My name is Paola Idrontino, I am a costume, textile, and corset designer, photographer and sound artist based in Barcelona. My passion for storytelling is combined with complex textile arrangements to create costumes, sculptures and masks inspired by grotesque and otherworldly creatures. After graduating from Central Saint Martins University in London, I created a clothing and accessories brand called Papayapie, with the desire to explore new ways to highlight and dramatize the body’s natural silhouette. My works has been exhibited at MACBA, Barcelona Design Museum, Barcelona Maritime Museum, Marine Sciences (CSIC), Museo Etnológico Barcelona, Ket Gallery, Centre Civico Barceloneta, Les Bernardes in Girona, Bikini Berlin, Art Basel New York.

My current exhibition ‘Breathing Waves’ at Centre d’Artesania de Catalunya is until April 27th 2025.

I have had the chance to work with Moreno Bernardi’s (Teatro Akadèmia de Barcelona), Ex Abrupto, Jana Winderen, Wonderground company, Marc Corominas, Laca Films, Sara Brown. My work is published in various magazines and books, such as Condé Nast Traveler, Hi-Fructose, Divers for the Environment, Vogue, Mothmeister, Elle Serbia, Schön Magazine. My love for absurd storytelling also translates into a sound language that reflects on alternative ways of listening.

Some of my music projects can be found online: paolaidrontino.bandcamp.com

Some of her music projects can be found online:
paolaidrontino.bandcamp.com
All links: https://linktr.ee/paolaidrontino

“When we see ourselves as part of nature, we understand that saving nature is really about saving ourselves.”