Paula Mans

Paula Mans (b. 1986) is a self-taught painter, collagist, and art educator based in Washington, DC. A native Washingtonian, Mans spent many of her formative years living in Tanzania, Mozambique, Eswatini, and Brazil. Her experiences throughout the African Diaspora shaped her identity, politics, and informed the development of her artistic voice. DC. Mans is a recipient of the Sustainable Arts Foundation grant, the Fulbright Research Fellowship, the Arts and Humanities Fellowship for the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and the Vermont Studio Center Visual Art Fellowship. Her work has recently been acquired by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank collection.