Cut Paper Installation | Cut Paper Sculpture | Cut Paper Collage

SUMA is collaborative project by American sculptor Mia Pearlman and her husband, Catalan jazz pianist Albert Marquès. SUMA, or “sum” in English, means both the aggregate of two or more quantities, and the substantive meaning of a matter.

WEFT, a collaboration by Mia Pearlman (sculpture) and Albert Marques (music)

For this exhibition, Pearlman designed a custom wallpaper to line the front window of the Children's Museum of the Arts in New York based on the forms in her installations. On top of this backdrop is a new cut paper installation evoking a deluge or downpour.



The title of this new work is ERUCTO, from the Latin verb “eructus,” which means to belch up or issue forth violently. It is inspired by the pent up torrent of dark forces in American culture being released in the current political moment.

TUMULT was commissioned by Holly Hunt for their NY store in celebration of their acquisition of Vladamir Kagan Furniture.

Installed in the large glass window cases of Foley Gallery on New York's Lower East Side, COEVA is made of two facing site specific installations that sweep viewers off the street and into the gallery. Review in The New Yorker: "The best pieces, notably Mia Pearlman’s crashing waves of cut and painted paper in the windows, dig into the connection between creation and destruction." Select Cuts and Alterations

November 19, 2014 - January11, 2015

Reception: Weds, November 19, 6 - 8pm

Foley Gallery

59 Orchard Street, New York, NY

For more info: Foley Gallery

ONE is composed of two installations that face each other in the Renwick Gallery's Palm Court, both in opposition and interdependent of the other. Caught between these forces, viewers can only see one installation at a time, thus connecting them, and therefore making the work whole, in their minds. 40 UNDER 40: CRAFT FUTURES

Curated by Nicholas R. Bell

July 20, 2012  February 3, 2013

Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

1661 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest

Washington D.C., DC 20006

For more info: Renwick

HAVOC was created in the middle of an ice storm in Pembroke, North Carolina. Using the drawing side of the cut paper pieces, its title reflects the weather outside, the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and many others, and the chaos of our current political and environmental moment. PUSHING PAPER

January 8 - February 14, 2011

Curated by Carla Rokes

The A.D. Gallery

University of North Carolina at Pembroke

PO Box 1510

Pembroke, NC 28372

For more info: A.D. Gallery

PENUMBRA seemingly emerges through the wall of Plaatsmaken, and eddies around the gallery space. Reflecting the dim light of the Northern European skies, it cuts through the cloudcover to reveal the occasional beam of light. MIA PEARLMAN / KINKE KOOI

October 29 - December 15, 2010

Plaatsmaken

Emmastraat 73

6828 HD Arnhem

Netherlands

For more info: Plaatsmaken

INRUSH utilizes the natural light entering through the window cut on the west side of the building to blur distinctions between interior and exterior space. See how INRUSH was created SLASH: PAPER UNDER THE KNIFE

Curated by David McFadden

October 7, 2009 - April 4, 2010

Museum of Arts and Design

2 Columbus Circle

New York, NY 10019

For more info: MAD

Artist Talk: Saturday, October 17th, 2pm

SUBITO landed in Caren Golden's booth at the Pulse Art Fair, only to blow away four days later. PULSE NY 2010

Caren Golden Fine Art

Booth A-13

330 West Street @ West Houston

New York, NY 10014

For more info: Pulse / Caren Golden Fine Art Chosen as a Pulse 2010 Work on Paper Highlight!

Mia Pearlman: MAELSTROM

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, AL

July 23 - September 29, 2009 My solo show at the MMFA contained MAELSTROM, several Breath Paintings and a new site specific cut paper installation entitled TURBULENCE.

VOLUTA is a limited edition laser cut sculpture made of translucent high impact polystyrene. Fun and easy to construct, it offers art lovers of all ages the opportunity to create and own a complex, luminous “paper” sculpture. In minutes you can transform a two dimensional piece of paper into a swirling three dimensional vortex. VOLUTA is meant to hang in a window or near a light source, but can also sit on a pedestal or horizontal surface. Several feet of monofilament is included for hanging. Each VOLUTA is invidually signed and numbered by the artist. Enjoy! More info>

PAPERSTORMS is a site-specific installation at two stores, Septieme Etage and Au Dela du Septieme Etage in Geneva.

INFLUX draws people into Roebling Hall from the street, transforming the gallery into a swirling wind tunnel. ALL CUT UP

Curated by Rita de Alencar Pinto

September 4 - October 4, 2008

Roebling Hall

606 West 26th Street

New York, NY 10001

For more info: Roebling Hall

Press Release

UPDRAFT is a site specific installation in three parts: in the "glow room" windows on the front of the building (at left), on the vestibule glass walls, and in the North gallery. PAPER CITY

July 10 - August 15, 2008

Opening: Thursday, July 10th, 6-8pm

Mixed Greens Gallery

531 West 26th Street

New York, NY 10001

For more info: Mixed Greens

Press release Read the review in New York Art Beat

Read the review in Bloomberg.com