An ode to the body, nudity also expresses, in Paz Corona’s work, the glory of painting as an ode to the body, nudity also expresses, in Paz Corona’s work, the glory of painting as the power to lay bare. In this sense, all painting for her is an art of the face, an art that scrutinizes. The paradox of painting is applying color to a canvas as an art of exposure. This art asserts itself by sometimes leaving certain parts of the paintings bare, revealing the canvas, the body of the canvas, and the paint directly on its “skin,” a veil without a veil.
— Gérard Wajcman
Paz Corona, born in 1968 in Chile, is a French artist and psychoanalyst who integrates her theoretical and clinical engagement into a multidisciplinary artistic practice.
She works across painting, photography, sculpture, and film, articulating her practice between visual creation and reflection on the psyche.
In 2015, she presented Face à Face at the Alliance Française in Delhi and at the Harrington Street Arts Centre in Kolkata, India. In 2016, she participated in the group exhibitions Le temps de l’audace et de l’engagement at the IAC in Villeurbanne and Sèvres Outdoors at the Jardin de la Manufacture de Sèvres, France. In 2019, several of her films were shown in a solo exhibition at the Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn, USA.
In 2021, her film Santiago 1973–2019 received the Special Jury Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France, while Atacama was presented at La Quinzaine de la Vidéo at Galerie Imane Farès in Paris.
In 2024, Paz Corona co-curated the exhibition Lacan, l’exposition. When Art Meets Psychoanalysis at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, a major event that brought together artworks and psychoanalytic concepts, confirming her commitment to both theoretical and artistic engagement.