Paola Paz Yee
Visual Artist
Paola Paz Yee (1978 México) is a multidisciplinary visual artist focused on performance art, photography, and social artistry. Her studies are in fine arts and photography. She was a scholarship recipient of the Mexico-Indonesian Cultural Exchange program, Darmasiswa RI, Small-scale sculpture rescue program of the state of Veracruz and by Centropolis entertainment, to carry out extracurricular studies abroad.
Her work addresses issues such as identity, gender violence, questions about production and time. Through her art work Yee determines a political position in her own context as a Latin American woman. In recent years she has worked with her Project called PAS, through collective murals and activation of vulnerable communities, naming herself as an action device
Yee´s works has been exhibited in institutions such as the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires MALBA,
Museum of Contemporary Art in Panama MAC, Manggha Japanese Museum of Art and Technology, Ex Teresa Museum, Museum of the Revolution, Museum of Contemporary Art of Oaxaca MACO, Chancery Museum, Contemporary Art Gallery of Xalapa, Haus Der Kuns Gallery Contemporary art bridge, MMG Gallery, Nation Gallery of Venezuela, OPC Gallery and The Art National Center in Mexico.
She has exhibited, in countries such as Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, United States, Poland, Germany, Ireland, Spain, France, England, Slovakia, Vienna, Hungary, Czech Republic, Latvia, Beijing, Thailand, China at Hong Kong and Kunming.
Yee´s work has been published in different magazines, catalog and books of contemporary art.
Her works are in private collections such as the National Institute of Fine Arts INBA in Mexico City and the Haus Der Kuns Gallery Contemporary art bridge in Puerto Vallarta.