> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.catapult-platform.art/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Ignacio Uriarte Gathers Nine Artists Whose Marks Behave Like Writing - URL: https://www.catapult-platform.art/kinetic-syntax-osnova-gallery-valencia/ - Published: 2026-11-13T04:39:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-13T04:38:59.000Z - Description: Explore Kinetic Syntax at Osnova in València, where nine artists turn steel, clay, ink and thread into signs between drawing and writing. - Author: Dominique Catherina Foertig - Tags: Exhibitions, Material & Sculpture, Memory & Identity, Painting, Sculpture & Installation, Mixed Media & Textile ## Osnova Gallery Presents Kinetic Syntax in València Osnova Gallery presents Kinetic Syntax, curated by Ignacio Uriarte, through November 20, 2026. **Kinetic Syntax** **Artists:** Yelena Popova, Raúl Díaz Reyes, Amparo de la Sota, David Zink Yi, Ignacio Uriarte, Valerie Krause, José Vera Matos, Jaime Pitarch, Elena Alonso **Exhibition:** Kinetic Syntax **Venue:** [ Osnova Gallery ](https://osnovagallery.com/?ref=catapult-platform.art) **City:** València, Spain **Dates:** September 17, 2026 – November 20, 2026 **Address:** Carrer del Clero 18, 46006 València **Curator:** Ignacio Uriarte **Photography:** Enrique Pascual **Image Courtesy:** Courtesy Osnova Gallery A mobile made from loose change might seem like a playful tribute to Alexander Calder. In *Kinetic Syntax* at [**Osnova Gallery** ](https://osnovagallery.com/?ref=catapult-platform.art)in València, **Jaime Pitarch** takes the idea quite literally. His *Calderilla* hangs real euro coins he found, turning pocket change into a delicate balancing act. Even the title joins in, referring to small change in Spanish while nodding to Calder's name. ![Elena Alonso, Yelena Popova, Osnova, València: Catapult contemporary review](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/kinetic-syntax-osnova-valencia-2026-installation-01.webp) Elena Alonso and Yelena Popova, Kinetic Syntax (installation view), Osnova, València, 2026\. Photo: Enrique Pascual. Courtesy Osnova Gallery. ![Raúl Díaz Reyes, Osnova, València: symmetrical painting of red discs, a green standing figure and orange bars on a pale ground](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/raul-diaz-reyes-kinetic-syntax-osnova-valencia-2026-work-01.webp) Raúl Díaz Reyes, Cuatro, 2024, acrylic on canvas, MDF wood, Kinetic Syntax (installation view), Osnova, València, 2026\. Photo: Enrique Pascual. Courtesy Osnova Gallery. ![ Raúl Díaz Reyes, Osnova, València: red-circle painting with serrated wooden edge, two small paintings and a textile hanging from a rod](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/kinetic-syntax-osnova-valencia-2026-installation-02.webp) Raúl Díaz Reyes, Kinetic Syntax (installation view), Osnova, València, 2026\. Photo: Enrique Pascual. Courtesy Osnova Gallery. Curated by [**Ignacio Uriarte**](https://www.ignaciouriarte.com/?ref=catapult-platform.art), who also contributes two drawings in pigmented ink, the exhibition brings together nine artists working with signs, gestures and materials. **Valerie Krause** cuts and folds galvanized steel into small wall sculptures where the missing material matters as much as what remains. **Yelena Popova** creates her own pigments from soil and clay gathered in the landscape. On view from September 17 to November 20, 2026, *Kinetic Syntax* moves between drawing, sculpture and visual language. Below, Uriarte's curatorial statement explains how these works form relationships that can be experienced through movement rather than simply decoded. ![Ignacio Uriarte, Osnova, València: two framed drawings of triangle and zigzag grids in warm and blue gradients, a visitor blurred in motion](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/ignacio-uriarte-kinetic-syntax-osnova-valencia-2026-work-01.webp) Ignacio Uriarte, Triangle Progression Grid and Zigzag Waves, 2026, pigmented ink on paper, Kinetic Syntax (installation view), Osnova, València, 2026\. Photo: Enrique Pascual. Courtesy Osnova Gallery. ![José Vera Matos, Osnova, València: two framed works on paper, one with pastel green, pink and blue rectangles, one with blue blocks on a pink dotted field](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/kinetic-syntax-osnova-valencia-2026-works-on-paper-01.webp) José Vera Matos, Poetics of Relation, 2023, stylograph on bamboo paper, Kinetic Syntax (installation view), Osnova, València, 2026\. Photo: Enrique Pascual. Courtesy Osnova Gallery. