Paula Siwek

Paula Siwek is a visual explorer, transforming photography, collage, and mixed media into evocative storytelling. Through hands-on workshops, she ignites creative instincts, urging participants to layer, explore, and break boundaries. plays with found imagery and existing text, revealing hidden narratives. She believes the most powerful photography isn’t just seen—it’s felt. Siwek is an artist in photography and mixed media. her work is elegant, experimental, and diverse, exploring themes of intimacy and the picturesque with an undertone of mystery and subtle discomfort. Her photographs evoke solitude and deep observation, inviting viewers into layered visual narratives.

BA in Photography from Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont
MFA in Photography from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

2025: 527,040 Minutes, A Photographer’s Place, Raleigh, N.C
2024: Honorable Mention, 22nd Julia Margaret Cameron Award, PhotoNostrum, Barcelona, Spain
2024: PH21 Gallery, PhotoNostrum, Barcelona, Spain
2024: PH21 Gallery, Vision and Expression, Budapest, Hungary
2023: Carousel, Show, Peel Gallery, Carrboro, NC
2023: Honorable Mention, 21st Julia Margaret Cameron Award, PhotoNostrum, Barcelona, Spain
2023: Magic is in the Seeing, Damyang International Photo Festival
2021: Pieces of Light, Durham Arts Council
2021: Magic in the Seeing, Undercroft Gallery, New York City
2021: Boundaries, Belonging and Becoming, Revolve Gallery, Asheville N.C.
2020: Honorable mention, 18th Julia Margaret Cameron Award
2020: Shown from Afar, Art in the pandemic. WomensWork Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY