Paola Galletta
[Paola Perea Mejía / a.k.a. Galletta]
Monterrey, NL, Mexico – December 18, 1985
Experimental creator, strategic consultant and transformational catalyst.
Has studied Graphic Design at the Habitat Faculty of the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí [UASLP, Mexico], Experimental Media at the CEART Arts Center [SLP, Mexico], Audiovisual Experimentation at the Multimedia Center of the National Center for the Arts [CENART / INBA, Mexico], Art Management at the San Carlos Academy of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México [UNAM], Cultural Management at the National Center for the Arts [CENART / INBA, Mexico] and Psychology Specialized in Expressive Therapies, among other studies, although her post-transdisciplinary profile has been articulated by self-taught.
Her artistic path started in 1995 through projects created with the Monterrey Museum and the IPBA Institute of Fine Arts, where she practiced her fundamentals in visual arts; as well as with the Symphonic Orchestra of San Luis Potosí, where she developed her first skills in music and participated as a violinist.
Her contemporary artwork is composed by conceptual expressions such as performance art, sound art, installation, expanded cinema and alternative media (transmedia / intermedia), among other experimentations, since 2005; same year she started her career as a professional on projects related to various areas of creativity and innovation.
From her approaches, she explores diverse perspectives primarily derived from philosophy, psychology, epistemology, spirituality and transpersonal concepts. As an artivist, her active political participations on projects and social movements are mainly committed to human rights, ecology and sustainability.
As a designer, her creations have been commissioned and selected worldwide, published by platforms such as A! Diseño [Mexico], Indexbook [Barcelona], and MAGMA Brand Design [Germany].
The diverse experience she has acquired spans creation, direction, coordination, curatorship, production, management, growth hacking and strategic development, mostly focused on arts, culture, non-profit projects and sustainable business, fields on which she’s advisor, mentor and professor of educational programs, ranging from preschool to professional levels. Her international connections includes partnerships and collaborations with multiple projects in regions and countries like Spain, France, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, United States, China, Malaysia, Borneo, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore and Japan, among others, as well as Mexico.