Pablo Bronstein, born in 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is an interdisciplinary artist who lives and works in London. His practice spans drawing, painting, installation, film, and performance. His work is deeply rooted in architectural history, referencing styles and theories from the Baroque and Neoclassical periods to Postmodernism. By encompassing a myriad of these influences, his intricate and fantastical architectural drawings evoke the sculptural qualities and theatricality of historical structures, recontextualising them within contemporary discourse.

Bronstein’s exploration of historical eras, interwoven with past and present references, is shaped by his perspective as an architect, architectural historian, user of buildings, and immigrant. In Sanctuary: Britain’s Artists and Their Studios, he recalls the stark contrast between his grandmother’s opulent, classical home in Buenos Aires and the modest house his family moved into in London. This displacement, he suggests, instilled a sense of loss, aspiration, and a longing for grandeur.

His imagined monuments oscillate between homage and critique, reflecting on the authority embedded in architectural forms. These structures are speculative inventions that interrogate power, institutional influence, and how built environments shape identity, behaviour, and social customs.

Bronstein’s extensive work is exhibited and collected in major museum collections, including the British Museum, Tate, Victoria and Albert Museum in London; Centre Pompidou in Paris; Brooklyn Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.