What Makes Your Heart Beat? - Graphite on Rice Paper Drawing

Elia Gasparolo was born in 1978 in Mendoza, Argentina. She got her degree in English Translation and has attended painting workshops since a teenager. She lived in Neuquén where she attended the painting workshop of Graciela Islas. Then in Buenos Aires she began to attend Cecilia Ibarguren’s workshop and began her studies at the University of the Arts. She has worked as an assistant in the management and production of artwork of the artist Joaquín Fargas. She collaborated in the realization of two robots, Glaciators, for the First Antarctic Biennale, and in the design and realization of the work The Absolute Book. Together with Fargas, they created Glimpse of Nature at Cima Residency, and it was exhibited at San Martín Cultural Center in the framework of Noviembre Electrónico 2018. In 2019, Elia worked in the design and realization of two works of Joaquín Fargas, Rabdomante, a robot for an expedition to Atacama Desert and Robotika, a robot with Artificial Intelligence exhibited at Ars Electronica 2019. She is a collaborator in Gaspar Libedinsky Studio and attends workshops on mosaic artwork, photography, woodwork and carpentry.