PAULA WILSON
Side Window, 2024
acrylic and oil on muslin and board
11 x 12 in
27.9 x 30.5 cm
Side Window, 2024
acrylic and oil on muslin and board
11 x 12 in
27.9 x 30.5 cm
Side Window, 2024
acrylic and oil on muslin and board
11 x 12 in
27.9 x 30.5 cm
Paula Wilson is a multimedia artist whose densely layered, colorful, and often monumental works utilize a variety of techniques, including painting, collage, film, installation, performance, and printmaking. Born in Chicago, IL, Wilson received her BFA from Washington University in 1998 and her MFA from Columbia University in 2005. Wilson’s artworks are part of the collections at The Studio Museum in Harlem, Yale University Art Gallery, Princeton University Art Museum, The New York Public Library, and The Albuquerque Museum. She has been featured in publications such as Hyperallergic, Artforum, The New York Times, The Brooklyn Rail, and The New Yorker. She is a recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Joan Mitchell Artist Grant, Bob and Happy Doran Fellowship at Yale University, Princeton University’s Hodder Grant, and the Lunder Institute Ossorio Fellowship. In 2007, Wilson moved from Brooklyn to Carrizozo, New Mexico (population 942), where she lives with her woodworking husband and collaborator, Mike Lagg. In 2015, Wilson, Lagg, and Warren and Joan Malkerson co-founded the Carrizozo Artists-in-Residence program. In 2010, Wilson and Lagg also co-founded the arts organization MoMAZoZo, which hosts weekly art activities and children’s workshops.