Karen Paulina Biswell was born in Aruba in 1983 to Colombian parents who emigrated to Paris escaping the extreme political violence of the early 90’s. She shared her childhood between France and Colombia whom she later discovers: she was 13 years old. Her varied oeuvre – which is consistently defying definition – is drawn to subjects of vulnerability morality and human fate. She is committed to capturing the lesser known aspects of contemporary life, the invisible and defiant elements of society, taking a deep interest in extreme states and the depths of the human mind and experience.
She represented Colombia during exhibitions at La Cité International des Arts in Paris (2017) and Les Rencontres de la Photographie in Arles (2016 & 2017). She has recently exhibited at The 60 Wall Gallery – Deutsche Bank, New York, The Vasarely Fondation in Aix-en-Provence, and the Museum of Modern Art of Me-dellin. Biswell was nominated for the Higashikawa Award in Japan, the Gd4 Pho-toart Award by MAST Foundation and the Prix de la Photo Madame Figaro in Arles in 2016; the World Press Photo-Joop Swart Masterclass in 2014; She won the Photography residencies Program 2018 -2019 of the Mus é e du Quai Bran-ly-Jacques Chirac (France) and the Second Prize of the IX Premio Colom-
• bo-Suizo de fotografí a (Colombia) in 2013. Her body of work is part of the Public & Institutional collections of the Musé e du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, France, Museo del Banco de la Republica, Colombia and Les Rencontres d’ Ar-les, France. Lives and works between Bogota and Paris.