Tony Oursler (1957)

Tony Oursler is a multimedia artist who transforms video projection into expressive faces on dolls, objects, and even buildings, creating captivating, often unsettling, narratives.

ABOUT

Tony Oursler (born 1957) is an American multimedia and installation artist married to Jacqueline Humphries. He completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, in 1979. His art covers a range of mediums, working with video, sculpture, installation, performance, and painting. He lives and works in New York City. == Early life and education == Born in Manhattan in 1957, Oursler was brought up in a connected and well-to-do family…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Vincent and Tony 1969 · Art Institute of Chicago Untitled (Toni Lane) 1978 · Art Institute of Chicago Linoleum (Furnishing Fabric) 1980 · Art Institute of Chicago Domestic Abstraction 1987 · Art Institute of Chicago Circus Dog 1991 · Art Institute of Chicago Two by four by eight, two by four by ten 1991 · Art Institute of Chicago

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

John BaldessariConceptual Art Bruce NaumanVideo Art Nam June PaikVideo Art

Influenced

Pipilotti RistVideo Art Shirin NeshatVideo Art Doug AitkenMultimedia Art