LAND TO SCAPE. SOLO EXHIBITHION. PAULA FRAILE.

Paula Fraile. LAND TO SCAPE.

LAND TO SCAPE is my first solo exhibition in Leipzig; an intimate reflection of my migratory process, my personal transformation, and the evolution of my artistic practice.
Through painting, I reflect on the relationship between light and shadow, using natural and ultraviolet light to create a dialogue between the visible and the hidden. It is a reflection of my attempt to integrate different territories—both physical and emotional—into a visual narrative that expands beyond the surface of the canvas.


The exhibition unfolds in four phases: Origin, Fulfillment, Jungle, and Destiny. These represent the four stages of a transformation cycle, which will be revealed and lived through the two-month duration of the show.


Origin represents personal search, the first encounter with a new environment, and the initial adaptation.
In Fulfillment, everything that once seemed familiar takes on new dimensions, revealing the hidden richness of the invisible under a new light.
Jungle, the catharsis. A deep immersion into the unknown, a space of disintegration and reconstruction. Reconnection with the self.
Destiny, the end of this transformation cycle, where accumulated experience allows one to see the world from a renewed perspective.

A wish to capture the unique qualities of both daylight and nighttime in a single work has driven my pictorial research in recent years. My goal is to extend the life of a painting beyond dusk, allowing a special light to reveal all hidden layers and offering new ways to perceive and contemplate the work.

I work from photographs I take during my travels. Through models and collages, I generate compositions that allow me to discover unique combinations of light and landscape elements, creating situations that didn’t exist before. These collages are not just references, but a place I continually return to for reinterpretation.

LAND TO SCAPE explores the expansion of territory and the visualization of space as a unique environment. The painting becomes a place of continuity, where each fragment relates to the next, creating and embracing a sense of wholeness. Each time I start a new work, the cycle of beginning, inhabiting the painting, and deciding which elements remain and which disappear is repeated—a deeply intimate and personal process.
LAND TO SCAPE embraces my pictorial work, with all of its phases of reflection and materialization. A place in the world; one or several possibilities.