Belladonna Paloma

2026 Residency

Belladonna Paloma will develop HEADLESS, her most ambitious work to date, on this residence. The work explores the historical iconography of headless female saints, combining live instrumentation, choreographed movement, sung narration and sculptural props. Studio time will focus on collaboration with choreographer Zinzi Buchanan on the dramaturgical shape of the work and the integration of movement and painted fabric.

About the artist

Belladonna Paloma is a Shetland-based disabled trans poet and visual artist working between performance and visual art. Her practice draws on devotional imagery, wound iconography, carnival, and game structures to create participatory, non-linear performance worlds populated by toilet gods, gushing fountains, and headless saints.