Biography
Born in San Rafael, Mendoza Province (Argentina), Darío Parejas is an Argentine visual artist. He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “Manuel Belgrano,” earning his teaching degree, and completed the Professorship in Printmaking at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “Prilidiano Pueyrredón.” He also trained as a Graphic and Advertising Designer at the ABM Institute. In parallel, he pursued musical studies at the Escuela de Música y Arte de Munro in the discipline of guitar, vocal training with Professor Héctor Pegullo, and coursework at the Johann Sebastian Bach Conservatory, where he completed the program in Music Teaching and in Theory and Solfeggio. He is currently continuing his studies in lyrical singing under the guidance of soprano Sandra Chiarelli.
His artistic training includes extensive work in workshops and technical experimentation: painting with Professor Graciela Marotta; drawing and experimentation with Professor Jorge Waku; painting and photography with Mariana Paredes; and drawing and painting with Carla Ferrari. He has also attended the Pigment Painting Workshop led by Mariana Felcman, a studio program with artist Emilio Fatuzzo, and workshops and project clinics with artist Luis Altieri. Additional training includes the writing workshop for artists El texto de la obra led by Silvia Gurfein; a project clinic coordinated by Andrés Labaké; and a clinic held at Espacio Alejandra Roux.
Parejas has further developed his practice through audiovisual training, notably the video art and experimental film workshop with Karina Acosta. He participated in the collective Malón Octubre — Art and Human Rights, coordinated by curator Kekena Corvalán, and in the Visual Arts Laboratory Labor Visual, directed by Santiago Canción. He lives and works in Buenos Aires and has exhibited widely in both solo and group shows across private venues, public institutions, and art fairs.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Parejas explores the intersection between personal expression, figurative strategies, and abstraction. His practice spans painting, drawing, interactive installation, and performance, allowing each medium to expand his visual and conceptual vocabulary. His paintings employ mixed techniques — collage, acrylics, oils, charcoal, and inks on various surfaces — where each material contributes its own voice to the composition. In his creative process, music and matter function as catalysts for artistic invention, shaping an imaginative universe nourished by literature, history, and science fiction.
