Paula Beck lives and works in Basel and Zurich. She studied Fine Arts at Zurich University of the Arts and at the University of Arts in London. In Basel she studied Philosophy and Political Science. Her artistic practice is conceptual, multimedia, textile, installation- and text-based. Research is an important part of her artistic production. A central theme she works on is unpaid reproductive labour.Through the use and transformation of everyday materials, she searches for new aesthetics and narratives. Many of her works are long-term projects and give visibility to artistic labour as work.
EDUCATION
2025 BA Fine Arts, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
Z-Kubator support programme, supported by the City of Zurich & Righini Fries Foundation.
2024 Exchange program at UAL, University of Arts London Fine Art: Photography
2021 BA Philosophie und Politikwissenschaft Universität Basel
SOLO SHOWS
2024 Working (Title), Paula Beck Tante Frizzante Berlin
GROUP SHOWS
2025 WORKWORKWORK: Dimensions of To Do‘s Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel
ZOODYSSÉE Accélérateur de particules, Streassburg
Jungkunst, Winterthur
Kunstpause, Zug
Netzwerktreffen „Gleichstellung“, Galerie 1, ZHdK
Diploma 2025, ZHdK
2024 Regionale25 «Vernetzt, Verwoben, Verstrickt», Design Jubiläums-Accessoire
Studio 18 Studio 18, Millbank, London
PECKHAM‘S EXTRA Copeland Gallery, London
2023-2025 various group exhibitions at ZHdK
2023 Julia Armutt, Regionale24, La Kunsthalle Mulhouse (FR)
Räume machen Menschen machen Räume, Kunst Kiosk St. Gallen
2020 KOLLISION, Humbug Basel, 8.2.2020 - 9.2.2020
2018 Award «Schweizer Jugend Forscht» (SJF) for «Surreale Nacht»
2016 Alltag BelleVue Ort für Photographie, Basel