Projects
Nômade Ole Ukena Studio
2026 Nômade Temple · Ibiza · Spain

Salto a lo Desconocido

Embroidered paintings and the film Jump Into The Unknown at Nômade Temple, Ibiza, within the Sacred Sun · Total Eclipse programme.

Embroidered works installed across the courtyard walls at Nômade Temple
Salto a lo Desconocido, installation view, Nômade Temple, Ibiza, 2026 Photo: Ole Ukena

Roles

  • Artist
  • Curator Co-curation of the Sacred Sun · Total Eclipse programme.

Statement

Salto a lo Desconocido was presented at Nômade Temple, Ibiza, from 15 to 31 August 2026. The exhibition brought together embroidered paintings made between 2020 and 2026, including works from Multiverse, 9 Reflections On The Potential Of Possibility and A Beginners Guide To Blue Whale Vocabulary.

The exhibition formed part of Sacred Sun · Total Eclipse, a programme co-curated by Ole Ukena around the solar eclipse of 12 August 2026. His roles spanned the exhibition of his own work and the curation of the wider programme.

The paintings begin as chalk drawings on cloth, translated into free-motion machine embroidery by the studio in Ubud. Thread gives the drawn line a physical surface; reflective materials in selected works change with the light and the position of the viewer.

Jump Into The Unknown, directed by Sasha de Laage with a score by Christopher Noodt, was shown in the exhibition.

Project documentation

Three embroidered paintings on a sunlit wall at Nômade Temple
Salto a lo Desconocido, installation view, Nômade Temple, Ibiza, 2026 Photo: Ole Ukena
Detail of reflective embroidery in Salto a lo Desconocido
Salto a lo Desconocido, installation view, Nômade Temple, Ibiza, 2026 Photo: Ole Ukena
Ole Ukena with an embroidered work at Nômade Temple
Salto a lo Desconocido, installation view, Nômade Temple, Ibiza, 2026 Photo: Ole Ukena
Ole Ukena wearing a drawn-pattern shirt in front of reflective embroidery
Ole Ukena at Salto a lo Desconocido, Nômade Temple, Ibiza, 2026 Photo: Ole Ukena