Paula do Prado is a visual artist,researcher and workshop facilitator based on the lands of the Gadigal people, working with various forms of tejido (weaving). Born in Uruguay on the lands of the Charrúa Nation, she migrated to Australia with her parents as a 7-year-old in 1986. Her art practice surfaces the intersections of her West African Bantu-Kongo, Iberian and Charrúan ancestral lineages. Her practice-led research isindivisible from her cultural and spiritual practices, her family and community relationships including beyond human kin. She holds a BFA First Class Honours (Textiles) and an MFA (Research) from the University of New South Wales. She has recently completed a practice-led PhD at the University of Sydney and is a member of the Sydney Indigenous Research Network.”