In his practice, Nicanor Araoz attempts to push the boundaries of materials in search of intermediate emotional states. He uses the mediums of drawing, installation and other formats through which accumulation, assembly, dissection and other dissimilar operational gestures come into play, combining a faulty system of references. Araoz’s work explores themes related to Spiritism, monstrosity, sculpture techniques during the last Argentinian military dictatorship, materials of industrial consumption, and negative feelings as spaces of political enunciation.

Nicanor Araoz (born Buenos Aires, 1981) lives and works in Buenos Aires. He attended the National University of La Plata and Torcuato di Tella University, Buenos Aires. Araoz produces objects, installations and sculptures using comic books, Internet imagery and romantic mythologies as his reference points. His most recent works include Glotica, Barro Arte Contemporaneo, 2015 and Antologia Genetica. Esculturas y estudios encadenados, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 2006-2016.