BEAUTYUM NATURALIS

Working on photographs taken by the artist, the first step is to create collages, and then reproduce them with acrylic on canvas. For the artist Nature has a fundamental role, and it has been her main goal for many years now to create a meaningful connection with the viewer, creating a deeper consciousness towards it. 

Paola Beck is best known for her social practice where she aims to change negative social dynamics through public space transformation with community participation. Her large scale mural paintings demonstrate her concern in creating positive messages with significant content. Her work shows profound emotion with deployment of strong color, overlapping sources and inspirations, with repetitive themes like portraits, nature and animals. Moving back and forth to the beach and with strong reminiscences of her childhood in Germany, Beck encounters her German landscapes nostalgia with urban context and environmental awareness. Her body of work tends to be emotional and sometimes mystical.

Her practice includes different media such as drawing, collage, illustration, painting, photography, sculpture and diverse materials like wood, paper, acrylic, marble and stone. 

Beck has done murals in Mexico, USA, Italy and Maldives, and shown her work in solo and group exhibitions in Mexico, Italy, USA, Germany, Chile, El Salvador and Belgium. She has also participated in Artist Residencies in Mexico, USA, Switzerland and Maldives. 

Her works are part of numerous private and public art collections around the world.