Bio

B.1981, Quito, Ecuador 

Paulina Ree is an Oslo-based painter, educator, curator, and researcher.  Born in Ecuador, Ree moved to the United States as a teenager, it was during her time there that she first trained in Art, pursuing her long life passion of learning about painting and art history.  During her studies in Economics at Boston College, she pursued several electives in Art.  Ree envisioned the day that she would establish an art practice full-time, and this happened in 2020.  

Her art practice revolves around regular and continuous research, as well as participating in in-person and online art related workshops.  Ree explores drawing and painting in different mediums. Ree’s focuses on portraiture and figurative art.  Ree’s interest in female artists from history, as well as on understanding the role of gender inequality and imbalance in the art world is something that she is passionate about and for which she regularly holds talks in her atelier.  Ree is a member of BKA and NBK, both Norwegian organizations for Professional Visual Artists. 

To date, Paulina has been awarded a scholarship with the European Cultural Academy, for a Contemporary Art Course in Venice on July 2023.  She has been longlisted for the VAO22 Artists, UK and International Emerging Artists Award, and won a prize when selected as a Finalist in the 8th Edition of the Boynes Artist Award (Young Artist Category).  Paulina has been a guest on several podcasts, including New Visionary Podcast and Colour Me Happy Podcast.  Paulina has been published  in Artist Talk Magazine and Artists of Today and Tomorrow, Contemporary Art Catalogue, Third Edition, among other publications.