Paula Elion — Contemporary Visual Artist

Siblings — mixed media painting by Paula Elion
Through My Adult Eyes — Digital Art
That Is Not My Name — acrylic painting by Paula Elion
Waiting for Mom While Dancing — Digital Art
Family at Table — mixed media painting by Paula Elion
Boy and Girl — Digital Art
Morning — digital artwork by Paula Elion
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Paula Elion (La Plata, Argentina, 1973) is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Stockholm, Sweden. Her work explores memory, identity, gender, and migration through personal and cultural narratives, while also engaging broader social and political questions around family dynamics, the role of women in patriarchal societies, and the ways gender is constructed and perceived. Gender, in particular, has become a deeply personal line of inquiry, shaped by both her artistic practice and her experience of motherhood. Working with canvas, textiles, and found objects, she creates pieces that invite viewers to connect with overlapping narratives and complex emotional experiences.

A member of the artist collective Detroit Stockholm, Elion has exhibited internationally, including in Sweden, Germany, Israel, Argentina, Mexico, Serbia, Finland, and the United States. Her practice has been supported by several grants and includes participation in international artist residencies, where she has deepened her exploration of materials, memory, and identity. Grounded in experimentation, her approach treats the studio as a laboratory.

Paula Elion (La Plata, Argentina, 1973) es una artista visual multidisciplinaria radicada en Estocolmo, Suecia. Su obra explora la memoria, la identidad, el género y la migración a través de narrativas personales y culturales, al tiempo que aborda cuestiones sociales y políticas vinculadas a las dinámicas familiares, el papel de la mujer en sociedades patriarcales y las formas en que se construye y se percibe el género. El género, en particular, se ha convertido en una línea de investigación profundamente personal, atravesada tanto por su práctica artística como por la experiencia de ser madre. Trabajando con lienzo, textiles y objetos encontrados, crea piezas que invitan al espectador a vincularse con relatos superpuestos y experiencias emocionales complejas.

Miembro del colectivo artístico Detroit Stockholm, ha expuesto internacionalmente en Suecia, Alemania, Israel, Argentina, México, Serbia, Finlandia y Estados Unidos. Su práctica ha contado con el apoyo de diversas becas e incluye residencias artísticas internacionales, donde ha profundizado su exploración de los materiales, la memoria y la identidad. Desde un enfoque basado en la experimentación, entiende el estudio como un laboratorio.

Selected Works

My Italian Boy

My Italian Boy

Oil on cloth, 110×60 cm

Dad and Me

Dad and Me

Acrylic on canvas, 100×100 cm

Cat Woman

Cat Woman

Mixed media, 50×50 cm

By the Sea

By the Sea

Acrylic on canvas, 40×30 cm

Black Cactus

Black Cactus

Acrylic and pigment on canvas, 100×100 cm

Conchita

Conchita

Mixed media on canvas, 120×80 cm

Playground

Playground

Acrylic on canvas, 25×25 cm

Playground 2

Playground 2

Acrylic on canvas, 25×25 cm

Cyan and Yellow Cacti

Cyan and Yellow Cacti

Mixed media on found cardboard, 60×83 cm

Yellow and Green Cacti

Yellow and Green Cacti

Mixed media on found cardboard, 83×59 cm

Day by Day

Day by Day

Acrylic on cardboard, 100×70 cm

Perfect Mother

Perfect Mother

Acrylic on readymade, 65×65 cm

Selected Exhibitions

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Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden2025

The Obsession Factory That Feeds On Passion

At Supermarket Art Fair, I'm blending paintings with AI videos that take viewers on a wild ride between dreams and nightmares. The Dream Machine transforms my artwork, creating scenes where bodies and spaces shift in unexpected ways. This project is all about passion — for making art, for creating experiences, and for connecting with what moves you. Watch as familiar forms become strange and spaces bend, pulling you into a world that feels both unsettling and captivating.

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