Picture: Alena Schmick

Paulette Penje

Paulette Penje (* 1984 in Berlin) studied Sculpture and Public Art at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar, Saarbrücken, and participated in the MFA Fine Arts program at the School of Visual Arts, New York. After having completed her studies, she received a fellowship from the Akademie der Künste, Berlin. As a performance artist, Penje explores site-specific experimental art. She has developed works both for public spaces and for institutions, including projects for Mayer Pavillon, Berlin, DIEresidenz in Die, France, the Saarland Museum – Moderne Galerie, the World Cultural Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte, BETON Berlin, the Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, and Random Institute, Zurich. She is a recipient of the X-treme Women Art Prize, Berlin, and has been nominated for the 2025 Robert Schumann Art Prize.