Paulina Campos

Biography

Paulina was born in Chile, South America, she migrated to Australia and settled in Melbourne where she currently practices as a Visual Artist . In Chile Paulina graduated as Graphic Designer at Universidad de Chile and in Melbourne completed a Master's in Visual Art at The Victorian College in 2011. Paulina's art practice involves image appropriation; she often wonders what the purpose would be of creating everything from scratch when continuously we are surrounded by images. Paulina's art practice engages with different media, collage, acrylic paint, stills from home made videos, drawings and large format prints. Paulina uses photo manipulation software in order to attain a particular effect inviting multiple interpretations and new understandings. Paulina is actively engaged with the 69 Collective as well as ArtAviso as way of engaging with other artists and considering new ideas. Currently her art practice is engaged in an exploration of women's socialization. Some of Paulina's ideas are informed by stories heard from women she counseled over the years.