Quiñones at Museo Mirador del Carmen, Estepona.

We are excited to announce QUIÑONES: TO THE ORIGIN, the solo exhibition of Juan Miguel Quiñones, curated by Flor Reiners and Mariella Franzoni, now on view at Museo Mirador del Carmen in Estepona.
The exhibition will run from August 1st to December 14th, 2025.

Summer, with its suspended time between sun, beach, and play, is the emotional and conceptual core of Juan Miguel Quiñones’ work. In QUIÑONES: TO THE ORIGIN, the artist returns to the city where he grew up and trained as a self-taught sculptor, reuniting with the objects, landscapes, and sensations that shaped his imagination.

The exhibition features over 180 sculptures crafted from marble, travertine, alabaster, and other precious or semi-precious stones using techniques that range from diamond-saw cutting to Renaissance-style inlay. Through these processes, Quiñones transforms everyday objects—ice creams, surfboards, toys—into monumental simulacra that straddle irony, nostalgia, and craftsmanship.

His practice pays tribute to the manual traditions of stonemasonry, while challenging our perception of what is worthy of permanence. By reimagining mass-produced, ephemeral items from his childhood as enduring sculptures, Quiñones constructs a sensitive archaeology of personal and collective memory along the Costa del Sol.

We invite you to experience this vibrant and playful exhibition, where form and feeling come together in a celebration of summer as both a place and a state of mind.
August 1 – December 14, 2025
Museo Mirador del Carmen, Calle Villa 1, Estepona