Paula Rindborg is a visual artist from Rio de Janeiro, based in Stockholm. With over 28 years of experience, she works with painting and diverse techniques, combining her background in art and design. She has always been engaged in multiple artistic expressions and has studied art, literature, and design across different cultural contexts in Brazil, Sweden, Ecuador, and France.
Paula deepened her education in literature, languages, art theory and design at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Stockholm University and the University of Borås, and also took visual arts courses at Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, among other institutions. She has exhibited extensively in various countries and has served as a jury member for curated exhibitions in Sweden, including at Romele Konsthall and Solna Konsthall. She is a member of KRO (Swedish Artists’ National Organization), SINAP-ESP (Brazilian Artists’ Union), Bildupphovsrätt i Sverige (Visual Copyright Society in Sweden), KKV (Artists’ Collective Workshop) and KHVC (Crafts Council).

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Education:

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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Humanities, 1992–1997
Language and Literature

COPPEAD – Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Business Administration, 2001
MBA in Marketing

Parque Lage School of Visual Arts
Art Studies, 2003
Exhibition Production – From Concept to Implementation, 2025

University of Borås
Art and Media, 2012
Independent courses: Design for the Good Life; Design and Consumption

Stockholm University
Master’s Programme in Literary Studies with specialization in Portuguese-language Literature
2010–2012 (not completed)
Independent courses:
Fashion Studies – Portraiture, Fashion and the Fashion Image (2014)
Art Education I (2014)
Art and Art Theory: From Postmodernism to Contemporary Practice (2014)

 

1999 Medborgarskolan - Course: Painting, Stockholm
1999 Folkuniversitetet - Course: Sculpture - Stockholm
2004 Folkuniversitetet - Course: Shape and color – Stockholm
2005 Studiefrämjandet - Graphic Design – Stockholm
2009 Medborgarskolan - Interior Design – Stockholm
2019 Fotografiska Museum - Course: Photography 1 - Stockholm​

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Apprentice in the studio of:

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Luiz Mancheno (Quito, Ecuador - 1998-1999)  

Angela Oliveira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 2003)

Ricardo Frazão (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 2004 / 2007)

Micht Waite (La Colle sur Loup, France - 2006)

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Artist in Residence:

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Cité Internationale des Arts - Paris (Atelier Carina Ari - KRO) - 2016

Kunstnerhuset Lofoten - Svolvær, Norway - 2018

Atelier Austmarka - Austmarka, Norway - 2020 and 2023​

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Scholarship:

Britt Paus Foundation - 2017 

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Book: IV Brazilian Annual of Arts - Roma Internacional Editora - 2005/2006

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