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Paloma Proudfoot

Paloma Proudfoot employs sculpture, clothes-making, text, and performance to intertwine personal narratives, historical allusions, and contemporary cultural commentary. Seeking to articulate amorphous feelings such as shame, grief and strength, she delves into the metaphorical and narrative potential of materials. In addition to her individual practice, Proudfoot collaborates with various artists and groups, including artist and choreographer Aniela Piasecka and the performance ensemble ‚Stasis‘.

Paloma Proudfoot received a BA in Sculpture from the Edinburgh College of Art and an MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art and has undertaken residencies at Tramway, Glasgow (with Piasecka); Moly Sabata, France; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (with Stasis) and the Thun Ceramic Residency, Italy.

Proudfoot’s work is currently on view at The Wilson Gallery, Cheltenham, UK, as part of Hayward Gallery Touring‘s group show Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles from October 2024 to May 2026 and is also featured in the upcoming group show “MAGISCHE FRAUEN” at the Draiflessen Collection in Mettingen, DE.

Selected solo exhibitions include: Lay Figure, The Lowry Museum, Manchester, UK (2024); The Voice of The Play, The Approach, London, UK (2024); The Three Living and The Three Dead, Soy Capitan, Berlin, DE (2023); The Memory Theatre, Bosse and Baum, London, UK (2022); Curing, Sans Titre, Paris, FR (2019) and PROUDICK (with Lindsey Mendick), Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK (2018).

Recent group exhibitions include: The Infinite Woman, Fondation Carmignac, Hyéres, FR (2024); Present Tense, Hauser and Wirth, Somerset, UK (2024); Unruly Bodies, Goldsmiths CCA, UK (2023); Bold Tendencies, London, UK (2022); Off the beaten track, KIT – Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf, DE (2022); Performance dans L’Académie des Mutantes (with Stasis), CAPC, Musée d‘art Contemporain de Bordeaux, FR (2022); Attitudes of the Unruly, Den Frie, Copenhagen, DK (2021); Art by post, Southbank Centre, London, UK (2021) and A Vague Anxiety, at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, IE (2019).

Paloma Proudfoot, born 1992 in London, UK, lives and works in London.

