Paloma Mejia: Sculptures you can wear

16 December 2023 - 6 January 2024

Paloma Mejia
Wearable Sculpture

Paloma Mejia's work is sometimes referred to as "tiny sculptures" - small sculptures made to be worn on the body, like jewelry.

She first creates wax models, which she then casts in metal using the lost wax method. By working with her hands, the artist leaves her mark on each one - an ancient technique that makes the sculptures unique, because even if the model is repeated, it is impossible to make two exactly the same cast.

Thus, unique pieces made of solid metal, 18k gold or 925 silver, and there is only one original and eight numbered and signed copies of each.
From a practice to a studio

The inspiration for her work came primarily from the practice of her father, a country veterinarian, where she played as a child. "I think that from the countless specimens, flasks and microscopes, my imagination gradually expanded and I began to deal with existential questions, which would then guide all my future work. Then I grew up and the practice became my studio."
"WHEN MAKING A SCULPTURE, THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE ARTIST AND THE WORK IS VERY SENSUAL AND SENSITIVE, BUT WHEN EXHIBITING, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VIEWER AND THE WORK IS ONLY VISUAL, WHICH FOR ME LIMITS IT. THE WORK IS COMPLETE ONLY THROUGH INTERACTION WITH THE PERSON AND HAS NO END IN ITSELF AS AN ISOLATED OBJECT: IT IS COMPLETED BY MERGING WITH THE WEARER."
Welcome to my temple

Those who visit my workshop know that they are entering a sacred space of alchemy, ritual and creation. They are looking for unique, handmade objects. They want to know the behind-the-scenes of the creation of each piece, they want me to tell them a secret, and they want to take away an amulet that means something in their life. People love to get to know the makers and their craft, and I love getting to know those who choose my pieces.
Sculptures
Put it on

All jewellery from the photos on this website can be tried on in person at the gallery. Detailed photos of each piece will be available soon. If you are interested, please contact us.
About the artist

Paloma Mejia

Paloma Mejía was born in 1991 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She grew up in Lincoln, a small town in the province of Buenos Aires. As the daughter of a photographer and a rural veterinarian, she spent her childhood in the countryside, where she developed a deep love for nature that has become the foundation of her artistic work.
In 2011, Paloma moved to Buenos Aires and began studying at the National University of the Arts, which she left three years later to pursue a multidisciplinary career. During this journey, the artist engaged in cultural management activities. In 2021, she graduated in Curatorial Studies and Art Management from ESEADE University. in addition, during this time she also worked as an independent curator of exhibitions in galleries and museums in Buenos Aires.
In 2013-2016 she traveled to France where she trained in sculpture and jewelry making and put this craft into her work, similarly, in 2018-2019 she studied jewelry making at the School of Jewelry in Buenos Aires and gemology with Carlos Leporace there.
Her works have been exhibited in Argentina, Germany, Spain and France and are part of public and private collections in Latin America, the USA and Europe.
She currently lives and works between Buenos Aires and Paris.