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Torrejón to unveil an ocean of ice with 15-metre sculptures
Ten teams and 22 artists from 14 countries will work for seven days on the sculptures. The exhibition can be visited from 14 November 2026 to 10 January 2027 at Parque Mágicas Navidades de Torrejón de Ardoz.
A 15-metre humpback whale and its calf will emerge among reefs in one of the central scenes of Titanes del Mar. The sculptures are being prepared for the fifth edition of Ice Festival at Parque Mágicas Navidades de Torrejón de Ardoz.
The exhibition will open on 14 November 2026 and can be visited until 10 January 2027. Transparent ice and lighting will recreate underwater scenes; the route will include bubbles and a soundscape.
Marine mythology will also be present. Neptune will appear among waves of ice with his trident. A kraken will surround a galleon and a medusa woman will embrace a sailor in a fantastical scene.
The universe will include sharks, seahorses, sailfish, manta rays, deep-sea fish and dolphins, as well as other marine creatures. The lighting will make the figures appear to move underwater.
The competition will bring together 10 teams and 22 artists from Japan, France, Poland, Canada, Mongolia, China, Russia, Indonesia, Thailand, Estados Unidos, Argentina, República Checa, Filipinas y Malasia. They will work from 7 to 13 November 2026 with blocks of transparent and white ice. Each team will have a 5 x 5 metre space and 25 blocks of 125 kilos each.
Among the participants are Steve Brice, 21-time world champion. Aleksei Andreev, with 17 world titles, and Vaclav Lemon, world champion and holder of the record for the tallest ice sculpture, will also take part. Dominika Jarczok y Ji Huailong, winners of the 2025 competition, will return. Junichi Nakamura y Shinichi Sawamura from Japan will attend as guests and create works outside the competition.
The jury will announce its decision on 14 November after assessing creativity, expression, difficulty, composition, proportions, precision, dimensions and the ability to convey movement. The first prize will be €10,000; the second, €7,500; and the third, €5,000. There will also be a Premio del Público.
Productores de Sonrisas, a company specialising in family shows and experiences, is behind Ice Festival. The organisation describes the event as the only international ice sculpture competition held in Spain. Over its five editions it has brought together renowned artists in this discipline. A sealed installation will keep the works at a constant temperature of -9 ºC during the exhibition.