Paul Paiement (b. 1966 Minneapolis, MN)[1] is an American artist based in Long Beach, CA whose paintings and sculptures focus on the impact of mankind and the built environment on the natural world. His detailed, painterly landscapes are overlaid with angular, airbrushed Plexiglass shapes, indicating the disruption of man on nature. His series of "Hybrids" transforms everyday electronic gadgets to resemble various insect forms, classically rendering the insects in egg tempera.[2] Electronic overlays depicted by a series of dots created with wooden dowels, referencing to the halftone screens of vintage ads and the digital pixels of modern photography.[3]
Paiement both contrasts and integrates "the ‘man made’ synthetic elements of ‘culture’ with the natural world.".[4] His work is often referred to term of Romanticism, as he attempts to reconcile the effects of man's nature upon Nature.[5][4][6]
Education edit
As a teen Paul Paiement attended North Community High School, focusing on their arts program. He graduated from Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) and attended graduate school at the University of Southern California (USC). [5]
Career edit
Paiement has shown throughout Asia, Europe and the United States in both solo and group shows. His solo exhibitions include the Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach, California), Palazzo del Bargello (Gubbio, Italy), and Carrousel du Louvre, The Louvre (Paris, France). Paiement is tenured professor (painting/drawing) at Cypress College.[7][8]
References edit
- ^ "Paul Paiement – International Arts & Artists". www.artsandartists.org. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
- ^ Staff (30 September 2008). "Paul Paiement Gets the Bugs Out of Modern Technology". OCRegister.com. Orange County Register. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ Lion, Lea (November 2007). "These insects aren't bugged by technology". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ a b Brewer, Gary (4 July 2017). "Studio Visit: Paul Paiement, Synthetic Hybrid Spirituality". artandcake.com. artandcake.com. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ a b Roth, David (25 June 2018). "Painter Paul Paiement Talks Life, Art, and Minneapolis". tpt.org. tpt.org. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ Flynn, Jim. "Mattatuck Museum exhibit explores 'scientific rationalization of nature'". rep-am.com. Republican American. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Art Faculty Paul Paiement to Exhibit in Europe". cypresscollege.edu. Cypress College. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "PROFESSOR OF ART FOUNDATIONS". cypresscollege.edu. cypress college. Retrieved 3 October 2021.