our time, essential to the batteries that power contemporary technologies and electric vehicles. Its extraction and distribution are deeply political and, at the same time, lithium has long been used in the treatment of bipolar disorder, where it acts upon and regulates processes in the brain.

@a.prietos by @__pilotopardo

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Tonight: 6-8pm, opening of Alejandra Prieto’s solo show “Dust” in the gallery. Come through!
Official photos to come by @renelazovy
Text @philippausen
@a.prietos by @__pilotopardo

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"Vase of Hyacinths"
Artist: Juan Martínez Macari @juanmartinezmacari
Curated by: Philippa zu Knyphausen
📍piloto pardo, 68 Long Lane, First Floor, EC1A 9EJ, Barbican, England, London @__pilotopardo
14.07-15.08.2026

Read the complete text on lowgroundpressure.blog web platform (🔗 in stories).

📸 René Lazový, courtesy the artist and the gallery;

#contemporaryart #artisttoday #lowgroundpressure #arttoday #artist taken in London, United Kingdom by @__pilotopardo

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We look forward to welcoming you next Friday, 4th September, from 6-8pm for the opening of
‘Dust’, a solo show by Alejandra Prieto at the gallery.

piloto pardo
68 Long Lane
First floor
Farringdon by @__pilotopardo

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