Paula Aranoa
Bio
Paula Aranoa studied Philosophy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, where she is pursuing a Master's degree. Philosophy and photography are the two axes of her practice. She was mentored by Diego Ortiz Mugica, Vivian Galbán, and Ana Sánchez Zinny, and studied at the Escuela Argentina de Fotografía and with Sofía Di Scala. Her series Entretejidas was shown in solo exhibitions at Espacio Mados (Madrid, 2025) and Espacio Cabrales (Mar del Plata, 2026). She has exhibited in Buenos Aires, New York, Paris, Barcelona, and Bregenz (Austria), and at fairs including Pinta BAphoto, ArtExpo New York, and ARTMUC. She received First Prize at the Jean Larivière Award for Entretejidas (2024) and first place in the Portrait category at the Lucie Foundation and Life Framer (2023). She has been interviewed by Lenscratch and Musée Magazine. One of her diptychs is in the collection of the Salon National des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Statement
"My practice lies at the intersection of image and writing, shaped by my background in philosophy. I work with black-and-white photography and intervene in some images with text, stitching, and embroidery, not to decorate them but to extend their temporality and point to the vulnerability of the instant. I begin with a slow observation of what is barely perceptible in everyday life. I am interested in time as that which, in the very gesture of appearing, vanishes. I work from that interstice: between what appears and what is lost, in what never fully comes to be, yet insists."
Additional information
Obra de la serie Cuadernos de asombros (2025 – en curso), que nace en el cruce entre dos gestos de la artista: anotar en sus cuadernos lo que la asombra en el decir y fotografiar lo que la asombra en el mirar. La imagen se vuelve página, intervenida a mano con escritura y bordado sashiko. El bordado no adorna: demora. Pieza única.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
