Paula do Prado

Overview
Paula Do Prado  centres the intersections of her Bantu- Kongo, Iberian and indigenous Charrúan Uruguayan ancestry, in her mixed media fibre weavings, fabric sculptures and hangings. Her work references her experiences of diaspora as a migrant living on the unceded lands of Gadigal People of the Sydney Basin. Do Prado's works reference matrilineality and embody the spiritual and philosophical cosmologies of her aforementioned heritages to inform decolonial practice. Her woven forms and soft sculptures invite contemplation of the connections between nature, history, duration and space through the intricacies of knots, fissures, crochet loops, coils and beadwork.
 
Recent exhibitions include: We’re all somebody’s child, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (group - 2024); POP! Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, Australia (group - 2024); 5th Tamworth Textile Triennial, (touring till 2025) Tamworth Regional Gallery (group - 2023); Volver with Laura do Prado Martirena, Verge Projects, Sydney, Australia (solo - 2023); Woven Together, Spinifex Hill Studio, Port Hedland, Australia (group - 2023); A Soft Touch, Gallery 4a Contemporary, Sydney, Australia (group - 2023); Fisher's Ghost Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Campbelltown Arts Centre, New South Wales, Australia (group - 2022); In the fibre of her being, Fairfield Museum and Gallery, Australia (group - 2022); Kuña/Womxn, Bankstown Arts Centre (solo - 2021); pallay yuyay: to gather, to remember, Verge Gallery Sydney, Australia (solo - 2021); Lost & Found, Ambush Gallery, Waterloo, Australia (group - 2021); Weaving Futures, The Australian Tapestry Workshop, South Melbourne, Australia (group - 2021);The Space Within, Sabbia Gallery Redfern, Australia (group - 2020);Kalunga: Under the Sea with Tomas Marinangeli, Firstdraft Projects Sydney, Australia (solo - 2020); Iyanla, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra, Australia (solo - 2019); Breaking Ground, Seed Gallery, Aotearoa (New Zealand) (group - 2019); Rijwick Textile Biennial, the Netherlands (group - 2019)    
Works
  • Paula do Prado, Sorrow, 2023
    Sorrow, 2023
  • Paula do Prado, Abya Yala, 2022
    Abya Yala, 2022
  • Paula do Prado, Habla con la Luna/Talks with the Moon, 2021
    Habla con la Luna/Talks with the Moon, 2021
  • Paula do Prado, Resonance, 2018
    Resonance, 2018
  • Paula do Prado, Espiritú/Spirit I, 2017
    Espiritú/Spirit I, 2017
  • Paula do Prado, Magic/Magia, 2017
    Magic/Magia, 2017
  • Paula do Prado, Sacred/Sagrada, 2017
    Sacred/Sagrada, 2017
  • Paula do Prado, You’re just too much, 2017
    You’re just too much, 2017
  • Paula do Prado, Bewitched/Embrujada, 2016
    Bewitched/Embrujada, 2016
  • Paula do Prado, Rebel/Rebelde, 2016
    Rebel/Rebelde, 2016
  • Paula do Prado, Tasty/Sabrosa, 2016
    Tasty/Sabrosa, 2016
  • Paula do Prado, Repasador I (Elsa) , 2011
    Repasador I (Elsa) , 2011
  • Paula do Prado, Repasador II (Paula), 2011
    Repasador II (Paula), 2011