Paula do Prado
Overview
Sorrow, 2023
Paula Do Prado centres the intersections of her Bantu- Kongo, Iberian and indigenous Charrúan Uruguayan ancestry, in her mixed media fibre weavings, fabric sculptures and hangings. Her work references her experiences of diaspora as a migrant living on the unceded lands of Gadigal People of the Sydney Basin. Do Prado's works reference matrilineality and embody the spiritual and philosophical cosmologies of her aforementioned heritages to inform decolonial practice. Her woven forms and soft sculptures invite contemplation of the connections between nature, history, duration and space through the intricacies of knots, fissures, crochet loops, coils and beadwork.
Recent exhibitions include: We’re all somebody’s child, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (group - 2024); POP! Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, Australia (group - 2024); 5th Tamworth Textile Triennial, (touring till 2025) Tamworth Regional Gallery (group - 2023); Volver with Laura do Prado Martirena, Verge Projects, Sydney, Australia (solo - 2023); Woven Together, Spinifex Hill Studio, Port Hedland, Australia (group - 2023); A Soft Touch, Gallery 4a Contemporary, Sydney, Australia (group - 2023); Fisher's Ghost Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Campbelltown Arts Centre, New South Wales, Australia (group - 2022); In the fibre of her being, Fairfield Museum and Gallery, Australia (group - 2022); Kuña/Womxn, Bankstown Arts Centre (solo - 2021); pallay yuyay: to gather, to remember, Verge Gallery Sydney, Australia (solo - 2021); Lost & Found, Ambush Gallery, Waterloo, Australia (group - 2021); Weaving Futures, The Australian Tapestry Workshop, South Melbourne, Australia (group - 2021);The Space Within, Sabbia Gallery Redfern, Australia (group - 2020);Kalunga: Under the Sea with Tomas Marinangeli, Firstdraft Projects Sydney, Australia (solo - 2020); Iyanla, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra, Australia (solo - 2019); Breaking Ground, Seed Gallery, Aotearoa (New Zealand) (group - 2019); Rijwick Textile Biennial, the Netherlands (group - 2019)
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