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My practice is the result of my interest in the eroticism and geometry manifested through painting and installation. My recent work has largely referenced the human body and gender conditions; abstract and geometrical representations of bodies are made with diverse materials such as paint, sand, plaster, wood, fake fruits and shampoo, and more traditional oil paints.

A more inclusive vision of sexuality can change and improve the way we live. This has been made apparent through the contributions of Feminists and queer theoreticians. This is also a space where I locate dialogues that are informative for my work. I play with gender pictorially, mixing spiritual values, historical appreciations, esthetics and styles.

I am interested in the anthropological importance of decoration as a process and in its application in objects, and I play with this by challenging fixed ideas and unconscious meaning. How does a mind sense the materialities and shapes of things? Why do we make decisions in one way and not in another? Is there a place where these dualisms are simultaneously possible? I convert everyday materials into something new, as in Manzanas [Apples] where geometric forms adorn fake plastic fruits.

My work as a painter engages a diversity of formats and media, from easel painting and installation, to the organization of cultural projects and results of the relationships between artists. I have participated actively with artist collectives like as Kiosko De Artistas, and in projects of colleagues, clinical workshops and research meetings. I co-founded PintorAs [Female Painters], a project that includes 20 women artists from Argentina. As a curator, I organized the exhibitions Rework and Figuras [Figures], as a way to collectively investigate answers to questions of deep personal interest. Adriana Minoliti, 2010.