PAULA PUNKSTINA




ppunkstina@gmail.com
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Paula Punkstina (2001) 
is a Latvian visual artist based in Rotterdam.  Her work emphasises explorations of identity, fragility, and transitional states of disappearance. By merging factual philosophy with metaphorical imagery, her artistic practice engages with the translation of concepts into material form. 

Besides her individual practice, Paula works as part of an artist duo with Italian artist Sara Francola.









Education
Piet Zwart Institute
2027

Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2025

Riga School of Design and Art
2021





Solo Shows
2024


DOM Gallery, Riga
False Sense of Familiarity
Group Shows

Forthcoming

2026

Art au Centre, Liege
“PS” with Sara Francola

Kim? Contemporary Art Centre
“Liminal Compressions”, Riga


2025

Paradise / West, The Hague
Where are you currently? #4, The Hague

Oberägeri
«der Duft von Gras»,

KABK Graduation Show

Billytown, The  Hague
This  Didn't  Make  It To Grad

Paradise / West, The Hague
Where are you currently? #3, The Hague


2024

Paradise / West, The Hague
Where are you currently? #2, The Hague

Paradise /  West, The Hague
Underscore
5th edition of Black Market by Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga

Paradise / West, The Hague
Where are you currently? 

Photo Biennale of Mulhouse
(IM)POSSIBLE WORLDS X PEP

Prospektas Gallery, Vilnius
RESTART

Marres House for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht
Limburg Biennale

The Grey Space In The Middle, The Hague
“A butterlfy was finding out yesterday how to make sense of misunderstandings”

2023


Millepiani, Rome
“I want to believe”

Recyclart, Brussels
Komma Collective

Berga Bazārs, Riga
“Transformācija”

Artist Talks, Residencies 
2026

KABK Network week
Alumni Studio visits


2025


Das Lot
Artistic research residency
Vienna


2025


Riga Photography Biennial
ISSP Gallery


2024

KABK Open Day
Royal Academy of Art

1th edition of Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) Summer School program
Valmiera




Press











Self-Portrait at 11, 2024 / UV print on memory foam, 35 x 35 cm
Dodge The Bullet, 2025 / steel rod, corrugated stainless steel sheets, dart tips
120 x 220 cm,  in collaboration with Sara Francola
Harsh (edges), 2025 / memory foam, spray paint, dart tips, arrows / 150 x 120 cm

f[1]_s_f_3, 2024 / foam, UV print on aluminium, spray paint, 15 x 23 cm

 
f[1]_s_f_7, 2024 / foam, plastic, UV print on aluminium, dart tips / 90 x 120 cm        
f[1]_s_f_2, 2024 / foam, plastic, UV print on aluminium, dart tips, 50 x 30 cm       

f[1]_s_f_4, 2024 / foam, plastic, UV print on aluminium, 50 x 50 cm

 
 f[1]_s_f_1, 2024 /  foam, plastic, UV print on aluminium, spray paint / 30 x 19 cm
Clinging On The Ocean Heart, Menu For The Breakfast, 2024 / UV print on vinyl, chains, Titanic Heart of The Ocean necklaces, 120 x 200 cm
Wipe Your Feet, 2024 / textile print on a doormat, 60 x 40.5 cm

f[1]_s_f_6, 2024 / Foam, faux leather, UV print on aluminium, 20 x 20 cm