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Biography

PAULA CHRISTENSON

b. — Argentina :: lives & works in Cedar Hills, Utah

Paula Christenson is an Argentine-born American abstract artist working across painting and sculpture. Based in Utah, her work explores perception, rhythm, movement, and the interconnected nature of human experience. Through her ongoing Dreamweb series, she creates layered compositions that invite viewers to discover new relationships and interpretations with each encounter.

Born and educated in Argentina, Christenson holds a bachelor’s degree in education and completed formal studies in painting at the Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Her work has been exhibited in museums, galleries, and juried exhibitions nationally and internationally. She is represented by Serrano Gallery in Houston, Texas, and Conde Contemporary Gallery in Natchez, Mississippi.

 

Artist Statement

In my ongoing Dreamweb series, I explore abstraction as a self-organizing system. Beginning without a predetermined composition, I allow each painting to reveal itself through an intuitive dialogue in which line, color, and form continually reshape one another. My work unfolds through the interplay of freedom and structure, complementary forces through which order is discovered rather than imposed.

As relationships emerge across the surface, forms begin to suggest figures or presences, not as intentional depictions, but as phenomena arising from the painting itself. These moments reflect the mind’s instinct to recognize pattern and meaning within complexity while leaving space for imagination and personal discovery.

Through the Dreamweb series, I create immersive visual environments that invite viewers to navigate shifting relationships, imagine unexpected connections, and arrive at their own interpretations.