Paula Mans

Paula Mans is an art educator and practicing visual artist based in Washington, DC. Paula holds a B.A from Bryn Mawr college and an M.A. in Art Education from Boston University. Paula is also a recipient of the Fulbright Research Award. While Paula is a DC native, she spent many of her formative years and young adulthood living abroad in Tanzania, Mozambique, Swaziland, and Brazil. Her experiences throughout the African Diaspora shaped her identity and informed the development of her artistic voice. As a visual artist, Paula Mans tells the many stories of the global Black experience through collage. Paula views collage as emblematic of the cultural and historical interconnectedness of the African Diaspora. Just as the dispersed people of the Diaspora are tied together by the common thread of ancestry, in collage, disjointed pieces are fused to communicate one story. In her analog collage works, Paula draws from images of people from across the Diaspora – deconstructing, bonding, and resignifying small parts to assemble new faces and forms that communicate identity and shared experiences. Paula Mans’ work has been curated into group shows in Washington DC, Baltimore, Atlanta, and New York and featured in art publications.

Website: https://paulamans.art/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulamansart

Read about Paula Mans’ recent exhibit ‘See Me’