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Paula De La Rua CordobaVisual Artist

Paula was born in Argentina but grew up as a political refugee in Barcelona, Spain. Paula’s parents were very young and had an extensive political and cultural awareness that shaped her deeply while growing up. Barcelona was the perfect cosmopolitan place to grow, as Paula was interested from a very young age in arts, politics, poetry, philosophy and literature. The political background of Catalunya (Catalan) with the civil war and the Republican movement were the pillars of her interpretation of the world and the poet Miguel Hernandez was one of Paula’s most treasured inspirations in her life. The unlimited access to international exhibitions of the masters, contemporary artists from around the world, the vast amount of festivals, European cinema and literature events provided Paula with an interest for the history of art that made her pursue the Bachelor’s degree.That further brought Paula to studies of Restoration of oil in canvas and the yearly preparation for the official school of restoration of Catalunya. She decided to follow her second passion, languages, and became a teacher of Spanish as a second language. Paula can currently speak four languages.

Paula moved in 2008 to Brisbane, Australia. She studied painting courses at the Brisbane Institute of Art and completed workshops with Marcel Desbiens for oil painting techniques while at the same time was volunteering at radio 4EB weekly, broadcasting a radio program called “Women’s Profile”. Through collaborations and engagement with the public she started to understand the cultural life of Australia and its history. After achieving her third nationality (Australian), Paula enrolled in the Diploma of Visual Arts at TAFE and graduated in 2016 and is currently studying the Bachelor of Visual Arts. Paula’s personal practice took a radical change when she encountered clay and wood and she became passionate with the medium. Sculpture is Paula’s biggest passion.

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A Critique to the Anglo-Saxon Landscape

Mixed Media

110 x 71 cm, 79 x 50 cm, 55 x 35 cm

@designscordoba

Reconciliation Landscape

Wood

180 x 120 cm

A wood bed head with an opened inset door, staged for a

photographic series in five different locations.