Born in the Dominican Republic, Wildriana María de Jesús Paulino is a multidisciplinary artist and educator. Her practice centers on transformation and the search for female autonomy. Using installation, sculpture, drawing, and printmaking, Paulino merges female and natural forms to create hybrids that celebrate femininity while reflecting on the implications of gendered exploitation.
Paulino holds a BFA from the Cooper Union School of Art. Her work has been exhibited at venues such as the Bronx River Art Center, Abrazo Interno Gallery, and Hostos Art Gallery. In 2022, she participated in the New York Latin American Art Triennial as its youngest artist. A recipient of the 2022 Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation Prize, her collaborations include Women's Strike NYC and the Audubon Society. In 2023, she received the 178Studio Residency at Cornerstone Studios, where she maintained a year-long studio. In the summer of 2024, Paulino became an artist-in-residence at NYLAAT House on Governors Island. In 2025, she became a summer artist-in-residence at TAAC (Taiwanese American Art Council) House at Governors Island and received a Full Fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center. That same year, Paulino became an artist-in-residence at MarinaMansion in Brooklyn, and in the summer of 2026 she was awarded a summer residency at Soaring Gardens, Pennsylvania.
