Paula Klien Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Paula Klien
A Journey into the Intangible: The Art of Paula Klien Paula Klien, born in the vibrant city of Rio de Janeiro in 1968, is a contemporary Brazilian artist whose work resonates with a profound exploration of spirituality and transcendence. Her artistic path has been one of dedicated self-discovery interwoven with formal study, resulting in an oeuvre that invites viewers to contemplate the unseen realms within and beyond our perception. W
hile largely self-taught in the foundational skills of drawing, painting, and photography, Klien actively sought opportunities to refine her technique, beginning at the Visual Arts School of Parque Lage (EAV) in 1982. This early immersion was later complemented by a transformative workshop with renowned photographer Steve McCurry in New York City in 2006, and further studies at the Kunst Gut Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin in 2015 – exp…