Paola Zayas-Bazán

Paola Zayas-Bazán (1989) is a Puerto Rican artist whose creative production revolves around the female psyche, presented as contemporary visual narratives. Paola explores the dark sides of life, isolation, nostalgia, melancholia, existentialism and spiritualism through esthetic ambiguity. Though a figurative painter, her focus has always been in the symbolism of her artwork and atmospheric wistfulness rather than the realistic portrayal of the elements. The compositions in her work are often presented in a dream or limbo-like state, with elements of surrealism as an attempt to reach beyond language and the written word in order to tackle emotional dilemmas usually shunned from the collective view.

Escuela de Artes Plasticas de San Juan
Universidad de Puerto Rico Departamento de Bellas Artes

2012 “Blind Medicine”, Student Art Collective, Acrylic Art Course EAP, PR
2012 “The Red Chair”, Acrylic Workshop Collective, Liga de Arte San Juan, PR
2016 “The Kiss of the Dragonfly”, St. Jude Children’s Hospital Art Auction San Juan, PR
2016 “The Other Eyes”, Fifteenth Biennial of Art of Ponce, PR
2016 Solo Exhibition “Collection Catharsis”, Gallery Nights: The Mall of San Juan, PR
2017 Collective “Siete Mujeres”, Galeria Cidreña Casa Alcaldía Cidra, PR
2017 “The Bell Jar”, 15th Uptown Art Stroll: Yager Gallery Manhattan, NY