Paula Siwek

Artist Bio

Paula Siwek is an artist-educator originally from New York City. After graduating from

Goddard College with a BA in Photography in 1981.  She moved from Manhattan

to Brooklyn to attend Pratt Institute where she earned an MFA in Photography in

1990. In 1992 she began her teaching career at North Carolina State University,

Meredith College and Elon University respectively, as an adjunct professor.

She taught photography and art for Durham Public Schools from 2005-2020. Currently,

she 
teaches photography for Wake County Public Schools, tutors privately, hosts

workshops, and continues to exhibit her personal works. 


Her work has been exhibited extensively in the United States as well as internationally in Vienna

(Bilder) and Munich (Amerikahaus), and upcoming in Damyang, South Korea in 2023.

Paula's street photography, including a documentary series of inmates at Arthur Kill Correctional

Facility in Staten Island were projected for several spoken word performances at multiple venues

Manhattan in collaboration with the writer.  She exhibited her work in a solo show made possible

by an Emerging Artist Grant from Durham Arts Council. She organized and curated several

exhibits at the Durham Arts Council for visual arts educators in Durham County as well as student

exhibitions in Durham and Wake County schools.

Currently she is working on mixed media with encaustic, collage, and photography.


Blog

A few years ago, I decided to leave North Carolina and move back to New York. Weeks after I got there, my mother slipped on the pavement outside of her apartment getting out of a taxi. The November wind knocked her over. She spent the next seven months in New York in and out of rehab facilities. She came home from one, and fell again after a couple of weeks. Then Meniere's Disease, then more falls, and more rehab. I spent those months in and out of town, taking care of my mom, trying to find work. I walked to Mt Sinai Hospital three to four times per week. This is one of the Sidewalk Memories.

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Paula Siwek

Artist Bio

Paula Siwek is an artist-educator originally from New York City. After graduating from

Goddard College with a BA in Photography in 1981.  She moved from Manhattan

to Brooklyn to attend Pratt Institute where she earned an MFA in Photography in

1990. In 1992 she began her teaching career at North Carolina State University,

Meredith College and Elon University respectively, as an adjunct professor.

She taught photography and art for Durham Public Schools from 2005-2020. Currently,

she 
teaches photography for Wake County Public Schools, tutors privately, hosts

workshops, and continues to exhibit her personal works. 


Her work has been exhibited extensively in the United States as well as internationally in Vienna

(Bilder) and Munich (Amerikahaus), and upcoming in Damyang, South Korea in 2023.

Paula's street photography, including a documentary series of inmates at Arthur Kill Correctional

Facility in Staten Island were projected for several spoken word performances at multiple venues

Manhattan in collaboration with the writer.  She exhibited her work in a solo show made possible

by an Emerging Artist Grant from Durham Arts Council. She organized and curated several

exhibits at the Durham Arts Council for visual arts educators in Durham County as well as student

exhibitions in Durham and Wake County schools.

Currently she is working on mixed media with encaustic, collage, and photography.


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