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/valerie-krause-kinetic-syntax-osnova-valencia-2026-work-01.webp) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/valerie-krause-kinetic-syntax-osnova-valencia-2026-detail-01.webp) Valerie Krause, Untitled, 2022 and Untitled, 2021, galvanized steel, Kinetic Syntax (installation view), Osnova, València, 2026\. Photo: Enrique Pascual. Courtesy Osnova Gallery. ![Amparo de la Sota, Osnova, València: ochre textile hanging from a brass rod with two red embroidered circular patterns](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/amparo-de-la-sota-kinetic-syntax-osnova-valencia-2026-work-01.webp) Amparo de la Sota, Untitled, 2026, cross-stitch embroidery on textile, Kinetic Syntax (installation view), Osnova, València, 2026\. Photo: Enrique Pascual. Courtesy Osnova Gallery. ### Curatorial Statement by Ignacio Uriarte Kinetic Syntax brings together a set of practices that explore the relationship between gesture, sign, matter, and system, placing itself in a shared territory between drawing, writing, sculpture, and visual notation. Through a variety of media—painting, drawing, ceramics, textiles, or installation—the works in the exhibition investigate how forms can operate as units of meaning: marks, symbols, or diagrams that, when articulated with one another, produce a kind of spatial syntax. ![Elena Alonso, Osnova, València: two curved sheets of dark iron and brass joined by rivets into a standing column on a concrete floor](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/elena-alonso-kinetic-syntax-osnova-valencia-2026-work-01.webp) Elena Alonso, Open Die Column (Reconditioned), 2026, iron and brass, Kinetic Syntax (installation view), Osnova, València, 2026\. Photo: Enrique Pascual. Courtesy Osnova Gallery. ![Elena Alonso, Osnova, València: large framed drawing of dots and orange starbursts beside a brass and iron column](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/elena-alonso-kinetic-syntax-osnova-valencia-2026-installation-01.webp) Elena Alonso, Sin título (Esp, 1), 2026, gouache, pastel and graphite on paper, and Open Die Column (Reconditioned), 2026, Kinetic Syntax (installation view), Osnova, València, 2026\. Photo: Enrique Pascual. Courtesy Osnova Gallery. ![Yelena Popova, Osnova, València: oval painting in blue and green swirls with a small blue sphere attached at upper left](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/yelena-popova-kinetic-syntax-osnova-valencia-2026-work-01.webp) Yelena Popova, The Wave, 2026, natural pigments on Irish linen, wood, Kinetic Syntax (installation view), Osnova, València, 2026\. Photo: Enrique Pascual. Courtesy Osnova Gallery. ![David Zink Yi, Osnova, València: row of spindle-shaped glazed stoneware forms in blue, brown, green and ochre on a white wall](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/david-zink-yi-kinetic-syntax-osnova-valencia-2026-work-01.webp) David Zink Yi, All My Colours, 2026, glazed stoneware, Kinetic Syntax (installation view), Osnova, València, 2026\. Photo: Enrique Pascual. Courtesy Osnova Gallery. ![David Zink Yi, Osnova, València: looping, interlaced ceramic coil in dark red glaze mounted on a white wall](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/david-zink-yi-kinetic-syntax-osnova-valencia-2026-work-02.webp) David Zink Yi, Untitled (Spiral), 2026, glazed stoneware, Kinetic Syntax (installation view), Osnova, València, 2026\. Photo: Enrique Pascual. Courtesy Osnova Gallery. ![Jaime Pitarch, Osnova, València: wire mobile with euro coins on balanced arms against a white background](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/jaime-pitarch-kinetic-syntax-osnova-valencia-2026-work-01.webp) Jaime Pitarch, Calderilla, metal wire and euro coins, Kinetic Syntax (installation view), Osnova, València, 2026\. Photo: Enrique Pascual. Courtesy Osnova Gallery. The exhibition begins from a semiotic intention: the images, lines, and structures found in these