b. 1986: Washington, DC
Lives and works in Washington, DC
EDUCATION
2008 Bryn Mawr College, B.A. Spanish
2022 Boston University, College of Fine Arts, M.A. Art Education
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS & GRANTS
2025
Visual Arts Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2024
Arts and Humanities Fellowship, DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
Art Bank Program, DC Commission for Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
2023
Sustainable Arts Foundation Award, Sustainable Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2nd Place Award, Paperworks International Juried Competition, b.j. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Cotton Flower, I A & A at Hillyer, Washington, DC
2023
See Me, Homme Gallery, Washington, DC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
CONFAB Juried Exhibition, Washington Studio School, Washington, DC
40th Annual Juried Exhibition, National Collage Society, Online
Transcendence Auction Artist Exhibition, Transformer, American University Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
Temporal Geolocation: How Place and History Form Identity in Collage, Kolaj Institute, New Orleans, LA
DC Art Now 2025, The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, I Street Gallery, Washington, DC
Beneath the Surface: Street Exhibition, Kaos: Festival of Contemporary Collage, Kranj, Slovenia
The American Woman: Feminist Futures – National Juried Exhibition, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
2023
Paperworks International Juried Competition, b. j. spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY
Body as Site/ Sight, 934 Gallery, Columbus, OH
‘Cause We Be Complicated: Dialogues of Black Artists, ADS Gallery, Newburgh, NY
2022
The Ties that Bind, I A & A at Hillyer, Washington, DC
Salt Eaters, Raunjiba Design Center, Baltimore, MD
I AM that I AM, Blue Gallery, New York City, NY
Paperworks 2022 Juried Competition, b. j. Spoke Gallery, Online
Unveiling Resistance, The Galleries at CCBC, Baltimore, MD
All Together, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington DC
RESIDENCIES
2025
2025 Residency Program, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2024
Gallery Residency Program, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC
2023
Milkweed Learning Hub & Chrysalis Micro-Residency, The Chrysalis Institute, Two Rivers, MI
ARTIST TALKS
2025
Cotton Flower: A Conversation with Paula Mans and Dr. Lauren Davidson, I A & A at Hillyer, Washington, DC
2024
The American Woman: Feminist Futures – National Juried Exhibition, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Resist/ Insist: De-Gentrifying the Black Body – An Artist Talk with Paula Mans, Undesign the Redline Exhibition, Washington, DC
Paula Mans: Activism Through Art, The Lab School of Washington, Washington, DC
2023
Paula Mans, The Waystation Podcast, The Chrysalis Institute
See Me, Homme, Washington, DC
2022
The Ties that Bind, I A & A at Hillyer, Washington, DC
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
Meet Paula Mans, Canvas Rebel
Blackness as a Global Identity with Paula Mans, Suboart Magazine
Paula Mans, Conversations with Artists
2023
The Capital of Creativity: Paula Mans, Fox5 DC
Paula Mans, Contemporary Collage Magazine, United Kingdom
Analog Artist Paula Mans Fixates the Black Gaze on the White Art World, Washington City Paper
‘Cause We Be Complicated: Dialogues of Black Artists, Chronogram: Arts. Culture. Spirit, Carl Van Brunt
2022
Circle Quarterly Art Review, Circle Foundation for the Arts, Issue #9, p. 51
Reassembling the Diaspora: Paula Mans, Black Cherry Magazine
PUBLICATIONS
COLLECTIONS
2024 DC Art Bank, The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
TEACHING
2025 Teaching Artist Micro-Residency, Sidwell Friends Lower School, Grade 2, Bethesda, MD
2022-24 Teaching Artist, Studio Art & Graphic Design, Grades 9-12, The Lab School of Washington, Washington, DC
2022 Visiting Artist, Bruce Monroe Elementary, Washington, DC
2019-20 Reggio Emilia Inspired Lead Classroom Teacher, Pre-K 3 & 4, Friendship Ideal Academy, Washington, DC
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