Paola Bascón
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Paola Bascón is an artist based betweek La Paz and the UK. Her visual and performance work engages with histories of extaction and the potential restoration of affective relationships with the more-than-human world. She is particularly interested in the intersection of embodied practices and collective memory as attempts to challenge modern-colonial narratives. Weaving historical accounts and archival material with speculative storytelling and somatic activations, her work unfolds across various mediums, including textiles, ceramics, painting, video and sound, as well as participatory and pedagogical formats. The participatory works, which range from workshops to sonic experiences, engage in material and sensorial explorations hosted by landscape, objects, and bodies.
Her work has been shown at Forma HQ London (2025); Museum Kesselhaus Herzberge, Berlin (2024); Nunhead Cemetery, London (2024); Brücke Museum, Berlin (2023), PACT Zollverein, Essen (2023); 80m2 Livia Benavides, Lima (2023); Pinta PArC, Lima (2023); South London Gallery (2022); Spreepark Art Space, Berlin (2021); radialsystem, Berlin (2020); HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin (2020); Kiosko Galería, Santa Cruz de la Sierra (2020); Uferstudios, Berlin (2019); Alliance Française, La Paz (2017), Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz (MNA) (2009), among others.
Paola graduated from Communication Design and Media Art at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG) in 2017 (Diplom/Masters) and from the Art & Ecology MA (2023/24) at Goldsmiths University of London. She is currently part of thePhD/MPhil art research program at Goldsmiths - University of London and a Migrant Futures Institute doctoral awardee.