Paula Valdeón Lemus (Badajoz, 1992) holds a Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Salamanca and a Master’s Degree in Art Research and Creation from the Complutense University of Madrid.
Main grants, awards, and residencies:
2025: Nautilus Residency; LaBiBiGallery Residency; AEF, Havana, Cuba. 2024: ArteVentura Residency; Obra Abierta Fundación Caja Extremadura 2022; Grant for national production Factoría Cultural Avilés, 2022; I Genalguacil Pueblo Museo Ceramic Encounters, 2022; Co-net: Art residency, Castellón 2021; Residency grants from the Community of Madrid: Aramauca (Chiapas, Mexico) 2021; Casa de Indias Residency, Cádiz, 2021; XXIII El Brocense Visual Arts Award; Mislata Public Art Biennial “Miquel Navarro” Award, 2020; FERIA MARTE National Award 2020; Genalguacil Art Encounters 2020; CASA VELÁZQUEZ/BLANCA SOTO GALERÍA Exhibition Award, 2020; ALNORTE Grant 2019; AQUÍ Y AHORA 8, Blanca Soto Gallery, Madrid; FUNDACIÓN ANTONIO GALA Residency 2019; Art<35 Banc Sabadell Foundation 2018; 1st ARTE LATERAL_COMPLUTENSE Award 2016, Madrid.
Selected exhibitions:
2026: EXPOCHICAGO, Artizar Gallery; Lost in a Glance, LABIBI+REUS, Mallorca
2025: Estampa 2025, Tönnheim Gallery; Detrás de/unas flores [Behind/some flowers], UntitledContemporani, Solo Show, Andorra; UVNT, Tönnheim Gallery; Superficie de contacto [Contact surface]. Gorria Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2024: Un número 72 [A number 72], Tönnheim Gallery; , Madrid, (Solo show); Una flora, otra ficción [One flora, another fiction], Artizar Gallery, Tenerife (solo show); UVNT ART FAIR 2024, Tönnheim Gallery; Una fuente [A fountain], Sta.Clara JUNTAEX Exhibition Hall. (solo show)
2023: La calle, materia [The street, matter], (solo show) Thompson Madrid with Uvntart and LRV; Estampa 23 Artizar Gallery; Eliminar, la tierra [Eliminate, the earth], CCEMx, Mexico City, Solo Show; ARCO23 Genalguacil Pueblo Museo Foundation; Artmeetsfashion, URBANITY PROJECTS; De la calle a la casa [From the street to the house], (Di GoodCollection) Hybrid; La casa como reflejo en un espejo [The house as a reflection in a mirror], SALA DE ARTE JOVEN CCMM; Strangest Collection, Cerquone Gallery, 2023;
2022: Obra abierta [Open work], Fundación Caja Extremadura, Las Claras, Plasencia; Fronteras de tierra y luz [Borders of earth and light], Isolina Arbulu Gallery, Marbella; ZONA MACO 22; Atrochando el territorio [Pathfinding the territory], Ángeles Baños Gallery, Badajoz.
2021: Como la vida misma [Just like life itself], BLUEPROJECTFUNDATION, Barcelona; ESTAMPA, Isolina Arbulu Gallery; Al norte 2021, Barjola Museum, Gijón; Subtil quotidià, Pep Llabrés Gallery, Palma; ESTAMPA, WeCollect; Otro azul [Another blue], WeCollect, Madrid (Solo Show); Bio-Lecturas. Reflexiones del entorno natural y rural contemporáneo [Bio-Readings. Reflections on the contemporary natural and rural environment]. EACC, Castellón
2020: Desprenderse [To detach oneself], Casa Velázquez, Madrid; Feria Marte (solo show); Xv Encuetros de Arte de Genalguacil [XV Genalguacil Art Encounters], MAC Genalguacil; De lo tangible a lo etéreo [From the tangible to the ethereal], PuxaGallery, Madrid;
2019: La mirada implica un tacto inconsciente [The gaze implies an unconscious touch], CENTRO NIEMEYER, Avilés (Solo show); Otra Restitución [Another Restitution], “Displaced” program at Hybrid Art Fair, Madrid, 2018; Productos premium al alcance de tus sueños [Premium products within reach of your dreams] at the experimental art space of Hospedería Fonseca (USAL); Políticas de habitar [Policies of inhabiting] at ABM Confecciones, Madrid; SALA PARÉS (Art35 2018), Barcelona; Just Mad 7, COAM, Madrid.