Here's a selection of Costa Rican art exhibitions and events happening across the country this week. Read below or in our current newsletter.
This week sees the below exhibition openings:
Alessandra Sequeira at the Rafael Angel Calderón Gurdia Museum. Emmanuel Rodríguez Chaves at abra.espacio. Liberia artist Christian Porras at Zarpe in Playas del Coco.
Costa Rica boasts a dynamic contemporary art scene, which is gaining increased attention from international audiences. While the country’s breathtaking landscapes are a key source of inspiration for many artists, Costa Rican art extends far beyond these natural beauties. The country’s art scene is marked by a diverse range of artistic expressions. Costa Rican artists are creating high-calibre, thought-provoking works that address complex themes, from identity and environment to socio-political issues within Latin America and beyond.
From the bustling streets of San José to the quieter coastal towns, Costa Rica hosts a variety of galleries, exhibitions, and cultural events that highlight the emerging talent shaping the country's artistic identity. Even for those unable to attend these events in person, MÍRAME’s regular exhibition highlights offer a curated glimpse into this flourishing scene.
Read on to learn about MÍRAME top Costa Rican art exhibitions, featuring emerging and established local Costa Rican artists for this week.
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MÍRAME top Costa Rican art exhibitions:
Exhibitions ordered by closing date
• Soundscapes in Color, Liberia artist Christian Porras, Zarpe, Playas del Coco. OPENING 20 February, 2pm (your invitation below). On until 22 February.
• Renacer (Be Reborn), Olga Anaskina, Rafael Angel Calderón Gurdia Museum, San José. On until 21 February.
• A Través del Tiempo (Through Time), Milo Gonzalez, Galería Siegfried Schosinsky - BCR, San José. On until 28 February.
• Lenguajes errantes (Wandering Languages), Mimian Hsu and Elia Arce | En las entrañas del ser habita la tierra (In the Depths of Being, the Earth Resides), Roberto Carter and Pável Quevedo Ullauri, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo de Costa Rica, San José. On through February.
• Que No Le Digan, Que No Le Cuenten! Adrián Arguedas print exhibition, José Figueres Ferrer Cultural and Historical Center, San Ramón. On until 28 March.
Currently on view (no published end date)
• Enraizada (Rooted), Alessandra Sequeira, Rafael Angel Calderón Guardia Museum, San José. OPENING 19 February, 7pm (your invitation below).
• Anamorfosis: Pequeñas Fracturas, abra.espacio, San José. OPENING 19 February, 4-8pm (your invitation below).
• Pieles (Skins), Ulises Rivera Lopez | Francisco Vazquez May, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo de Costa Rica, San José.
• La Invocacion, Gerald Castro, Galería Eterea, San José.
• Costacuarela 2025, La Asociación Costarricense de Acuarelistas (The Costa Rican Association of Watercolourists), Museo Regional de San Ramón, San Ramón.
• Marco Aurelio Aguilar Biennial, Municipal Museum of Cartago, Cartago.
• Cuerpo y Permanencia (Body and Permanence), Francisco Zúñiga, Museum of Costa Rican Art, San José.
MORE INFORMATION | COSTA RICAN ART EXHIBITIONS:
New this week:
1. Anamorfosis: Pequeñas Fracturas, abra.espacio, San José. OPENING 19 February, 4-8pm (your invitation below).
Opening on 19 February at Abra in San José, Anamorfosis: pequeñas fracturas presents a new body of work by Emmanuel Rodríguez Chaves that reflects on the instability of contemporary image culture. Through layered compositions that draw on archival material, digital sources and painterly intervention, the Costa Rican artist examines how images shape memory, ideology and collective perception at a moment marked by uncertainty.
2. Enraizada Donde el miedo se desvanece (Rooted: Where Fear Vanishes), Alessandra Sequeira, Rafael Angel Calderón Guardia Museum, San José. OPENING 19 February, 7pm (your invitation below).
Alessandra Sequeira's work invites us to view textiles as a living territory: a language that envelops, protects and reveals. Each piece is the result of an intimate and reflective process where the body becomes a map of memories, traces and silences, but also a space for healing and transformation.
Free admission | No reservation required. Please contact the museum or Alessandra Sequeira directly for more information.
3. Soundscapes in Color, Liberia artist Christian Porras, Zarpe, Playas del Coco. OPENING 20 February, 2pm (your invitation below). On until 22 February.
MÍRAME Fine Art presents Soundscapes in Color at Zarpe, Playas del Coco (20–22 February), featuring Liberia artist Christian Porras, who is also a musician.
