Joaquín ARAS

Profile

Born in 1985 in Argentina. Lives and works in Buenos Aires. Graduated with a BA in Communication from UCA (Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina) in 2007.
Artist and filmmaker.

Recent exhibitions
2023 "Mad Toys," Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires
2023 "Dualities in equalities," Lentos Museum, Linz
2023 "Esta exhibición puede diferir del original," MACRO Museum, Rosario, Argentina
2023 "Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales," Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires
2022 "Un lento venir viniendo," MAC-Niterói, Río de Janeiro

Awards
2023 Winner of CIFO (Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami)  x Ars Electronica (Linz) Award
2023 Jury Prize of "Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales" (Category: Installation), Buenos Aires
2020 Gasworks (London) + URRA (Buenos Aires) Residency Grant

About works

Aras's work focuses on the emotional space between audience and media. He is particularly interested in how narrative experiences can preserve memory while challenging historicity. Through his works, he pays attention to what has been neglected or forgotten with the aim to preserve these materials through our emotional connection with them. Most of his projects are research-based and take form of video installations.