ENEAS Awards
The ENEAS Acquisition Awards are held once a year as the result of the alliance between Saisho and Eneaverso.
Since 2016, Saisho has supported more than 35,000 collectors, decorators, and investors in choosing their next artwork with a solid approach: combining
artistic curation, investment analysis, and personalized advice. Eneaverso, for its part, is a leader in designing art collections with social impact,
aimed at bringing out the best version of individuals and societies.
These Awards recognize the commitment of certain patrons and highlight the meaning of their collections. Through Saisho and Eneaverso channels and a global network
of partners dedicated to promoting contemporary art, these collections are communicated and projected beyond the act of acquisition, as testimony to a sensitivity
that transcends the present. The support of these patrons not only drives the development of contemporary art, but also contributes tangibly to the cultural legacy
that future generations will inherit.
JAIME GONZÁLEZ - RUBIO COLLECTION Award
Award year: 2025
Artist: Alicia Martín
Artwork: Anima Mundi 1
A contemporary art collection driven mainly from Mexico and Spain, conceived as a meeting point between emotion and thought. From a deeply personal perspective, this collection is born from the desire to connect with works that spark genuine emotion and resonate over time. The collector seeks to build an intimate bond when acquiring each piece, moving away from trends to prioritize what is meaningful—new ways of looking, feeling, and thinking about the world. A commitment to contemporary art as a tool for transformation and as a sensitive reflection of the 21st century.
PRIVATE COLLECTION Award
Award year: 2025
Artist: Rómulo Celdrán
Artwork: Smoke XIX
A private collection based in Murcia, built with the purpose of transforming the home into a unique space through contemporary art. Its focus is on emerging artists with promising futures.
EXIOM FOUNDATION Award
Award year: 2025
Artist: Alicia Martín
Artwork: Anima Mundi 2
A foundation that promotes contemporary art through initiatives that bring it closer to society, especially to more vulnerable groups and those with
less access to art, such as residents in senior centers and children.
It operates mainly in Asturias, creating spaces for dissemination and supporting emerging artists with visibility, guidance, and opportunities to
develop their careers.
ALARCÓN–TORRES COLLECTION Award
Award year: 2025
Artist: Carla Cascales
Artwork: Raku 26 & Raku 27
A contemporary art collection in Ibiza, born from the desire to create a unique home, supporting Spanish artists with strong career potential.
EXIOM FOUNDATION Award
Award year: 2025
Artist: Rubén Sánchez
Artwork: El Peso del Presente VI
A foundation that promotes contemporary art through initiatives that bring it closer to society, especially to more vulnerable groups and those with
less access to art, such as residents in senior centers and children.
It operates mainly in Asturias, creating spaces for dissemination and supporting emerging artists with visibility, guidance, and opportunities to
develop their careers.
EXIOM FOUNDATION Award
Award year: 2025
Artist: Taher Jaoui
Artwork: One day as a lion
A foundation that promotes contemporary art through initiatives that bring it closer to society, especially to more vulnerable groups and those with
less access to art, such as residents in senior centers and children.
It operates mainly in Asturias, creating spaces for dissemination and supporting emerging artists with visibility, guidance, and opportunities to
develop their careers.
JESÚS TEBÉ COLLECTION Award
Award year: 2025
Artist: José Luis Serzo
Artwork: El retorno de Michael Burton Junior II
I’m not a collector in the classic sense. I’m not driven by the urge to accumulate works or the desire to belong to any closed circle. I approach art—from
time to time—the way I approach other areas of my life: with attention, intention, and the intuition that certain pieces are valuable not only for their
beauty, but for their ability to say what many don’t want to hear or see.
Morfología del Encuentro, by José Luis Serzo, captured me for exactly that reason. Its symbolism is brutal and precise. Those piglets and other
characters are not caricatures: they are reflections. Allegories of a drowsy—or enraged—mass, passive in the face of corruption, farce, and the ethical and
moral deterioration around us. This work is not comfortable, and that’s why I wanted it from the first moment I saw it.
My decision to acquire it is not a fashion statement nor a decorative impulse. It comes from a certainty: art, when it is honest, is one of the few spaces
where we can still tell truths without filters. And Serzo, with this piece, confronts us with one of the most urgent: the risk of becoming satisfied
spectators while everything deteriorates around us. Undoubtedly perfect to look at after watching any nightly news…
The Jesús Tebé Collection Award by Eneas granted to this work was not born to inflate an ego or to fill display cases. It was born from a personal gesture:
the desire to point out, recognize, and support those who dare to think and create beyond the noise—those who refuse to repeat formulas or obey the cultural
system’s automatic reflexes.
This work—for my joy, the cover of the fifth issue of Eneaverso magazine—represents precisely that spirit: the courage to denounce absurdity through
symbolism, the ability to move without preaching, and the clarity to unsettle without fear.
This recognition is, ultimately, an invitation: to remain uncomfortable, to keep seeing what is not meant to be seen, to use creativity as an act of lucid
resistance. Art should not serve to decorate conformity, but to interrupt it. And if this award can help keep that flame alive, it will have fulfilled its
purpose—at least for me.
ENEAVERSO COLLECTION Award
Award year: 2025
Artist: José Luis Serzo
Artwork: Conversación Decisiva
Eneaverso drives positive change in societies through art by coordinating artists, collectors, entrepreneurs, and institutional representatives.
The work Conversación Decisiva, by José Luis Serzo, represents the genesis of this mission. Because before transforming anything outside, we must dare
to look within. Every conscious change begins when we speak to ourselves with radical honesty—when we take responsibility for our truth. And then, only then,
change happens. People appear who vibrate at the same frequency, who connect, who propel one another, and make things happen. Because as within, so without.
This award, in addition to recognizing an extraordinary artist, is dedicated to all those who listen to their inner voice and choose their own path.
