Nahuel Contreras
Nahuel Contreras is an artist and writer. Working in graphite, oil and wax pencils, ink, charcoal, watercolour, and pastels, much of his work explores the relationships between identity and space through figurative art. Centring rest and wellness, self-love and care, introspection, and culture, Nahuel navigates the intersections and nuances of Black identity and personhood through portraiture. Reciprocal gazes, intimate moments, cultural referencing, and incorporating fashion as a medium to express identity, are all aspects of his work. Being Black and queer, his artistic practice has been a means to self-discovery, and self-articulation.