Opening Preview: June 24, 2025 | 6 – 8 pm
On View: June 25 – September 1, 2025.
June 23, 2025 (Ibiza, Spain) – GATHERING Ibiza is pleased to announce Sunset Strip, a group exhibition presented in collaboration with Berlin-based gallery SOCIÉTÉ, on view from June 25 – September 1, 2025. The exhibition brings together seventeen international contemporary artists from the galleries’ rosters, including Petra Cortright, Tamara K.E., Wynnie Mynerva, Bunny Rogers, Tai Shani and Marianna Simnett, whose works span diverse mediums such as ceramic, textile and painting. Much like Sebastian Riemer’s HOCKNEY 1967 A Bigger Splash, which reimagines the sun-drenched nostalgia of David Hockney’s iconic imagery, Sunset Strip draws on motifs of Ibiza and island life—pool tiles, tropical flora, bold hues, tourism, and solitude—to reframe the island’s magnetic allure, inviting viewers to consider the island as a foamy, salt-sprayed liminal home for contemporary art.
Founded in 2024, GATHERING Ibiza emerged just as the island’s art scene was entering a period of renewed energy. With a focus on supporting the island’s creative community, the gallery is known for its radical programming and site-specific exhibitions that reflect Ibiza’s vibrant spirit. In dialogue with this vision, SOCIÉTÉ—a Berlin-based gallery with a bold curatorial approach and a strong international presence—brings its global perspective to the island. Together, the two galleries create a unique exchange between experimental practices and international dialogue, marking a new moment in Ibiza’s evolving cultural scene.
Among the highlights of the exhibition is Kaspar Müller’s conceptually driven practice, which renders seemingly familiar objects subtly uncanny. In Untitled, Müller uses light bulbs, steel cord, and electrical wiring to create a charged convalescence of dynamic light and saturated colour. His work will be shown alongside that of Conny Maier, whose ceramic tile panels investigate fundamental questions of human nature, dominance, and control. In Tränken, cobalt on white glaze simmers with mythological undercurrents, as thick, wavy lines and crude caricatures examine the tension between submission and power. The exhibition will also feature works by Soojin Kang, offering a preview of her upcoming solo show at GATHERING Ibiza in 2026. Kang’s sculptural woven pieces use natural dyes and hand-spun yarns to explore form, materiality, and ritual. Additionally, Christelle Oyiri—who will represent GATHERING with a solo presentation at Frieze London 2025—presents text-based, visually saturated prints that use the language of tropical postcards to critique distorted fantasies of island life. With wordplay and pointed wit, Oyiri challenges colonial nostalgia, contaminating the idyllic with critical confrontation.
The group exhibition precedes CAN Ibiza, in which GATHERING will be participating with works made in Ibiza from Shuyi Cao and Jamie Bragg.
Alongside the exhibition, GATHERING Ibiza extends the visitor experience with MIRA, its adjacent courtyard restaurant and bar. This interconnected space brings international artistic voices to a local context with an approach that goes beyond the traditional gallery model. Conceived by GATHERING’s founder Alex Flick, MIRA embodies his vision of a contemporary cultural salon—a place where art, music, and conversation unfold in an intimate setting. As Ibiza’s first contemporary salon, it invites visitors from around the world to connect, share meals, and experience culture in motion. Embodying an intimate and seductive atmosphere, the restaurant features site-specific art installations by Tai Shani and Stefan Brüggemann and continues to evolve with a new nighttime extension of the venue — a late-hours setting with a 1970s mood.
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Opening hours:
Opening Preview | June 24, 2025 | 6 – 8 pm
On View | June 25 – September 1, 2025.
ABOUT GATHERING:
Founded in 2022 in the heart of Soho, London, GATHERING is a contemporary art gallery, presenting a diverse exhibition programme of international emerging voices alongside established artists, including Emanuel de Carvalho, Tamara K.E., Soojin Kang, Ndayé Kouagou, Wynnie Mynerva and Tai Shani. In 2023, GATHERING inaugurated GLASSHOUSE, an alternative strand of programming which fosters emergent creative practitioners alongside GATHERING‘s main exhibitions. In 2024, the gallery expanded to Sant Miquel de Balansat on the island of Ibiza, carrying the cutting-edge programming and artist-led ethos of GATHERING to an international stage. GATHERING is a member of the Gallery Climate Coalition and works with The Anti-Slavery Collective and Embode.
About SOCIÉTÉ:
SOCIÉTÉ is a Berlin-based contemporary art gallery with a global reach. The gallery’s bold curatorial approach plays a pivotal role in advancing its artists’ visions, supporting major museum exhibitions, biennials, and acquisitions by leading institutional collections worldwide. Operating in both the primary and secondary markets, SOCIÉTÉ provides curated advisory services to select clients. Beyond its exhibitions, the gallery’s publishing initiative, EDITION SOCIÉTÉ, collaborates with prominent writers and graphic designers to produce artist books, catalogues, and, more recently, high-end artist editions. SOCIÉTÉ is an active presence at major international art fairs, including Art Basel, Art Basel Paris, Art Basel Miami Beach, Frieze New York, Frieze London, ARCOmadrid, and Gallery Weekend Berlin.
Image Credits:
1. Christelle Oyiri, TOURISTA SERIES:JETLAG IS FOR AMATEURS, 2025. Dual sided ink print on acrylic panneling with vinyl text.
84.1 x118.9 cm. Courtesy of the artist and GATHERING.
2. Jeanette Mundt Untitled, 2025, Pencil on paper, 231⁄4 x 191⁄4 x 3⁄4 in. 59 x 49 x 2 cm. Courtesy of the artist and SOCIÉTÉ, Berlin.
3. Tai Shani Nymphian, Angel Heart II, 2023 PVC plastic, steel string. 140.00 x 60.00 x 30.00 cm. Courtesy of the artist and
GATHERING.
4-5. MIRA, Ibiza, 2025. Courtesy of MIRA by GATHERING.