Paola Torsiello

I’m a Venezuelan-born abstract painter with Italian roots, living and working in Hamburg, Germany. I’ve painted since 2011, using acrylics and mixed media. My process is intuitive and built on texture and contrast, shaped by moving between South America and Europe. My originals are in collections in the USA, Germany and Portugal.

For a long time words were not much use to me, whereas painting offered me a world of possibilities where colours and combinations are unlimited, and there I was finally able to express myself the way I had always needed to. I have painted since 2011, self taught, with a palette knife, brushes and whatever else is within reach.

I was born and raised in Venezuela, with Italian roots, and I have lived in Hamburg for ten years now, so the work holds both influences, the noise and the quietness, the maximalism and the emptiness, the fullness of colour and the frugality.

My practice involves putting together colour combinations that should not work, and pushing them until they find their own harmony. I paint a maximum of ten pieces a year, since the focus of my work is on intentional rather than mass painting.

Self-taught painter, acrylic and palette knife.
Master’s degree in Economics, Universität Hamburg.

Exhibitions (summarised to the current year)

2026 – Hamburg zeigt Kunst, HafenCity, Hamburg (November)
2026 – HAAM4, Hamburg Artists Art Market, Kraftwerk Bille, Hamburg (September)
2026 – Hamburg zeigt Kunst, Überseeboulevard, HafenCity, Hamburg (September)
Exhibitions
2026 – HAAM4, Kraftwerk Bille, Hamburg, Germany
2026 – Hamburg zeigt Kunst, HafenCity, Hamburg, Germany