Douglas Paulson Artist

Douglas Paulson (born 1980 Pennsylvania) is an artist based in New York City.He graduated from the Tyler School of Art with a B.F.A. in 2003.His work is often collaborative and interactive, falling into the new Social Practice stream of contemporary art. He has had continued collaborative practices with Parfyme, Rancourt/Yatsuk, Christopher Robbins, Eva la Cour, Ward Shelley, and Flux Factory, the latter being an arts collective and non-profit organization for which Douglas Paulson is an organizer, as well as forming impromptu "open" collectives focused on specific projects.Douglas Paulson's practice is based on socially integrated response to context, responding to situations and venues on a project-by-project basis. This usually involved working with other artists and non-artists alike in a wide variety of collaborations, some of which have become recurring partnerships. His work at Flux Factory, an arts center whose mission itself it is to foster collaboration, is a form of sustained collaboration wherein Douglas Paulson helps run a collective environment, plan events and projects, and set up foundations for artists to collaborate.

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Birth dateJanuary 01, 1980

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  1. http://www.artslant.com/chi/artists/show/55132-douglas-paulson
  2. http://www.douglaspaulson.com