Paloma Barhaugh–Bordas

Paloma Barhaugh–Bordas is an artist, educator, and activist moving to Austin from Los Angeles, CA. Their art practice—which expands from print media into installation, as well as social and collaborative practices—works at the intersection of migration, queerness, and ecology. While thinking-through-making, Barhaugh–Bordas asks how art can contribute to ecological knowledge and build interspecies understanding, an inquiry they began investigating by comparing the stories of naturalization—becoming local—between Americans and non-native plants. This work was shown alongside Ellen Gallagher and Alison Saar, among others, through Project V’s 2021 online exhibition space. Barhaugh–Bordas has exhibited nationally and internationally including solo exhibitions at the Printshop LA, Handwerker Gallery, Buffalo Artists Studios, and Sediment Arts. Artist residencies include Casa Lu Mexico City, ACRE, Women’s Studio Workshop, the Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University, MI-Lab in Japan, and Kala Art Institute. Originally from Denver, Colorado, Barhaugh–Bordas received a BA in liberal arts from Carleton College in Northfield, MN, and an MFA in Printmaking at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI.