Sebastian Jauregui (B.1995) is a Colombian-German artist. Graduating from the Royal College of Art (M.A.) in London, he draws on his foundations in design to inform a precise and structured approach to painting, where he explores superstition, cultural memory, and displacement as recurring points of departure. His compositions are meticulously constructed, reflecting an ongoing interest in how belief and perception influence the reading of everyday objects. His work is distinguished by a refined approach to color and composition, informed by the Dutch masters of the seventeenth century and filtered through a contemporary design sensibility. Architectural motifs, domestic spaces, and allegorical figures reappear throughout his works, constructing layered narratives that merge observation and imagination, creating images that oscillate between realism and invention. Sebastian currently lives and works in Berlin.
If I were a stranger looking at my work, the first thing I would probably wanna ask is whether the artist is a superstitious person himself. The answer would be No. The truth is that I am. More than I would like to admit. Over time I had absorbed some of my mother's beliefs who always had a gift of turning an ordinary moment into an omen. So at a young age I started making up my own small methods to make sense of coincidence or to convince myself that life follows some pattern. It can be reassuring, but also exhausting.
This body of work grew out of that way of thinking. Conquer Your Fears brings together works that circle around belief, luck, and the strange comfort we find in trying to control what we cannot predict. I wanted to imagine the paintings as fragments from another version of my life, perhaps one in which I never left Colombia. The timeline is not linear, more like a sequence of memories that have been distorted by distance and imagination.
There is also a sense of celebration running through some of the works. December felt like the right month for it, a time when the year turns and people rely on small acts to attract good fortune. Each painting touches on a superstition that once felt harmless: knives as severed bonds, lentils as promises of prosperity, a clock that strikes thirteen. Some of these beliefs have followed me since childhood, others I have only recently come to notice.
While painting them, I began to wonder whether the act of painting could itself be a form of belief. A day after I finished the work with the lentils, I received an unexpected payment. Later on the day that I had signed and completed the one with the knife in a gift box, I argued with a close friend and we have not spoken since. It may be coincidence, but after spending months with these symbols, it is difficult not to look for signs.
At its core, this exhibition is about learning to live with uncertainty. Growing up between Colombia and Germany, I have always associated fear with two opposing ideas: danger and control. These paintings move between both, revealing how superstition can become a language for navigating the unknown. In the end, belief is not something I aim to justify or reject. It is simply a way of looking at the world, and perhaps of painting it too.
Opens Thursday 4th December 6-8pm