About her work

Over the years, she has gained a great deal of experience in the world of clothing with a critical view of the fashion industry, especially towards the mass production model that has a high impact not only environmentally but also socially. 

Through her work, she seeks to put into perspective the impact of this industry, inviting reflection on the consumption habits that validate it and make us complicit in its practices. The power of the feminine is another subject of her pictorial exploration, seeking to project the inner gaze as a personal journey in the artwork. 

Feminine archetypes, the uncomfortable woman, the evolution of women in history, and the vindication of their rights. Giving a new dimension to the images through stenciling and pointillism has been the hallmark of many of her works, with which she seeks to find a new conversation with paper, finding volumes from the most basic form, the point. 

The implementation of non-industrialized and non-polluting artisanal techniques such as dyeing with natural dyes and hand embroidery, a technique that women have historically used to tell and capture the stories of their people, has also been essential to lift their voice in more recent history.  

Biography

Paula Osorio, born in Pereira, Colombia in 1986, began studying drawing and painting with private teachers at a very early age. These skills were later developed while studying visual arts and fashion design. 

For many years, her main focus has been in clothing design with the brand Paula Osorio Tailored (@paulaosoriotailored), participating with women's and men's collections in different events in the country, and as a speaker in discussions on image, men's fashion, innovation, and sustainability for fashion and slow fashion brands in the current market. 

Her work has been published in digital and print media for Creators Magazine (UK), Infashion (COL), Caras Magazine (COL), Caras Novias (COL), and Lyun Magazine (CAN). 

In 2022, she decided to step away from clothing design and immerse herself in the world of art, exalting the theme of women, the power of the feminine, and the issue of consumerism in the fashion industry, participating in different collective exhibitions in galleries such as Allez, Arcot, and Cúrcuma Art Center as part of the Art Circuit of Bogotá, and an individual exhibition at Hacienda Castilla in Pereira in 2022. In 2023, she had the opportunity to present her work addressing the freedom and rights of women in the Congress of the Republic of Colombia.