Paula Castillo is a Latinx artist based in her hometown of Belén, NM. Castillo attended Yale University and then worked in an electronics factory, where she began to forge her early career in contemporary art. The complex and malleable intersections between the physical and cultural landscape are the primary source of Castillo’s inventiveness.

Castillo utilizes both the literal and symbolic aspects of home places to experiment with ideas related to the broader Southwest region to create allegorical narratives that highlight causes and solutions. Castillo’s work is in various national collections, including the National Museum of Women in the Arts.