Paula Anta received with the highest qualification her PhD in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid (2015), completing the European Doctorate in collaboration with the Akademie de Künste in Berlin and the University of Saarbrücken. Paula Anta’s work has been shown both in individual and collective exhibitions as well as in institutional venues such as in the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain in Washington D.C. (Washington D.C., USA), LagosPhoto (Lagos, Nigeria), Art D’Égypte International exhibition (Cairo, Egypt), Dakar Biennale at the Boribana Museum (Dakar, Senegal), Nobel Prize Museum (Stockholm, Sweden), CCPE Rosario (Argentina), CCE Santiago (Santiago, Chile), Spanish Cultural Center (Montevideo, Uruguay), Städtische Galerie Viersen (Viersen, Germany), Galerie Municipale du Chateau D’eau (Toulouse, France), Cité Internationale Universitaire (París, France), Museum of Giovani Fattori (Livorno Italy), Spanish Academy in Rome (Rome, Italy).

In Spain her work has been shown in the most important art centers and museums such as the Contemporary Art Museum of Madrid CA2M, Tabacalera, Matadero Centre for Contemporary Creation, Royal Botanic Garden (Madrid), Contemporary Culture Centre CCCB, Gaudi Casa Vicens (Barcelona), Sa Nostra Cultural Centre (Palma de Mallorca), Naves Gamazo (Santander), Laboral City of Culture (Gijón), and several editions of the PhotoEspaña International Photography Festival.

Paula Anta has earned the most important photography awards and accolades in Spain, highlighting the Culture Prize of Madrid Government (2023), the XI International Biennial Prize for Contemporary Photography Pilar Citoler Collection (2021), the International Photography Award of the Unesco Extremadura (2020). In addition, she has been granted several reputable scholarships for art creation, such as the Scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Spanish Academy in Rome (2011-2012) or the Scholarship for Visual Arts in the Spanish College in Paris (2012-2013) among others.