Marta Ibarrondo

Marta Ibarrondo is living proof that words carry weight—and sometimes they make the leap from the page straight onto the canvas. Born in Bilbao, Spain, and now splitting her days between Miami’s heat and New York’s heartbeat, Marta’s art is a visual love letter to the stories that shaped her. Inspired by the day her seventh-grade teacher slipped her a copy of One Hundred Years of Solitude, Marta fell into the spell of books and never quite crawled out. Her latest piece at Lola, No Worries (2024), pulls us onto the open road—literally. Painted on a vintage 1959 New York City road map, it's a meditation on the American Dream, nostalgia, and the restless spirit of adventure. Part of her On The Road series, it asks a quiet but pointed question: where did all that youthful bravado go? Acrylic, paper, found objects, jazz vinyls—Marta’s materials carry history, texture, and a touch of rebellion. In a world that’s increasingly impatient, her work invites you to slow down, look closer, and remember. When she's not building her visual library, Marta can be found practicing the fine art of siesta, plotting her next literary love affair, or reminiscing about her days mime-studying at La Sorbonne. (Yes, really.) As Marta would say: never vanilla.