August 27 – 30, 2026. La Rural, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ignacio Duncan participated in the 2026 edition of BADA, presenting Desde la poesía, his most recent body of work, at the artist’s stand in Buenos Aires. The series brought together eight oil paintings developed from poems that served as the starting point for each work.
Each painting was accompanied by its corresponding poem, allowing the written and visual languages to coexist within the same work. Rather than illustrating the poems literally, Duncan translated their atmosphere, emotions, and inner landscapes into images, creating a dialogue between poetry and painting.
The series continued Duncan’s exploration of serenity and stillness within contemporary life. Figures, flowers, birds, and elements of nature became vehicles for exploring states of calm, intimacy, refuge, and contemplation. Through the presence of the poems alongside the paintings, each work offered the viewer a different point of entry into this search for stillness.
Presented at one of Argentina’s major direct-to-artist art fairs, Desde la poesía marked an important step in Duncan’s ongoing investigation of painting as a space for slowing down and reconnecting with the present. The physical presence of the paintings and their accompanying poems invited viewers to move between image and word, finding in each work a moment to pause, breathe, and look.
September 27 – October 7, 2025. OnArt Gallery, Florence, Italy
Ignacio Duncan took part in the collective exhibition Oltre il Nome at OnArt Gallery in Florence, presenting five paintings from his ongoing series Tales of Silence: Ema, Ema II, Anna, Ariadna and Iris.
The series delved into themes of serenity, introspection, and the silent resonance between emotion and form. Duncan’s figures —immersed in soft light and enveloped by delicate fabrics— invited viewers to a state of stillness, where gesture and breath became vessels of quiet contemplation.
Through his refined use of oil and chiaroscuro, rooted in classical technique yet driven by contemporary sensitivity, Duncan offered an intimate space of calm and reflection. Tales of Silence extended his pursuit of visual serenity, continuing the path begun with Mare di Sogni and reaffirming his dedication to painting as an act of meditation and human connection.
September 13–26, 2024. Gadarte Gallery, Florence, Italy
Ignacio Duncan’s solo exhibition Mare di Sogni was first presented at Gadarte Gallery in Florence, Italy, from September 13th to 26th, 2024. The exhibition featured a series of eight oil paintings portraying semi-nude female figures resting upon infinite beds, their bodies wrapped in flowing fabrics and enveloped in warm tones. Each painting invited the viewer into a moment of introspection and serenity, reflecting Duncan’s desire to offer a visual sanctuary amid the chaos and speed of modern life.
The exhibition also included a site-specific curatorial element: white fabrics draped around empty frames hung on the gallery walls, echoing the visual language of the paintings and further immersing the viewer in the emotional atmosphere of the show. These voids served as symbolic spaces, inviting silence, breath, and contemplation.
Mare di Sogni was conceived as an antidote to anxiety, a way of slowing time and reconnecting with softness. Through poetic imagery and a deeply personal creative process, Duncan opened a door for others to experience the same meditative calm he finds in the act of painting.
