Paula Henderson American

Paula Henderson applies bilateral symmetry by tracing the contours of models drawn from commercial photo shoots and transforming them into mirrored abstractions. These works on paper evoke the beauty and symbolic power of Eastern female deity figures, aligning them with contemporary media goddesses—manufactured icons that shape ideals of womanhood and female identity.

Through these tracings and their deliberate distortions, Henderson explores the consequences of identities constructed through visual perfection and artifice. Her ‘deified’ forms acknowledge the unattainable nature of such archetypes and the relentless self-comparison they provoke, ultimately challenging the limitations they impose on human potential.