Zachary Aronson is a Los Angeles–based interdisciplinary artist whose work merges fire painting, portraiture, sculpture, and performance. Trained at the California Institute of the Arts (MFA in Art and MFA in Scene Design). Aronson is known for “painting” with blowtorches and flamethrowers to create visceral figurative imagery. His ambitious project Inferno: Nomadic Theater reimagines Dante’s epic through a modular, transportable performance environment built from his pyrographic works. Influenced by artists such as Francis Bacon and William Blake, Aronson explores anonymity, emotion, and transformation through the use of fragmented faces and bodies. His practice bridges gallery, theater, and public space, creating immersive experiences that fuse sculpture, choreography, and live art.
