ABOUT
Paula Parole is a German multidisciplinary artist based in London.
Her work draws from self-fiction and autotheory, using art to process personal experiences and explore relationships and internal patterns. She dissects and reinterprets her own stories, questioning ideas around womanhood, destiny, and fairy-tale romance. This reflective process leads to artworks that often evoke a sense of closure, symbolized through simple elements like the smell of incense or the sound of rippling oysters.
Paula’s more nostalgic, realistic works frequently draw from family albums, while her present feelings take shape through imagined figures she calls "wormy people.” A key feature in her practice is the use of custom frames, often made from fluorescent plexiglass, which add an extra layer to the narrative. These frames act as windows, either enhancing or contrasting the mood of each piece.
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Paula Parole, born in Saarbrücken, Germany (1992), holds a BA in Visual Communication from the Academy of Fine Art Maastricht, where she specialised in film and graduated with distinction in 2016. After releasing two award-winning short films, she shifted her focus to fine art, while working as an art mediator for the Boros Collection Berlin.
Since 2020, Paula has been based in London. She earned a graduate diploma and a Master of Fine Art in 2023, both with distinction, from Chelsea College of Art and Central Saint Martins, the latter supported by the Mona Hatoum Foundation Scholarship.
Her work has been exhibited in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, and China, including at institutions like TATE Collective, Safehouse Gallery, Hypha Studios, Liliya Gallery and Bonian Space, Beijing. She has been a finalist for the Prisma Art Prize, shortlisted for New Contemporaries 2024, and featured in ArtUltra, ArtPlugged, FAD Magazine and the Financial Times. Paula currently works out of her studio at the Bombfactory Art Foundation, London.
She is also the co-founder of the Filthy Fox Auction Club, introducing a selection art graduates each year with works for auction to support their early careers. In July 2022 The Filthy Fox Auction Club was awarded as 'Runner Up' from the UAL Creative Enterprise Award. The first successful auction took place in November 2022 in East London, featuring 14 artists from Camberwell, Chelsea, Central Saint Martins, Goldsmiths, Slade and the Royal College of Art. For more information check their instagram and website.
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Work on view / Awards (selected):
2024
body mould, group show with Kesewa Aboah, Isabella Benshimol Toro, Inès Michelotto, Melania Toma, Giudetta Vettese, Paula Zvane - curated by Maddalena Iodice - 29.11-21.12 @ GUTS Gallery, London
HOMO VIATOR, group show with Jan Valik, Lily Hargreaves, Lorena Levi, Liu Bing, Louise Janet, Yifan Jiang, Zhang Shangfeng, curated by Zhimin Zhang - 10.10 - 24.10 @ Noiascape, London W12 9AH
HOPSCOTCH, group show curated by Gao Yumeng - 28.09 - 27.10 @ Bonian Space, Beijing
Shortlisted New Contemporaries 2024
Finalist of the Prisma Art Prize 13th Edition, Rome
It's Really Like That, group show with Will Harman, Jen Roper and Bliss Coulthard - 08.02 - 05.03 @ Liliya Art Gallery, London
Exploring grief and loss through art , group show 17.01 - 23.02 @ Willesden Gallery, London
'Artist of the Month' by ArtUltra, London - Article here.
2023
Filthy Fox Auction Club Vol.II , 9th December @ Greatorex Street Gallery, London
Bomb Factory Christmas Exhibition , 7-17th December @ Bomb Factory Marylebone, London
(Un)done. Group show 12 October - 12th November @ Hypha Studios, London
Gut Anecdotes Group show with Alberte Agerskov and Paula Zvane, curated by Maddalena Iodice, 13 - 16th July @ FILET Space, London
CSM Postgraduate Show 2023. Final year show, 28 June - 2nd July @ Central Saint Martins KingsX, London (Find my CSM online showcase here.)
Vestibule. Publication group show @ Lethaby Gallery, London
2022
MERCH. Group show @ Koppel X - Piccadilly Circus, London
I shop therefore I am. Group show @ Triangle Space, London
Into our worlds. Open studio show @ Central Saint Martins, London
Doing time. Cyber exhibition by aomame.space a project by Clwstwr R&D, South Wales
This is not a party. Group show @ Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
Awarded with the Mona Hatoum Scholarship for the Master of Arts, Central Saint Martins
2021
I can see clearly now. Group show with Iris Desirée Claessens @ De Meldkamer, Maastricht
Graduate Show Chelsea 2021 @ Chelsea College of Art, London
I'm ready to dance again! Group show @ Safehouse Gallery, London
2020
Late@Tate, Collaborative videowork @ TATE Modern Collective, London
2019
Kunstspur / Essen. group show with Friederike Pfitzner @ Open studio Friederike Pfitzner, Essen
2016
LES COPINES ( Short, 32 min.)
Official Selection: 'IN-SHORT Film Festival 2018'
Official Selection: 'Berlin Short Film Festival 2017'
Official Selection: 'Euregion Shorts 2018'
2015
NIEMAND IST WEG (Short, 14 min.)
Winner Audience Award: 'Euregion Shorts 2016'
Official Selection: 'Euregion Shorts 2016'
Official Selection: 'Short film programme Lumière Cinema, Maastricht, 2016'
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