Paula Valero × TEJA

Paula Valero Comín (Valencia) is an artist based between Paris and Valencia whose work combines drawing, performance, and installation from a critical, ecological, and pedagogical perspective. Her practice uses drawing as a living archive to explore the relationships between the body, memory, territory, and resistance in long-term projects such as Herbier Résistant Rosa Luxemburg. With an internationally recognized career, she has exhibited and conducted research in institutions such as the Centre Pompidou, Jeu de Paume, MOMENTA Biennale, and the collateral program of the Venice Biennale 2024.

Resilient Herbarium of Palestine arose in response to the devastation in Gaza as an act of resistance, refuge, and memory-building through botanical drawing. Connecting the shared flora of the Mediterranean (such as the olive tree, Za’atar, or orange blossom) with the heritage of resistance in both Palestine and Valencia, the artworks (created using oil pencil and watercolor) are based on photographs of anti-fascist women from 1939 to affirm life and rootedness in the face of destruction. The project reaffirms its commitment by allocating 50% of all sales to support Palestinian artists through the TEJA network.