Pablo Kalafaker: Death, Transformation, and the Art System

Key facts

• Pablo Kalafaker was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1978.
• He studied at the Universidad Nacional de las Artes (UNA) and the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes Ernesto de la Carcova.
• He lives and works in Valencia, Spain.
• His artistic research focuses on death as a transformative process.
• He works with printmaking, collage, painting, and material intervention.
• He created the textile art brand Kalafaker, applying his art to vintage clothing.
• He was a member of artist groups Grupo Sur, Grupo Arteria, and Grupo Magma.
• He taught art at various levels, including as a professor in Marta Pérez Temperley's chair.
• He advocates for a less elitist art system and criticizes bureaucratic excess.
• He plans to combine art with therapy, integrating art therapy, psychology, and spiritual traditions.