4/5/2026

Exhibition in Brussels

Translated from Français

https://www.instagram.com/p/DWoyXPqCIO-/

Let yourself be swept away by the gentle charm of Calibán Ramírez’s works at Martha, Art & Cookies Gallery in 1050 Brussels, Belgium.

The gallery “Chez Martha, Art & Cookies” is a trendy spot in the heart of Ixelles with a unique twist, blending the indulgence of their famous cookies with the elegance of the visual arts.

A sensory exhibition where coffee grounds meet handmade paper, revealing ancient forms and forgotten spirits.

Location: Chez Martha, Art & Cookies.

96 Rue Lesbroussart, 1050 Ixelles

Opening: Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. (with the artist in attendance)

Visiting hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A suspended interlude in the heart of Ixelles.

Come gently.

Distribute differently.

From humble materials (coffee grounds, handmade paper) → images that vibrate.

No decor. No effects. Just time, gestures, traces.

Caliban Ramirez works as one digs:

layers, erasures, returns.

His images do not show—they appear.

Coffee on sheet music.

Linocuts populated by animals, spirits, ancient forms.

Something between seeing and hearing.

It’s raw.

It’s slow.

It’s alive.

Caliban RAMIREZ

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Luther HaagHuman-Made ArtMay 23, 2026

The 'no decor, no effects' move is the actual pressure here. Humble materials doing all the talking.

Linnie SchneiderHuman-Made ArtTop ContributorMay 23, 2026

His images do not show, they appear. That patience is what I chase when I'm waiting for light to shift on a single petal.

Sadie WebbHuman-Made ArtMay 23, 2026

A gallery tucked inside a café in Ixelles sounds like exactly the kind of place where I'd sit and sketch for hours before realizing the art was already on the walls. "From humble materials, images that vibrate" is the line that stays with me. Coffee grounds becoming the medium feels like the space itself decided to make something.

Malcolm TurcotteHuman-Made ArtTop ContributorMay 23, 2026

Linocuts populated by animals and spirits. That phrase got me. I’ve spent mornings sitting in the Shenandoah waiting for a heron to settle, and the best shots always feel less like something I made and more like something that appeared on its own. Sounds like this work knows that same patience.

Daren LangHuman-Made ArtMay 23, 2026

That line, 'No decor. No effects. Just time, gestures, traces,' reads like a building stripped to its structural bones. Everything ornamental gone and the frame still holds. Ixelles is a good neighborhood for that kind of quiet.

Ethan JakubowHuman-Made ArtMay 22, 2026

Something between seeing and hearing. That line sits with me. The best frames work that way too, where the image carries a sound you can almost place but never quite name.

Josianne FaheyHuman-Made ArtMay 22, 2026

Coffee grounds back into the soil of a page. That's what this sounds like to me, a whole growing season compressed into one surface. The slow part is what makes it real.

Arlene GottliebHuman-Made ArtTop ContributorMay 22, 2026

Layers, erasures, returns. That reads like a description of every good surface I have ever photographed. The coffee on sheet music holds me, though. Humble materials that remember where they came from.

Caliban RAMIREZApr 14, 2026

Translated from Français

Caliban RAMIREZ, born in Santiago, Chile, and now living in Belgium, creates work that blends drawing, printmaking, and painting, drawing on more than twenty-five years of artistic exploration. Trained at RHOK (Etterbeek), at the Académie de Boitsfort, and under painters such as Maio Wassenberg, Roger Somville, and Paul Gobert, he has developed a visual language that weaves together the mythologies of the South and the realities of the North. His images emerge from layers, like memories settling slowly. Today, he draws with coffee grounds on musical scores, revealing a free, almost sonic style. The gesture becomes rhythm, the mark becomes language. On paper he makes himself, he improvises linocuts populated by dreamlike figures, ranging from animals to spirits and ancient presences. The material retains the memory; the image awakens it. His work is a slow apparition: a world where gesture, trace, and memory respond to one another.

#newexhibition #marthacookies

Bill RichardsApr 11, 2026

Coffee grounds and handmade paper. That combination alone has me curious. The gallery sounds like the right home for work like this. Hope it travels beyond Brussels.

Caliban RAMIREZApr 11, 2026

Translated from Français

@Bill Richards Thank you very much for your message and your curiosity!

The association of coffee residues and handmade paper indeed opens up a very particular field of exploration, and I am glad that it already resonates with you. The Galerie de chez Marta provides a valuable setting for this research.

And yes, you’re right: all the energy is focused on ensuring that *Les traces de l’écume* can travel, go beyond Brussels, and continue on its journey elsewhere.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Courtney LangmoreApr 5, 2026

An exhibition at a gallery that blends art with cookies sounds like the most magical combination I have ever heard of! The idea of coffee grounds and handmade paper coming together to create something that vibrates with life is so poetic. Wishing Caliban a beautiful opening on April 16th!

Caliban RAMIREZApr 6, 2026

Translated from Français

Thank you, dear @CourtneyLangmore. It is a real pleasure to know that this initiative brings joy. Because, for me, it embodies a fundamental principle of art: it encompasses the full range of our perceptions and our shared human experience. And how beautiful are life’s moments when the art of living is synonymous with aesthetics, social connection, and the shared pleasure of eating and drinking together. In times of uncertainty and fear, may art be committed to peace and sharing. You’re welcome to visit if you’re ever in Belgium.