Paul Cupido graduated with honors from the Fotoacademie Amsterdam in 2017. Since then, he has published several artist books, including “Searching for Mu” (2017), “Continuum” (2019), and “4 a.m.” (2021) – each in collaboration with graphic designer Akiko Wakabayashi. Cupido's work has been widely exhibited, including at Paris Photo, Unseen Amsterdam, and the Nordic Light Festival. In 2017, he won the Hariban Jury Prize. Cupido is represented by Bildhalle Gallery (Zurich and Amsterdam), Polka Galerie (Paris), Ibasho Gallery (Antwerp), and The Photographers' Gallery (London).

Paul Cupido's photographic work revolves around the principle of “Mu”, a philosophical concept that might be translated as "does not have," but is open to countless interpretations. “Mu” can be seen as an emptiness, though it carries potential. Cupido's ongoing photographic and cinematic experience, “Searching for Mu”, is a personal and universal odyssey of our fleeting existence in relation to the profound emotional experiences of love, time, and death. Cupido's photographs hint at the transcendent reflections of the soul and the blending of microscopic and macroscopic realms.