Q. Tell us about yourself and how you came to be an artist…

A. As a figurative painter with a degree in architecture, my work draws its inspiration from anthropology and sociology. I strive to depict everyday gestures, bodies and objects to create collective poetry.

Being an artist is a part of my identity so it has always been there. Painting is what makes me most alive and it is my way of communicating to the world. My father painted, the smells of turpentine and oil paint are like Proust's madeleines which accompany me and which I cannot leave.

Q. Your main character trait ? 

A. Authentic

Q. What kind of relationship is at play in your work between the painter and the model ?

A. Portraits are a reflection of myself in interaction with the subject. Kind of a symbiosis. In fact the core of the painting really begins in the encounter with the model, and the quality of this bond reflects directly on the painting.

Q. How Patagonia influences your practice ? 

A. I’m originally from Buenos Aires, but I belong to the mountains. I came here in pandemia. It came clear to me then that the city was not for me, it’s overstimulating with stuff I don't need, I felt I had to grow a shell in order to operate in that environment, although I like to go once in a while, shake things up and have fun. 

Nature instead gives me perspective, beauty and the quietness I need to exist the way I intend. Here I feel I can open my pores and let it all in, maybe the only shell I need is a big mushy wool sweater to go by the winter. Time is slower and space is wider here.