Paula Müller was born in Trier in 1977 and currently lives in Berlin. She studied fine art at the Kunstakademie Münster under Prof Ulrich Erben and later under Prof Daniele Buetti, with whom she graduated as a master student in 2007. Continuous work as a scientific draughtswoman for archaeologists in Germany and abroad (e.g. LWL Münster, Université de Genève) deepened the documentary method of drawing, which became a central element of her artistic work.

Paula Müller creates new spaces by drawing on walls and installing her own pictures into the drawings. Thus, they enter into dialogue with each other and with the space. Her works combine drawing and painting to create a visual language that makes questions, thoughts, and aphorisms visually tangible. The diverse forms of expression resemble found objects that document their own origins. Searching and questioning are the driving force and inspiration behind her artistic work.

From 2008 to 2012, Paula Müller lived and worked in New York (Kunststiftung NRW working grant), Brussels and Geneva, among other places. She has presented her site-specific works in numerous museums and galleries in Germany, Belgium, the USA, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Luxembourg, and Russia. In the process, she has repeatedly explored found pictorial objects and snapshots.

Since 2013, teaching has played a relevant role in her artistic work. Among other things, she taught ‘Visual Field Research’ at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in cooperation with the TU Berlin and Humboldt University (2013-2018). From 2018 to 2020, she was Head of Education and Outreach at the Stade Museums, where she developed innovative art education programs.