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Paula Parole is a German fine artist based in London. 

Her work draws from self-fiction and autotheory, using art to inspect personal experiences and deep-dive into specific feelings. With an eclectic range of figurative works, she reflects on sentimental and sometimes awkwardly intimate memories - often found in family albums or her personal photo library. Though deeply personal, her subjects speak a universal language of the human experience.

Her practice explores themes of femininity, questioning constructs of womanhood, gender, and societal belief systems. This introspective process evokes a sense of closure, sometimes underlined through subtle sensory elements such as the scent of incense or the sound of rippling oysters, which she playfully incorporates into her compositions.

A defining aspect of her work is her distinctive way of framing otherwise traditional painting formats. The use of fluorescent plexiglass is a recurring motif that elevates the frame beyond its traditional function, turning it into a clashing element to the image, rather than a subtle decorative one. These frames serve as both windows and subtle clues, enhancing or unsettling the subject matter, and leaving a lingering sense of something slightly unhinged within the image.