Paula Kamps
b. 1990, Cologne, Germany
lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Education
2015-16 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Prof. Elizabeth Peyton
2015 Meisterschülerin with Prof. Tomma Abts
2010-12 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, studied with Prof. Lucy McKenzie 2009-10 Freie Universitat Berlin, Philosophy

Selected Exhibitions
2018 A solo show on planet earth, with André Butzer & Josef Zekoff, Sunday-S, Copenhagen

Clean dishes, Studio Nostitz, Berlin

Transit papers – Aftermath of an ideal’s removal, Spazio Nea, Naples (solo)2016 Topophobophilia, curated by Paula Sankoff, Gallery 46, London

Adler Düsseldorf, in collaboration with Bruce Haines, Art Cologne booth, Cologne 2015 Quando il paesaggio è in ascolto, Cappella di Incoronazione, Palermo

Local Color, Class of Elizabeth Peyton, Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf

Imagine, NewcastleSpace, London
2014 My vain plane, Kunsthaus Mettmann, Mettmann (solo)2013 Members of the Family, Kunstverein Emmerich, Emmerich

Painting of today, Artspace RheinMain, Offenbach
2012 Gone Home, in collaboration with Fanclub dance collective, Lille Carl, Copenhagen (solo)2011 Coco Collection, Atelier Max Benoit, St. Vincent de Tyrosse

Fremdgang International, ODG, Düsseldorf
2010 Arz and Friendz, Forgotten Bar, Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin

Residencies & Awards
2016 five-month working stay at LESP, New York
2014 Viaggio in Sicilia VI, residency curated by V. Bruschi & Planeta winery, Sicily 2013 Scholarship Eduard-Bargheer-Stiftung, Hamburg
2011 Coco Collection, residency project curated by M. Benoit, Dax, France

Bibliography

V. Apicerni, Transit Papers, Iemmi Edizioni, 2018
V. Bruschi, Viaggio in Sicilia (artist interview), exhibition catalogue, 2015
M. Watson, Postcard from Palermo, Frieze blog, August 2015
S. Kürten, On the quest within the plane, Rhein-Verlag, 2014
V. von Dolega, Mit Pinsel und Farbe ist sie in ihrem Element, Rheinische Post (03.11.2014) L. Bordeaux Groult, Coco Collection – 1, exhibition catalogue, 2011