Past exhibitions

2025 05 exhibitions

Amber Hanson

The Float Element

September 2025

A co-curatorial project made in direct conversation with the artist. In the spirit of Aura Space, the exhibition dwells on the process that guides the exhibited series rather than its finished surface.

Miroslav Šutej

Visual Exercise

July 2025

Searching was the verb that defined Šutej's work. A member of the international Op Art movement, he reimagined the static nature of prints through modular graphics — inviting the audience to rotate segments and redefine the work in their own parameters.

Álvaro Siza Vieira

Thinking Through Drawing

May 2025

Recent sketches, drawings and research — from architectural plans between Braga and Croatia to figurative studies. Drawings here are not preparation but acts of thinking made visible.

Gai Qizheng

Drift Along

March 2025

Rafts as vehicles of migration, survival and cultural memory. Gai's research spans the knowledge systems of the Chao Bai River, Zuo Tan and Qingdao, tying personal history to local craft.

Dalibor Martinis

Measure This

January 2025

Encounters with trees on daily walks through the forests of Kamenjak in Istria. Martinis treats the trees as living archives — storied witnesses of time, environmental shift and human intervention.

The hub that hosted them

Aura Space

2025 — 2026 · Closed

Sursuma's pop-up hub, where creativity and knowledge collided.

A vibrant blend of gallery, library and study room. Created by Lucija Šutej and co-curated with Johannes Kreutzer, each exhibition explored intersections of science and culture to uncover the hidden stories behind everyday materials and objects. We celebrated the process, not just the work.

Curated by Lucija Šutej — Editor, Sursuma
Johannes Kreutzer — Scientific Editor & Material Scientist

Questions we asked