Paola Idrontino

Paola Idrontino is a multidisciplinary artist based in Barcelona.
Born in Ceglie Messapica, Italy - 1977, she moved to London in 1997 to study art.
In 2004 she completed a first class BA (Hons), in graphic design at Central St Martins College, London.
In 2005 she launched Papayapie, with the intention of exploring new ways of highlighting and dramatising the natural silhouette of the body using costumes and accessories.

She is stirred by a passion for story telling, textile and beauty within nature, otherworldly wearable costumes and creatures from the deep sea.
With an underpinning of traditional techniques, she exploits the manipulative properties of fibres and combines them with unexpected and widely contrasting materials, both new and recycled.

2001—2004 - First class BA(Hons), Graphic Design, Central St Martins College, London.

2018:
Drap Art, Museo Marittimo, Barcelona
YGW - ALG, Filippo Ioco Studio & Gallery, Barcelona
Hotel Puerta America, Madrid
Arteria Gallery - ALG, Barcelona

2017:
Art Box Project, Basel
Armory Artweeks, The Stricoff Gallery, New York
Centro Civico de Barceloneta, Barcelona

2016:
Galeria Beaskoa, Barcelona

2009:
Isetan Shinjuku Theory, Japan

2005:
Show Pony, Los Angeles
Vessel Gallery, San Francisco
Beyond the Valley, London
Dietro L'angolo, Venice, Italy