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
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.
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
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.
