Paola Milán
Abstract paintings about color, gesture and presence, made in a studio in Madrid.
The paint is still wet. Move through it.
I am not looking to decorate; I am looking for presence.
Paola Milán is a visual artist whose practice explores color, gesture, movement and presence. After more than a decade in graphic design, she returned fully to painting, developing an intuitive and physical approach in which control and spontaneity coexist.
Available works
29 original paintings, shown at their true size and hung as a gallery would, centered at 150 cm.
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Untitled (Emergent 01), 2023Mixed media, 120 × 120 cm
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Untitled (Emergent 03), 2023Mixed media, 130 × 97 cm
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Paradise, 2026Mixed media, 140 × 110 cm
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Universe, 2020Acrylic, 100 × 100 cm
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Untitled (Emergent 12), 2023Mixed media, 130 × 97 cm
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Untitled (Emergent 06), 2023Mixed media, 130 × 97 cm
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Untitled Diptych (Emergent 13), 2023Mixed media, 130 × 194 cm
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Whispering Angels, 2025Mixed media, 70 × 160 cm
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Untitled (Emergent 02), 2022Mixed media, 130 × 97 cm
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My Beautiful Chaos, 2026Mixed media, 92 × 73 cm
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The Dream in the Fields, 2026Mixed media, 92 × 73 cm
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Present, 2026Mixed media, 92 × 73 cm
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Those Moments, 2026Mixed media, 65 × 55 cm
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My Garden, 2024Mixed media, 130 × 97 cm
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Malta, 2025Acrylic, 100 × 81 / 100 × 100 cm
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Structuring the Point, 2020Acrylic, 100 × 100 cm
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A Deep, Dark Garden, 2026Acrylic, 100 × 81 cm
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Sapphire, 2020Acrylic, 100 × 81 cm
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Michael, 2020Diluted acrylic, 92 × 73 cm
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Untitled (Emergent 11), 2023Mixed media, 90 × 90 cm
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My practice begins with the physical act of painting.
I am interested in the tension between force and restraint, movement and stillness, control and the unexpected. Layers, marks, accidents and pauses become part of the work.
Paola Milán in her studio, Madrid
Series
Eight bodies of work since 2018. Each strip shows the paintings in the series.
- 2026 The Language of Gesture Color and mark become the language of emotion. 5 works
- 2025–2026 That Energy Capturing the invisible: emotions that beat beneath the surface. 2 works
- 2024 Fragments of Light Light and color through a free and sensory approach. 4 works
- 2023 Emergente A tribute to my ancestors and the paths they traveled. 14 works
- 2023 Remembering My Land Cacti, green tones, and the fuchsia of Mexico. 5 works
- 2021 Matérico A territory of textures and surfaces. 19 works
- 2020 Dots The dot, as the origin of all form. 2 works
- 2018 Lines Each stroke vibrates with its own energy. 2 works
Workshops for children and adults
Painting workshops for children and adults, where color is something you feel with your whole body.
Each session borrows an idea from one of my series, so you work the way an artist works: by exploring a question with your hands.
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Lines
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Dots
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Matter
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Gesture
Commissions
A commissioned painting is an opportunity to create a new work in dialogue with a person, a space, or a particular moment.
Each commission develops within my existing practice. Rather than reproducing a specific image or working from a predetermined palette, I create a new work that stays true to the language, gestures, textures, and energy that define my painting.