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 exhibition The Infinite Womanat Fondation Carmignac, Hyères, FR until November 03, 2024 and will also be on display in a solo show at The Lowry, Manchester, UK, as well as Hayward Gallery Touring’s group show Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles from October 2024 until May 2026, on view at selected venues.
Selected solo exhibitions include: 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, United Kindgom, lives and works in London.
Works
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Exhibitions
Press
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Under Your Skin
Plinth, 03/2024
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The Future of London Art: Paloma Proudfoot by Eddy Frankel
Time Out, 10/2023
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Monopol Watchlist: Paloma Proudfoot. Aus der Haut fahren
Monopol Magazin, 09/2023
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The Three Living and The Three Dead by Anna Ratcliff
B'SPOQUE magazine, 05/2023
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Memento mori, aber ... Paloma Proudfoot bei Soy Capitán by Julia Meyer-Brehm
gallerytalk.net, 05/2023
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Gallery Weekend 2023: The Kreuzberg Walkabout by Olivia Ladanyi
Berlin Art Link, 05/2023
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Unsere Highlights: Berlin, Berlin
Weltkunst, 04/2023
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Paloma Proudfoot: The Three Living and The Three Dead
Berlin.de, 04/2023
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Gallery Weekend Berlin 2023: 10 Ausstellungen, die ihr nicht verpassen solltet by Anna Meinecke
GalleryTalk.net, 04/2023
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MUST SEE: Paloma Proudfoot
Artforum, 04/2023
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10 Must-See Shows at Gallery Weekend Berlin 2023 by Josie Thaddeus-Johns
Artsy.net, 04/2023
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Art shows to leave the house for this May by Ashleigh Kane
Dazed Magazine, 05/2022
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Feature on “Ensemble”
émergent magazine, 5/2021
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Trends to Watch in 2021: Craft Figuration by Jacqui Palumbo
artsy, 1/2021
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Paloma Proudfoot: Trifles & Ceramic Bibs by Holly Black
Elephant Magazine, 10/2019
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Der Körper meiner Zeit – Soy Capitán zeigt Paloma Proudfoots Keramiken by Teresa Hantke
gallerytalk.net, 4/2019
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D'un duplex à la cour d'un théâtre, itinéraire d'une galerie d'art by Matthieu Jacquet
Numéro Magazine, 12/2019
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Feature
Art Viewer, 10/2019
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Feature by Mechteld Jungerius
TLmagazine, 9/2019,
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A History of Scissors at Soy Capitán (PDF upon request)
Taz – die Tageszeitung, 4/2019
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Paloma Proudfoot and Lindsey Mendick's “Proudick” Exhibition at Hannah Barry Gallery, London
Purple Magazine, 12/2018
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Proudick a collaborative show by Lindsey Mendick and Paloma Proudfoot by Mark Westall
FAD Magazine, 9/2018
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Spice Up Your Life With the Fleshy and Obscene World of “Proudick” by Philomena Epps
Garage Magazine, 11/2018
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Paloma Proudfoot's debut UK exhibition - The Detachable Head Serves as a Cup - is as intriguing as its title by Laura Isabella
It's Nice That, 9/2018