The exhibition showcases recent landscape paintings, including new created for the show, that translate the sounds and rhythms of Guanacaste into visual form.
On Saturday 21 February (6–7pm), Porras performs live, offering visitors the chance to experience the music and the paintings it inspires. Zarpe's lounge has been transformed into a temporary gallery, with four cocktails inspired by the artworks.
4.Renacer (Be Reborn), Olga Anaskina, Rafael Angel Calderón Gurdia Museum, San José. On until 21 February.
We invite you to visit the "Rebirth" exhibition by Olga Anaskina. Nine artworks will be on display, showcasing Anaskina's different painting techniques she has mastered throughout years of training.
Free admission | No reservation required. Please contact the museum for more information.
5. A Través del Tiempo (Through Time), Milo Gonzalez, Galería Siegfried Schosinsky - BCR, San José. On until 28 February.
This exhibition at the Banco de Costa Rica's Galería Siegfried Schosinsky features sixteen large-format pieces, pre-Columbian inspired paintings, exploring nostalgic childhood memories, domestic scenes with his children and emblematic animals like the bull, a powerful symbol in Costa Rican culture. The autodidact painter, whose palette is inspired from pre-Columbian ceramics, earth and blood as symbols of life, focuses on plasticity, colour and composition rather than political or social messaging, allowing each to manifest itself organically through the creative process.
6. Lenguajes errantes, Mimian Hsu and Elia Arce | En las entrañas del ser habita la tierra, Roberto Carter and Pável Quevedo Ullauri, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo de Costa Rica, San José.
The Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo in San José presents new exhibitions by Roberto Carter with Pável Quevedo Ullauri, and by Mimian Hsu with Elia Arce. From the ethereal paintings of Roberto Carter to Mimian Hsu’s installations, these exhibitions explore identity, collaboration, and belonging, reaffirming Costa Rica’s position as a vital hub for Latin American contemporary art.
7. Que No Le Digan, Que No Le Cuenten! Adrián Arguedas print exhibition, José Figueres Ferrer Cultural and Historical Center, San Ramón.
Adrián Arguedas print exhibition. The prints of Adrián Arguedas from the Museum of Costa Rican Art in San José will be touring various cultural venues around Costa Rica. Featuring works from 1990 to 2025, this section of the tour will be presented in San Ramón until 28 March. A rare chance to see the work of one of Costa Rica's most celebrated artists.
Adrián Arguedas print exhibition. Free admission | No reservation required. Please contact the museum for more information.
8. Pieles (Skins), Ulises Rivera Lopez | Francisco Vazquez May, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo de Costa Rica, San José.
Pieles is an installation on the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design esplanade that expands the experience of audiences outside the museum. Created by Ulises Rivera Lopez and Francisco Vazquez May, the installation that reflects on the relationship between the urban and natural landscapes. Combining art, design and bioconstruction, the work looks at the connections between matter and territory.
9. La Invocacion, Gerald Castro, Galería Eterea, San José.
The exhibition explores mysticism and the complexity of social relationships through the consistent technique of artistic printmaking (grabado artístico). Castro uses the printmaking medium as a vehicle to examine ritual practices and social dynamics, creating a space where art, ritual and reflection converge. The title "La Invocación" (The Invocation) suggests the work engages with themes of summoning, calling forth, or spiritual practice, positioning the printmaking process itself as potentially ritualistic while using this framework to examine how people relate to one another within social structures.
10. Costacuarela 2025, La Asociación Costarricense de Acuarelistas (The Costa Rican Association of Watercolourists), Museo Regional de San Ramón, San Ramón.
"La Asociación Costarricense de Acuarelistas (The Costa Rican Association of Watercolorists)" is a professional organisation that supports the development and promotion of watercolour painting in Costa Rica through exhibitions at leading cultural institutions. Active members have exhibited internationally and the association regularly organises group shows of diverse watercolour styles by established and emerging Costa Rican artists.
11.Marco Aurelio Aguilar Biennial, Municipal Museum of Cartago, Cartago.
The Marco Aurelio Aguilar Biennial presents a selection of contemporary Costa Rican artists whose work reflects the current directions of national artistic production.
12. Cuerpo y Permanencia (Body and Permanence), Francisco Zúñiga, Museum of Costa Rican Art, San José.
Room XIV of the Museum of Costa Rican Art in San José hosts a solo exhibition (Body and Permanence) of Francisco Zúñiga, one of Costa Rica and Latin America's important artistic figures. The work on show investigate the monumentality and beauty of the human body.
Stay tuned with MÍRAME for weekly updates on Costa Rican art exhibitions and the country's evolving art scene.
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w/c 16 February 2026.