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Exhibition

Paloma Proudfoot • The Three Living and The Three Dead • 28.04.–10.06.2023

Works

Paloma Proudfoot, Lay Figure, 2024, exhibition view, The Lowry, Salford Paloma Proudfoot, A casting from life, detail, 2024, glazed ceramic, rope, metal bolts Paloma Proudfoot, Lay Figure, 2024, glazed ceramics, metal fixings, felt, 73 × 51 × 20 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Plume (II), 2024, glazed ceramic, 49 × 87.5 × 2 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Lay Figure, 2024, exhibition view, The Lowry, Salford Paloma Proudfoot, Human tuning, 2024, glazed ceramic, cotton, metal bolts, 83 × 64 × 9 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Lay Figure, 2024, exhibition view, The Lowry, Salford Paloma Proudfoot, Listening forward, 2024, glazed ceramic, cotton, metal bolts, 135 × 105.5 × 5 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Gardening, 2024, glazed ceramic, 164 × 500 × 10 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Threaded , 2024, Glazed ceramic, metal bolts, 47 × 35 × 10 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Drinking in my eyes (III), 2023, glazed ceramic, bolts, (2x) 50 × 30 × 4 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Drinking in my eyes (III) (detail), 2023, glazed ceramic, bolts, (2x) 50 × 30 × 4 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Unruly Bodies, 2023, exhibition view, CCA Goldsmiths, London Paloma Proudfoot, Mortal coil, 2023, glazed ceramic, bolts, 36 × 28 × 2 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Drinking in my eyes (IV), 2023, glazed ceramic, bolts, (2x) 50 × 32 × 4 cm Paloma Proudfoot, A fly like you (I), 2023, glazed ceramic, embroidered gauze, bolts, 40 × 20 × 4 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Behind my flesh, 2023, glazed ceramic, embroidered gauze, metal, bolts, 217 × 158 × 16 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Pin, 2023, glazed ceramic, metal, h = 19, Ø 9 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Spool, 2022, glazed ceramic, 28 × 35 × 3 cm each Paloma Proudfoot, Splinter, 2022, glazed ceramic, 15 × 38 × 3 cm each Paloma Proudfoot, Grief is recognised as a friend, 2022, glazed ceramic, painted wood, metal bolts, 130 × 218 × 17 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Yoke, 2023, wood, glazed ceramic, rope, bolts, 120 × 122 × 48 cm Paloma Proudfoot, The Three Living and The Three Dead, 2022, glazed ceramic, 300 × 500 × 4 cm Paloma Proudfoot, The three living and the three dead (detail), 2022, glazed ceramic, bolts, 220 × 438 × 3 cm Paloma Proudfoot, There was a whispered story and a shouted one and both were true, 2022, glazed ceramic, metal bolts, chord, embroidered fabric, 207 × 160 × 2 cm Paloma Proudfoot, The Memory Theatre, 2022, installation view Paloma Proudfoot, Stitches, 2022, glazed ceramic, metal bolts, rope, 142 × 61 × 2 cm (figure), other parts at variable dimensions Paloma Proudfoot, The Memory Theatre, 2022, installation view Paloma Proudfoot, The Memory Theatre, 2022, installation view Paloma Proudfoot, The Memory Theatre, 2022, glazed ceramic, metal bolts, rope, embroidered fabric, 609.5 × 245 × 163 cm Paloma Proudfoot, The Memory Theatre (detail), 2022, glazed ceramic, metal bolts, rope, embroidered fabric, 609.5 × 245 × 163 cm Paloma Proudfoot, The Memory Theatre (detail), 2022, glazed ceramic, metal bolts, rope, embroidered fabric, 609.5 × 245 × 163 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Slow Dwelling, 2021, glazed ceramic, 2 parts, each 31 × 15 × 4 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Comma, 2021, glazed ceramic, brass screws, 2 parts, 31 × 56 × 4 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Comma, 2021, glazed ceramic, brass screws, 2 parts, 31 × 56 × 4 cm Paloma Proudfoot, The Accelaration of Days 2, 2021, glazed ceramic, 35 × 38 × 1 cm Paloma Proudfoot, What Happened To Flying Dreams II, 2021, glazed ceramic, 26 × 17 × 1 cm Paloma Proudfoot, What Happened To Flying Dreams 1, 2021, glazed ceramic, 26 × 13 × 1 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Humours of the Exe 2, 2021, glazed ceramic, 21 × 25 × 1 cm Proudfoot & Piasecka, Cannulate, 2021, poly tube, wire, tubular joint, aluminum, bolt, 3D printed PLA/TLU, motor, 140 × Ø 55 cm Proudfoot & Piasecka, Pair of bodies, 2021, wall drawing, dimension variable Proudfoot & Piasecka, Floating ribs, 2021, textile, pins, wire, 73 × 71 × 28 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Softness becomes a seam, 2021, spray finished Jasmonit, rope, 21 × 28 × 20 cm Paloma Proudfoot (in collaboration with Saelia Aparicio), A Divine Messenger of Catastrophe, 2021 , fabric, glass, ceramic, 50 × 180 × 15 cm Paloma Proudfoot, The Accelaration of Days 2, 2021, glazed ceramic, 2 parts, each 35 × 38 × 1 cm Paloma Proudfoot, The sigh, relaxing, 2020, mixed media, 45 × 95 × 10 cm Paloma Proudfoot, The Nomad Skin, 2019, glazed ceramic, 40 × 50 × 10 cm Paloma Proudfoot, I am sick to death to this particular self, I want another (I), 2019, glazed ceramic, 39 × 22 × 27 cm Paloma Proudfoot, I am sick to death to this particular self, I want another (II), 2019, glazed ceramic, 42 × 23 × 43 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Remote from reality, but true (II), 2019, glazed ceramic, glass by Miranda Keyes, 2 parts, 56 × 14 × 14 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Remote from reality, but true (I), 2019, glazed ceramic, glass by Miranda Keyes, 3 parts, 75 × 16 × 16 cm Paloma Proudfoot, An old idea of now, 2019, textile, 90 × 130 cm Paloma Proudfoot, A History Of Scissors, 2019, glazed ceramic, 56 × 40 × 34 cm Paloma Proudfoot, A History Of Scissors, 2019, glazed ceramic, 56 × 40 × 34 cm Paloma Proudfoot, What you have put outside yourself, 2019, glazed ceramic, stainless steel, latex cushion, 3 part, 32 × 39 × 26 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Memory never stops, 2019, glazed ceramic, 51 × 31 × 20 cm Paloma Proudfoot, On a scale of one to ten, 2019, Glazed ceramic, dimensions variable Paloma Proudfoot, On a scale of one to ten, 2019, Glazed ceramic, dimensions variable Paloma Proudfoot, Many a girl has lost her glove, 2018, glazed ceramic, 2 parts, left: 15 x 26 cm | right: 18 x 30 cm Paloma Proudfoot, The Detachable Head Serves as a Cup, 2018, glazed ceramic, dimensions variable Paloma Proudfoot, Turtle neck, 2018, glazed ceramic, 36 × 44 × 16 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Turtle neck, 2018, glazed ceramic, 36 × 44 × 16 cm Paloma Proudfoot, A quick descent 2, 2018, glazed ceramic, 26 × 58 × 11 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Private Pool, 2018, glazed ceramic, 17 × 110 × 94 cm Paloma Proudfoot, Small sips and neat steps, 2018, glazed ceramic, 15 × 63 × 25 cm each Paloma Proudfoot, Town Planner, 2018, glazed ceramic, metal, 48 × 161 × 45 cm

Exhibitions
Paloma Proudfoot • Lay Figure • The Lowry, 2024
Material Worlds • Mead Gallery, 2024
The Infinite Woman • Villa Carmignac, 2024
Paloma Proudfoot • The Voice of the Play • The Approach, 2024
Paloma Proudfoot • Unruly Bodies • Goldsmiths CCA, 2023
Paloma Proudfoot • The Three Living and The Three Dead • Gallery Weekend Berlin • Soy Capitán, Berlin, 2023
Paloma Proudfoot • The Memory Theatre • Bosse & Baum, 2022
Proudfoot & Piasecka (ft. Nima Séne, Ailie Ormston and William Darrell) • Ensemble • Soy Capitán, Berlin, 2021
Paloma Proudfoot • Project for an Overcoat • Editorial, 2021
Paloma Proudfoot • Curing • Sans titre (2016), 2019
Paloma Proudfoot • The Detachable Head Serves as a Cup • Cob Gallery, London, 2018
Paloma Proudfoot • PROUDICK – a collaborative show by Lindsey Mendick & Paloma Proudfoot • Hannah Barry Gallery, 2018
Paloma Proudfoot • Special Projects: Paloma Proudfoot • art berlin 2018
Paloma Proudfoot • A History Of Scissors • Soy Capitán, Berlin, 2019

Press

Publications

Boobs in the Arts: Fe:male Bodies in Pictorial History • Juliet Kothe and Natanja von Stosch (Eds.) • Distanz Verlag • 2023

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Paloma Proudfoot, Lisa Biedlingmaier, Isa Schieche, Camilla Steinum, Theresa Weber • off the beaten rack • KIT Düsseldorf • 2022

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