Juliana Sorondo runs a gallery at Trafalgar 32 that features a significant number of artists born in Latin America and based outside their countries of origin. Suwon Lee, María Elena Pombo, Luis Rentería, and Paula Cabral Muchacho are part of a program that includes photography, painting, textiles, installation, and off-site projects. Sorondo Projects has recently participated in art fairs in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, London, Paris, and Basel.
Gallery Profile
Juliana Sorondo was born in Venezuela and moved to Barcelona to pursue a graduate degree after studying art. Before launching her own project, she worked for more than twelve years at other galleries. During those years, she noticed the limited presence of Latin American artists in Catalan galleries. When she launched Sorondo Projects, she brought on board several artists from Latin America, many of whom were living in Europe.
Sorondo Projects also works with artists born outside Latin America, including Nikolay Morgunov. In 2024, “Unseen Bodies” brought together María Elena Pombo, Nikolay Morgunov, and Suwon Lee. *Weaving Identities* featured works by Armando Mesías, Cassandra Mayela Allen, Luis Rentería, and Silvana Trevale. This was followed by solo exhibitions such as *A Dagger in a Handkerchief* by Luis Rentería and *The Sacred Mountain* by Suwon Lee.
In 2025, Sorondo Projects participated in ZⓈONAMACO with María Elena Pombo, Suwon Lee, and Luis Rentería; presented Silvana Trevale at Photo London; traveled to arteBA with Pombo and Antonela Aiassa; and to ARTBO with Pombo and Armando Mesías. In 2026, the gallery took María Elena Pombo and Nikolay Morgunov to Liste Basel and returned to ZⓈONAMACO with Morgunov and Luis Rentería. Miguel Braceli is scheduled to participate in Paris Photo in November.
Why Go
Suwon Lee was born in Caracas in 1977 to Korean parents and lives in Madrid. She studied photography in Paris and later worked with Axel Hütte in Spain. In Caracas, she co-founded Oficina #1, an independent space that remained active for more than a decade. The Museum of Modern Art in New York holds three of her photographs from 2011. In 2023, the museum included them in *Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond*. One of these photographs, *Lights On*, is part of a series created in locations historically linked to the representation of the Latin American landscape.
María Elena Pombo was born in Caracas in 1988. She works with textiles and natural dyes and has researched dyeing and weaving techniques. With Sorondo Projects, she has participated in ZⓈONAMACO, arteBA, ARTBO, and Liste Basel. In September 2026, she returned to Trafalgar 32 alongside Miguel Braceli for *Ejercicios de permanencia*. Braceli was born in Valencia, Venezuela, in 1983. His projects are often carried out in public spaces and require the participation of others. In *Área*, presented in 2014 at Plaza Caracas, an open call brought together a group that occupied a previously marked-off area for one hour. The Tamayo Museum preserves audiovisual documentation of the action in The Backroom.
In *El calor de otros soles*, presented between June and September 2026, Sorondo brought together Fabiola Ferrero, Marisol Mendez, Silvana Trevale, and Daniel Santolo Franco. Ferrero, born in Caracas, has spent years documenting the Venezuelan crisis and its consequences. Among her projects is *The Wells Run Dry*, created in Venezuelan towns affected by emigration. Marisol Mendez was born in Cochabamba and lives in London. Her photography combines portraits she has taken with images from family archives. In *Madre*, she explored representations of motherhood and Bolivian women. Silvana Trevale was born in Caracas and grew up in both Venezuela and the United Kingdom. She has photographed communities and families in Venezuela and Mexico.
What to Expect
" Ejercicios de permanencia," by María Elena Pombo and Miguel Braceli, is on view through November 5, 2026. Pombo works here with pieces created through manual processes and materials that change during their preparation. Braceli presents works resulting from actions and projects developed with others. Both were born in Venezuela and live abroad. At Trafalgar 32, they come together for the first time in a joint exhibition. *Ejercicios de permanencia* opened during Barcelona Gallery Weekend and will remain on view through early November.
The next exhibition announced by Sorondo Projects will bring together Emilia Estrada, Samuel Sarmiento, and Luis Rentería. The gallery’s schedule also includes Miguel Braceli at Paris Photo and Luis Rentería and Theresa Weber at Untitled Miami.
What to Do Nearby
From Sorondo Projects, you can continue along Trafalgar to the Passatge de les Manufactures. The passageway connects Trafalgar with Sant Pere Més Alt via a flight of stairs that bridges the difference in elevation between the two streets. The renovation restored the building’s original features, including the coffered ceilings in the entrance on Sant Pere Més Alt. On the other side of the passage, On the Road, located at Verdaguer i Callís 14, is a small independent bookstore specializing in travel literature. Its collection includes fiction, essays, guidebooks, and books related to different ways of exploring and describing a region.
For lunch, you can head back to Trafalgar and stop at Maji Beef Noodles All Day, at number 50, which specializes in Lanzhou noodles. Another option is to continue along Sant Pere toward Santa Caterina until you reach Mescladís del Pou, in Carders. The restaurant is part of the Fundació Mescladís and is linked to its training and job placement programs. The menu features dishes from various cuisines of the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.
If you continue your walk toward the Eixample, Llibreria Ona is located at Pau Claris 94. Originally opened in 1962 and revitalized in its current form in 2020, it specializes in books in Catalan and features spaces for book presentations and exhibitions. To end the evening with a drink, La Whiskeria is located at 39 Casp Street. The bar specializes in whiskey and offers an extensive selection of spirits and cocktails.
