BIO

Born in Buenos Aires, Paula Córdoba completed her MA in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art in 2023 and currently lives and works in Houston.

Artist Statement  

My work begins with the body—its memory, its rhythms, its ways of knowing. I’m drawn to the quiet force of materials. These are not neutral; they carry history, memory, and systems of value.

For years, I explored cultural identities from my homeland, Argentina, through art, research, and academia. But I came to understand that the connection I longed for wasn’t in theory—it lived in the rawness of the senses, in texture and breath, in the stillness between things.

After completing my MA in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art in London, something shifted. I no longer wanted to speak about cultural hybridity. I wanted to be in direct relation with materials and territory.

My practice now leans into the decolonization of the senses—a slow loosening of habits that separate us from what we touch, see, and feel. I work with gestures and tempos that bring us back to the body, to what’s near and felt. Often minimal and grounded in material, my pieces are layered, stitched, or suspended. They offer room for stillness—for sensing without interpretation.

Ongoing visits to the dry forest of Northern Argentina, and time with the women who weave there, continue to shape me. I’m not trying to represent a place—I’m learning to move with it. To be shaped by its rhythm. To stay close to its pace.