PAULA DO PRADO
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    • birth of sucuri 2022
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  • eguahé porá
  • exhibitions
    • quarai 2022
    • birth of sucuri 2022
    • a place where we can be together 2022
    • in the fibre of her being 2021
    • kuña/womxn 2021
    • pallay yuyay 2021
    • kalunga 2020
    • iyanla 2019
    • playdate 2018
    • lucky swag 2015
    • face to face 2014
    • odalisque 2014
    • sepiasiren 2012 *adult content*
    • mellorado 2012
    • adiafa/diyafa 2011
    • where yah from? 2010
    • rebirth 2008
    • I am...Black
  • zines + books
  • projects
    • everyday ceremony
    • Uruguay Indigenous Biennale 2023
    • design isolate 2020
    • meroogal 2020
    • heartstrings 2018
    • TOAF 2016 + 2017
  • interviews + talks
  • studio do prado
  • bio + cv
  • contact

May 2018

6/5/2018

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I had assumed/expected that May would be productive like last month.  I was excited because the school holidays were over and I could return to the studio most days during the week...some kind of routine would return. But no. May was a month of having to pause, to make work in the edges of an hour or two in the studio. It was frustrating, there was admin (tax) to deal with, framing and deadlines for a couple of exhibitions, the disappointment of a couple of projects falling through and feeling like I wasn't doing enough, fast enough. I felt like I was starting all over again, having made some large works last month I now had to make smaller pieces that could later be joined to create new works.  On reflection it wasn't an unproductive month.  The time I spent making in the studio I had also spent reading books and articles as well as listening to some new podcasts which have literally given me new life in terms of mindset and strategies for approaching art/life balance. I had to be kinder to myself and take the pressure off trying to achieve unrealistic goals.  I spent time at Centennial Park with my son, we love exploring together and noticing the change of seasons.  We had some wonderful warm sunny days before cold snaps reminded us that winter was approaching slowly but surely.  And little by little things got better even though I couldn't get to the studio as consistently as I would have liked.  I packed a little "portable studio" in a tote bag and would do a little work whenever I could in between studio time. Work began to accumulate once more, new works have begun to emerge and I even managed to have two successful group exhibitions.  The first exhibition was Invisible Bridges curated by Cassia Bundock in the Northern Beaches and the second was a wonderfully refreshing informal show by Backyart titled Origins and curated by Aisha Phillips and Zoe Edema. I have also been reflecting on the amazing women that I have connected and met with over these past few months, a few of whom funnily enough are part of the local community.   I am feeling excited for all that is to come as I continue to refine and develop the workshops and opportunities for dialogue and exchange as part of Heartstrings. At this stage these will mostly be scheduled for the spring season over the months of September, October and November.  What I do hope to do beforehand is hold one or two open studio days so stay tuned!
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    A journal documenting my 2018 Woollahra Council Artist in Residence journey. Heartstrings is my community engagement project as part of the residency.

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  • eguahé porá
  • exhibitions
    • quarai 2022
    • birth of sucuri 2022
    • a place where we can be together 2022
    • in the fibre of her being 2021
    • kuña/womxn 2021
    • pallay yuyay 2021
    • kalunga 2020
    • iyanla 2019
    • playdate 2018
    • lucky swag 2015
    • face to face 2014
    • odalisque 2014
    • sepiasiren 2012 *adult content*
    • mellorado 2012
    • adiafa/diyafa 2011
    • where yah from? 2010
    • rebirth 2008
    • I am...Black
  • zines + books
  • projects
    • everyday ceremony
    • Uruguay Indigenous Biennale 2023
    • design isolate 2020
    • meroogal 2020
    • heartstrings 2018
    • TOAF 2016 + 2017
  • interviews + talks
  • studio do prado
  • bio + cv
  • contact