Ara received a Bachelor of Fine Art (sculpture) from RMIT University (2012) and a Master in Social Science Environment and Planning (2014). His interdisciplinary practice explores the relationships between cultural landscapes and the natural ecosystem. It conflates a number of ideas around the themes of the studio and laboratory and in turn social and environmental politics.

Ara has exhibited nationally and internationally and has been involved with a large number of collaborations and public art projects. To name a few: Finalist for the Darebin Art Prize, Deakin Small Sculpture Prize, The Substation Station Contemporary Art Prize, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize and was highly commended for Nothfair and a recipient for the 2019 Project Developments Funding from Australian Council for the Arts.

Ara completed a residency with Centro Negro AADK 2016 and a solo exhibition in Spain and received a grant to develop a new project for the 2017-18 program at Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo in Montevideo Uruguay. In 2017 Ara received funding to complete a project and a residency with Soil Science Australia in Brisbane.

To view CV, texts and projects please visit my website www.aradolatian.com