PAULA DAMASCENO
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Paula Damasceno
Visual Artist
Born in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 1975.
Lives in Greensboro, NC, U.S. since 2012.

Education
2020    MA (candidate)  in Art History and Library Science, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - class of 2021
2018     BFA degree in Photography , University of North Carolina Greensboro
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Group Exhibitions
2017    Just Breath, Greensboro Project Space Greensboro, NC, US. Curated by Lori Vrba
2017     485 Capstone Photography Exhibition, Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, NC, US. Curated  
             by Leah Sobsey
2017    Art Showcase,  Weatherspoon Museum of Contemporary Art, Greensboro, NC, US.
2016    Portal, Southeastern Center For Photography, Greenville, SC, US. Juried by Lori Vrba.

Publications
2019   Interview published at the Strange Fire Magazine
2017    The Hand Magazine Issue #18
            The Hand Magazine Issue #16
            30th National Council for Undergraduate Research Conference Journal
            Photographer’s Forum Magazine Best College and High School Photography 2017 book

Work in Collections
Southeastern Center for Photography

Artistic Residencies and Residential Training
2017 -Wet plate collodion 2 week long  workshop at Penland School of Crafts and Arts/taught by by Dan Estabrook and Monty McCutchen entitled 
2012    
Elsewhere Living Museum , Greensboro, NC, US.
2010    La Casa del Tunel , Tijuana, BC, Mexico.

Awards, grants, and scholarships
2019   SPE - Society for Photographic Education Student Award for Innovations in Imaging
2018    First Place Award, Light Factory Throwdown Portfolio
2017   Lloyd International Honors College at UNCG Student Excellence Award

            Hellena Huntley Tidwell and Isaiah Tidwell scholarship award, Penland School of Craft and Arts
            UNCG Art Department scholarship awarded to participate at the Society of for Photographic
            Education Conference. Juried by Lisa McCarthy.
2012    Mini Grant funded by The North Carolina Humanities Council to the documentary project
            Carolina 85
            Artistic Mobility Award granted by The Secretary of Culture of Bahia State to participate in an artistic residency at Elsewhere Living Museum, North
Carolina, U.S.

2010    Artistic Mobility Award granted by The Secretary of Culture of Bahia State to participate in an
            artistic residency at La Casa del Tunel, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
            Cultural Foundation of Bahia State grant for community art project The Cinema of My Neighborhood.
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