Paola Italiani

My work treats collage as a spatial construction rather than an illustration. Drawing from my architectural background, I use hand-cut paper to build intuitive compositions centered on structure, rhythm, and proportion.

I work entirely by hand, rejecting digital tools to emphasize the physicality of the medium and its inherent imperfections. By leaving edges and joins exposed, I focus on the process of making and the tactile nature of the fragments.

Through this practice, I aim to reorder the excess of contemporary visual information into a quieter, more personal language—a continuous dialogue between architectural rigor and material-driven intuition.

Architect with a postgraduate degree in the restoration of heritage buildings and formal training in interior architecture in Buenos Aires-Argentina. Her academic background has provided a strong foundation in spatial composition, structure, and material sensitivity, which directly informs her collage-based artistic practice.

She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Art, in Santiago-Chile, where she developed a critical and conceptual approach to visual arts, alongside hands-on experience with material-based processes. This dual training in architecture and fine arts allows her to bridge analytical thinking with intuitive image-making.

She has participated in national art fairs since 2020, developing experience in exhibiting and presenting her work within professional art fair contexts.

Her work has been shown at Art Stgo, one of Chile’s leading contemporary art fairs, where she engaged with collectors, curators, and a broad public audience.

She has also participated in Art Basel Miami, gaining exposure within an international art fair environment and expanding the visibility of her work beyond the local context.