Paola de la Calle is a Colombian-American interdisciplinary artist whose work examines home, borders, identity, and nostalgia. Her practice is a multidisciplinary exploration that ties together her family’s migration, personal memories, as well as historical and political narratives through the use of textiles, printmaking, and collage. In this exploration, De la Calle threads together and cuts apart printed cotton and canvas to create layers of meaning that pull from socio-political history and personal memory to reveal ruptures and draw links between past and present. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and internationally.
She is a graduate of the New York Foundation of the Arts Immigrant Artist Program in 2019 and the lead artist for the Caravan for the Children Campaign as part of her residency with Galeria de la Raza. Her work has been published in The New Farmer’s Almanac and Graphite Journal. Her studio practice has been featured on Hyperallergic’s “A View from the Easel”, KQED’s Rightnowish, The Boston Art Review, and VOGUE among others.
She is currently based in San Francisco, CA.
Paola de la Calle es una artista interdisciplinaria colombiano-estadounidense cuya obra analiza los conceptos de hogar, fronteras, identidad y nostalgia. Su práctica es una exploración multidisciplinaria que enlaza la migración de su familia, recuerdos personales y narrativas históricas y políticas por medio del uso de tejidos, impresiones y collage. En esta exploración, De la Calle une y separa tela de algodón y lona estampados para crear capas de significado que extraen de la historia sociopolítica y la memoria personal para revelar rupturas y establecer vínculos entre el pasado y el presente. Su trabajo ha sido exhibido en todo Estados Unidos e internacionalmente.
Se graduó del Programa de Artistas Inmigrantes de New York Foundation of the Arts en 2019 y, actualmente, es la artista principal de la campaña Caravana por los Niños como parte de su residencia con Galería de la Raza. Su trabajo ha sido publicado en The New Farmer’s Almanac y Graphite Journal. Su práctica de estudio ha aparecido en “A View from the Easel” de Hyperallergic, Rightnowish de KQED, The Boston Art Review y VOGUE, entre otros.
Actualmente reside en San Francisco, California.
