Karen Paulina Biswell was born in 1983 to Colombian parents who emigrated to Paris escaping the extreme political violence of the early 90’s. She shared her childhood between France and Colombia whom she later discovers: she was13 years old. While attending Art History studies at the Sorbonne, she met the photographer Vanina Sorrenti who introduced her to photography. Her varied oeuvre – which is consistently defying definition – is drawn to subjects of vulnerability morality and human fate. She is committed to capturing the lesser known aspects of contemporary life, the invisible and defiant elements of society, taking a deep interest in extreme states and the depths of the human mind and experience.