Paloma Proudfoot is an artist living and working in London, with a BA (Sculpture) from Edinburgh College of Art and MA (Sculpture) from the Royal College of Art.
Throughout her practice, Paloma Proudfoot has been led by an enduring interest in how corporeality is both registered and articulated. With a background in textiles, her process mirrors flat pattern-cutting - dimensional forms in glazed ceramic, glass, metal and fabric. She also works across clothes making, text and performance, bringing together personal narratives, historical research and contemporary references to examine gendered cultural practices and the historical pathologisation of women. Through the metaphorical and narrative potential of her materials, she investigates female identity, using the body as both subject and framework for exploring wider social, medical and cultural histories.
Recent solo exhibitions include: Collective, Edinburgh (2026); Fondazione Bonollo, Thiene, Italy (2025); The Lowry, Salford, UK (2024); The Approach, London (2025 and 2024); Soy Capitan Gallery, Berlin (2023, 2021 and 2019); and Sans Titre, Paris (2019). Recent and forthcoming group exhibitions include: Sinop Biennale, Turkey (2026); Midlands Art Centre, UK (2026); Sainsbury Centre, UK (2026); Kunstmuseum Appenzell, Switzerland (2025); Hayward Touring, Various UK venues (2024-25); Fondation Carmignac, Porquerolles, France (2024); Hauser & Wirth, Somerset (2024); Goldsmiths CCA (2023); Bold Tendencies, London (2022); Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf (2022); and Southbank Centre, London (2021).
Being included in RSA New Contemporaries gave me the confidence as a newly graduated artist to continue with my practice. I remember proposing an idea specific to the galleries for the exhibition and being excited that it was taken seriously and to have the curatorial and technical assistance to make it a reality. From the New Contemporaries exhibition I was awarded the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop graduate residency, and around the same time I was included in a group show at Embassy Gallery. The support I received from the Edinburgh art ecosystem as a whole gave me insight into different ways to make becoming an artist a viable path, and most importantly, the community to prop me up and enjoy it with along the way.
