Visual artist (BA and MFA, National College of Art & Design, Dublin) who works with performance, installation, drawing & relational processes.

Catizone's work combines the immediacy of drawing and the directness of Performance Art. She engages in interdisciplinary collaborations, working with choreographers, musicians and video artists. Painting and drawing are an ongoing thread of practice in Catizone's work — an online collection of drawing and painting is in progress and will be added in future.

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Studio Visit

A visit to Catizone's studio focussing primarily on her drawing practice. Video by Jules O'Reilly.

Catizone is a visual artist (BA and MFA, National College of Art & Design, Dublin) who works with performance, installation, drawing and relational processes.


Her background includes four decades of facilitating embodiment practices, both with a creative and a therapeutic focus. Her work engages in inter-disciplinary collaborations with choreographers, musicians and DJs.

While her work is primarily performance based — drawing, painting and installation are part of both her art processes and outcomes.


Catizone is a facilitator at The Irish Museum of Modern Art, where she has designed and delivered workshops, events and programmes such as Breaking Cover in 2020-2021, which focussed on the role of art in the ecological crisis.

Curriculum vitae

Upcoming & current exhibitions

Past exhibitions

Earth Rising

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Group exhibition. Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland.

Birthed In Dreams

Group exhibition. The Patriot's Inn, Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland.
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Arts Facilitation

Catizone is an arts educator and facilitator. She is a member of IMMA’s Visitor Engagement team, where she designs and runs workshops, events and programmes focussing a variety of topics including ageing, mindfulness and on the role of art in ecological crisis.

The Maternal Gaze

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Video with Paola Catizone, Artist and Visitor Engagement Team, IMMA.
The Maternal Gaze
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Features & Publications

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Essays & Articles

Witnessing ‘Yellow’

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Performance assistance and article by Paola Catizone, Artist and Visitor Engagement Team, IMMA.

Thought of the heart

Article by Paola Catizone.

The term “Journey” has been so over-used in the yoga/therapeutic literature that I had vowed to avoid it at all costs, place a moratorium on it, and find a less jaded substitute. Looking back at 35 years of yoga teaching and training however, it really feels like a journey, or a trip, a voyage. [...]

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