{"id":15187,"date":"2025-01-08T17:43:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T22:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=15187"},"modified":"2025-01-08T17:43:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T22:43:24","slug":"paula-siebra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/paula-siebra\/","title":{"rendered":"Paula Siebra"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5294\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-15187-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/PaulaSiebra.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/PaulaSiebra.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/PaulaSiebra.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><div class=\"elementToProof\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15194 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240919_PaulaSiebra_096.jpg?resize=312%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240919_PaulaSiebra_096-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240919_PaulaSiebra_096-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240919_PaulaSiebra_096-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240919_PaulaSiebra_096-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240919_PaulaSiebra_096-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1638&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240919_PaulaSiebra_096-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C557&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240919_PaulaSiebra_096-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C854&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240919_PaulaSiebra_096-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240919_PaulaSiebra_096-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mendeswooddm.com\/exhibitions\/338-as-primeiras-coisas-paula-siebra\/\">Paula Siebr<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mendeswooddm.com\/exhibitions\/338-as-primeiras-coisas-paula-siebra\/\">a<\/a> is a Brazilian painter born in Fortaleza, Cear\u00e1, in 1998. The artist focuses on images related to everyday life and scenes of intimacy using Brazilian northeastern culture as her starting point. Her paintings emerge from the exploration of established themes such as portraits, \u00a0landscapes, and still lifes. \u00a0These motifs, \u00a0throughout her research, \u00a0acquire a \u00a0peculiar aspect: a certain simplification in the contours, added to a reduction in the contrast between chromatic tones, polarizing reality, and reverie &#8211; as if the artist were daydreaming about ordinary life.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to following a straightforward continuum from tradition, her paintings relate to an inherent visualness of her native land of Cear\u00e1 and the Brazilian Northeast as a whole. She is particularly close to folk art since her interests encompass the synthetic form of clay objects, laces, and other textile works such as crochet and embroidery, \u00a0as well as the geometric and colorful architectural features of traditional houses. Surrounding villages, household objects, and anonymous faces are elements of the landscape in which the artist is immersed, appearing as if clothed by a light mist that covers everything &#8211; alternately concealing or revealing them.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Her recent solo exhibitions include\u00a0<em>As primeiras coisas\u00a0<\/em><em>[The earliest things]<\/em>,\u00a0Mendes Wood DM, New York (2024);\u00a0<em>Cristalino Segredo<\/em>,\u00a0Mendes Wood DM, Brussels\u00a0(2023);\u00a0<em>Noites de cetim<\/em>,\u00a0Mendes Wood DM, S\u00e3o Paulo (2022);\u00a0<em>Lembran\u00e7a de algum lugar<\/em>,\u00a0Sobrado Dr. Jos\u00e9 Louren\u00e7o, Fortaleza (2022);\u00a0<em>O Soar das Horas<\/em>,\u00a0Nieuwe Gentweg 21, Bruges (2023) and\u00a0<em>Arrebol<\/em>, Mendes\u00a0Wood DM,\u00a0New York (2021).<\/p>\n<p>Additionally her work has been including in group exhibitions such as\u00a0<em>Amadeo Luciano\u00a0Lorenzato\u00a0en\u00a0conversation avec Lucas Arruda, Sanam Khatibi, Patricia Leite, Paula Siebra, Marcos Siqueira, Erika\u00a0Verzutti\u00a0et Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro<\/em>,\u00a0Mendes Wood DM, Paris (2024);\u00a0<em>74\u00ba Sal\u00e3o de Abril<\/em>,\u00a0Centro Cultural Casa do Bar\u00e3o de Camocim, Fortaleza (2023);\u00a0<em>Arte Laguna Prize Exhibition<\/em>,\u00a0Arsenale di Venezia, Venice (2023);\u00a0<em>Close<\/em>,\u00a0Grimm Gallery, London (2023);\u00a0<em>A Gauzy Flame<\/em>,\u00a0Herald St, London (2023);\u00a0<em>Pequenas pinturas II<\/em>,\u00a0auroras, S\u00e3o Paulo (2022);\u00a0<em>My reflection of you<\/em>,\u00a0The Perimeter, London (2022);\u00a0<em>Corpo Ancestral &#8211;\u00a021\u00aa UNIFOR Pl\u00e1stica<\/em>, Universidade de Fortaleza, Fortaleza (2022);<em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Male Nudes: a salon from 1800 to 2021<\/em>,\u00a0Mendes Wood DM, S\u00e3o Paulo (2022).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Additionally, here&#8217;s a link to a <\/span><a id=\"LPlnk385958\" class=\"OWAAutoLink\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" title=\"https:\/\/mendeswooddm.com\/pt\/video\/5-in-the-studio-paula-siebra\/\" href=\"https:\/\/mendeswooddm.com\/pt\/video\/5-in-the-studio-paula-siebra\/\">Studio Visit<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15195\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15195\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.200-d0-lw.jpg?resize=682%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.200-d0-lw.jpg?resize=682%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.200-d0-lw.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.200-d0-lw.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.200-d0-lw.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.200-d0-lw.jpg?resize=696%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.200-d0-lw.jpg?resize=1068%2C1602&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.200-d0-lw.jpg?w=1333&amp;ssl=1 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paula Siebra, Uma carta | A letter, 2024, oil on canvas, 30 x 20 cm, 11 3\/4 x 7 7\/8 in.<br \/>Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brussels, Paris, New York, Photo credit: EstudioEmObra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15196\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15196\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.212-d0-lw.jpg?resize=696%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.212-d0-lw.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.212-d0-lw.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.212-d0-lw.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.212-d0-lw.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.212-d0-lw.jpg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.212-d0-lw.jpg?resize=1068%2C712&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.212-d0-lw.jpg?resize=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.212-d0-lw.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.212-d0-lw.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paula Siebra, Mesa de cabeceira | Bedside table , 2024, oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm, 15 3\/4 x 19 3\/4 in<br \/>Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brussels, Paris, New York. Photo credit: EstudioEmObra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15197\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15197\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.221-d0-lw.jpg?resize=696%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.221-d0-lw.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.221-d0-lw.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.221-d0-lw.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.221-d0-lw.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.221-d0-lw.jpg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.221-d0-lw.jpg?resize=1068%2C712&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.221-d0-lw.jpg?resize=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.221-d0-lw.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MW.PSI_.221-d0-lw.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paula Siebra, Mesa do almo\u00e7o com quadro do Chico da Silva | Dining room table with a painting by Chico da Silva, 2024, oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm, 27 1\/2 x 39 3\/8 in<br \/>Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brussels, Paris, New York. Photo credit: EstudioEmObra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/PaulaSiebra.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listPaula Siebra is a Brazilian painter born in Fortaleza, Cear\u00e1, in 1998. The artist focuses on images related to everyday life and scenes of intimacy using Brazilian northeastern culture as her starting point. 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