Urszula Justyna Kusiel-Moroz and Beatriz Machado Leandro Dos Santos

Ula Moroz is a filmmaker and cinematographer whose work centres on folklore and its relationship to the environment. Inspired by the films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Ryusuke Hamaguchi, her work often juxtaposes the ephemeral beauty of the landscape with a feeling of modern anxiety and confusion.

Her recent film Murmurare has been inspired by Segovia’s mountainous landscape, the concept of duende, as well as Castilla y León’s carnival costumes. In her work, she explores the connection between folklore and the encroaching environmental breakdown.

Beatriz Santos is a neurodiverse British-Portuguese artist working predominantly with oil painting, papier-mâché, and assemblage. Her work weaves lyricism into depictions of personal, everyday subjects while exploring themes of memory, intimacy, humour, sadness, and longing. She researches Iberian decorative motifs and popular art traditions.

Beatriz works mostly with materials considered ordinary —recycled cardboard, found objects— as sustainability is central to her artistic approach. By framing her own paintings in elaborate and inventive ways, she aims to question binaries such as fantasy and reality, inner self and outer environment, manual craft and intellectual art.

Beatriz Santos and Ula Moroz will be in residence at Can Serrat in October – November 2025.