We believe art is a foundational part of the record of humanity — not only because it is an expression of its time and of each specific moment it traverses, but because it belongs to a substratum embedded more deeply within the human condition. It is also the expression of a time and space that no longer belong to the laws under which we live. This is why GIN LANE chooses these artists: because their work contains a substance that belongs to timelessness.
Connecting Argentine art with the international market. Gin Lane is an art gallery devoted to the anachronic, based in Southampton, New York, and driven by a unique alliance of Argentine, Swiss, and American directors. Our purpose is clear: to bring the talent and force of our artists' work to the heart of the international market, consolidating their value and global reach.
Our expansion into the U.S. began by connecting our co-founder's residence in Southampton, NY, with the latent force of the Andes. From there, we consolidated our impact through exclusive exhibitions in Wilmington, VT, and in the Hamptons themselves. This trajectory is supported by milestones of great relevance, such as the donation of a public work exhibited at Lake Agawam Park by the local town hall, and our recent exhibition at DORCAM (Doral Contemporary Art Museum) in Doral, Miami, FL.
This cultural bridge rests on two conceptual pillars:
Faced with the logistical challenge of transporting Andean rock, our sculptor intervened native Vermont marble and granite. The result is monumental pieces sculpted in Wilmington that fuse the geology of the East Coast with the mysticism of the south.
The proposal is completed with the incorporation of Andean artist Ariel Toba. His captivating work aligns with the search for the concepts of anachronism — the temporal exploration that fascinates both Gin Lane's direction and our collectors.
His work emerges from direct confrontation with stone — granite, basalt, sandstone — carved through a process that is as much about listening as it is about force. The result is sculpture that carries geological time within its surface: forms revealed rather than invented.
His practice spans monumental land interventions and intimate gallery pieces, exhibited in Argentina, Germany, Colombia, and Switzerland.
| 2025 | Stones. 210 Smith Rd, Wilmington, VT, USA. Stones. 210 Toyslome Ln, Southampton, NY, USA. |
| 2023 | Helena. Höherweg 271, Düsseldorf, Germany. |
| 2018 | Statement. Mendoza Museum of Modern Art. Alone with everyone. Image Gallery, Mendoza. |
| 2017 | Patio de las Esculturas. Park Hyatt Mendoza. Land Art, Uruguay and Brazil. Chiaroscuro and first well sculpture. Tachuela Studio Abierto. |
| 2015 | The Secrets of the Sun. Clos de los 7, Monteviejo Winery. Minimal Stones. Sheraton Hotel, Mendoza. The Reason for Silence. University of Antioquia Museum; MAAJA Museum; The Charlee Hotel, Medellín. |
| 2014 | Sculpture garden. Entre Cielos Luxury Wine Hotel & SPA. Anthological. Legislature of the City of Mendoza. |
| 2013 | 20 Sculptures. Finca Agostino Winery. 15 Sculptures. Las Marujitas Olive Farm, Mendoza. |
| 2012 | Binary Man. Convention Center; ECA San Rafael, Mendoza. |
| 2011 | Binary Man. Mendoza Museum of Modern Art. Sculptures. Emiliano Guiñazú Museum – Fader House. |
| 2010 | Ixoyes. Congress and Exhibition Center; Ficciones Art Space. |
| 2025 | DORCAM (Doral Contemporary Art Museum), Doral, Miami, FL, USA. |
| 2023 | Autiq Cars collector car space, Mendoza. |
| 2021 | Casa El Enemigo y Familia Blanco Winery, Mendoza. |
| 2014 | 1st Mention, Palais de Glace National Salon. |
| 2013 | Selected, Palais de Glace National Salon. |
| 2012 | 1st Mention, Palais de Glace National Salon. |
| 2011 | 2nd Forner-Bigatti Prize, Eduardo Sívori Museum. 1st Prize, 60th Anniversary, Emiliano Guiñazú Museum. |
| 2010 | 1st Mention, Urban Interventions, Museum of Modern Art, Mendoza. |
Born in Buenos Aires in 1981, Toba graduated from the Colegio Bellas Artes de Mendoza in 2000 and completed his Graphic Design degree at Instituto Superior Nicolás Avellaneda in 2014. He studied realist painting with Carlos Ojam (2000–2003), explored abstract painting and experimental techniques with Martín Villalonga (2010–2014), and has been part of the contemporary art clinic led by Egar Murillo since 2017.
His practice has been further shaped by clinics with Carlos Herrera, Juan Tessi and the Costado Galería team. He lives and works between Mendoza and Buenos Aires.
Five millimetres every hundred years — that is how long it takes a rock to dissolve. The process is called karst.
If temperature and boiling conditions are maintained from the first minute to the last, and the vessel is kept open at atmospheric pressure, one litre of pure water will take an hour to evaporate. A flower may take four weeks to disintegrate. That is what interests me.
Dissolution. The edge. The instant before it no longer is. To paint the landscape as if it were forgetting itself. The air that holds the shape of something no longer there.
| 2026 | Represented by Galería Praxis, Buenos Aires. |
| 2025 | "Geografía del silencio" — Daniela Ramsfelder & Ariel Toba, curated by Lorena del Pilar Guerrero. Lorena del Pilar Art. |
| 2024 | Group exhibition, Galería Lorena del Pilar Art, Buenos Aires. |
| 2023 | Group exhibition "Archipiélago, el dibujo y sus derivados". Puro Diseño, Buenos Aires. |
| 2022 | Solo exhibition, Bodega Santa Julia, Mendoza. |
| 2020 | Exhibition, ECA Mendoza. |
| 2018 | "Espacio y vacío", Instituto Cervantes de Tokio. · Salón Vendimia, MOC, La Rioja. · Group exhibition, Mansión Stoppel, Mendoza. |
| 2016 | Solo exhibition Nº 160521, Hotel Ultra, Buenos Aires. |
| 2015 | Solo exhibition Nº 151217, Alianza Francesa, Mendoza. · "Abstracciones", Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires. · "Extimidades", Proyecto Reencarnaciones, Bodega Monteviejo. |
| 2014 | Proyecto Reencarnaciones, Bodega Monteviejo. · 'Remix' Arte Cabeza, Espacio Pakidermo. · Espacio Julio Le Parc. · Espacio Killka, Bodega Salentein, Mendoza. |
| 2013 | Solo exhibition, Park Hyatt Mendoza, Argentina. |