Aruãn lima santos
Arabic Calendar, 2024, oil on canvas with canvas ribbon, 80x100cm
Aruãn Lima Santos (b. 2002, West Yorkshire) is a painter and sculptor whose practice, ostensibly abstract, he conceives of as narratives of personhood and place.
His technique, particularly the considered layering of oils, shellac, thread, and canvas, draws ins from a background in heavy industry working as a vulcaniser fabricating conveyor belts.
Saudade, 2024, oil on canvas, 45x65cm
Concussion - Zealandia, 2024, oil and shellac on linen, 61x92cm