works are not presented solely as abstract forms, but as open signs—capable of being read, deciphered, or projected by each viewer. Some refer to contemporary systems of signage—the schematic clarity of urban wayfinding, diagrams, or technical design—while others evoke more ancient registers: archaic scripts, ritual patterns, symbols that seem to come from remote cultures or from collective memories that are difficult to locate with precision. Between these two polarities—ancestral and everyday, ritual and functional—a field of resonances is established in which a sign can recall both a lost writing system and a traffic signal. ![Raúl Díaz Reyes, Osnova, València: corner detail of a brown painting with yellow tree-like signs and a notched wooden frame edge](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/raul-diaz-reyes-kinetic-syntax-osnova-valencia-2026-detail-01.webp) Raúl Díaz Reyes, acrylic on canvas, Kinetic Syntax (detail), Osnova, València, 2026\. Photo: Enrique Pascual. Courtesy Osnova Gallery. In this context, the boundary between art and writing becomes especially porous. The repetition of the stroke, the accumulation of signs, and the organization of textual or graphic fragments generate structures that oscillate between reading and contemplation, between cognitive and bodily experience. The works thus function as open archives, where thought, memory, and gesture are inscribed on surfaces that invite you to be traversed rather than decoded in a strictly linear way. ![Osnova, València: view down the gallery with wall works on both sides, a brass column at the far end and a visitor in motion](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2026/11/kinetic-syntax-osnova-valencia-2026-installation-03.webp) Kinetic Syntax (installation view), Osnova, València, 2026\. Photo: Enrique Pascual. Courtesy Osnova Gallery. --- **About the Artists** **Yelena Popova** Born in Ozersk, Russia, in 1978, lives in the UK. Shows The Wave, a painting in natural pigments on Irish linen with a wooden element. [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/yelena%5Fpopova/?ref=catapult-platform.art) **Raúl Díaz Reyes** Born in Madrid in 1977, lives between Madrid and São Paulo. Shows paintings in acrylic on canvas with wooden elements, among them Cuatro, 2024. [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/rauldiazreyes/?ref=catapult-platform.art) **Amparo de la Sota** Born in Madrid in 1961\. Shows an untitled embroidered textile from 2026, worked in cross-stitch. [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/amsota/?ref=catapult-platform.art) **David Zink Yi** Born in Lima in 1973, lives in Berlin. Shows glazed stoneware sculptures, among them the series All My Colours and Untitled (Spiral), 2026. [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/davidzinkyi/?ref=catapult-platform.art) **Valerie Krause** Born in Herdecke, Germany, in 1976, lives in Düsseldorf. Shows two untitled small wall sculptures from 2021 and 2022, made of cut and deformed galvanized steel. [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/valerie%5Fkrause/?ref=catapult-platform.art) **José Vera Matos** Born in Lima in 1975\. Shows Poetics of Relation 4 and Poetics of Relation 8, both 2023, stylograph on bamboo paper. [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/joseveramatos/?ref=catapult-platform.art) **Jaime Pitarch** Born in Valencia in 1963, lives in Barcelona. Shows Calderilla, a mobile of metal wire and euro coins. [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/jaime%5Fpitarch/?ref=catapult-platform.art) **Elena Alonso** Born in Madrid in 1981, lives in Madrid. Shows a large drawing on paper and the iron and brass sculpture Open Die Column (Reconditioned). **About the Curator** **Ignacio Uriarte** Born in Krefeld, Germany, in 1972, lives in Valencia. Curated Kinetic Syntax, wrote the curatorial statement and shows two pigmented ink drawings, Triangle Progression Grid and Zigzag Waves. [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ignaciouriarte1000/?ref=catapult-platform.art) **About the Location** **Osnova Gallery, València** Osnova Gallery stands out as a vibrant art space nurturing emerging talents globally since 2014\. 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