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Tony Oursler

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Purple Resonant Dust, 2006 Fiberglas Sculpture, Projector, Dvd Plaver 50” X 50” X 50” © Courtesy of Artist and Gallery Paule Anglim
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Camel, Marlboro, Parliament, Winston, Salem, American Spirit (detail), 2009 © Metro Pictures
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Slip, 2003 Fiberglass Sculpture, Sony Projector, Dvd Player, Speaker 43 X 37 X 15 Inches
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Johnny Apple Treats , 1990 Acrylic ,Wood, Diethylene Glycol © Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery
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Beyond Appearances © Lehman College Art Gallery
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Installation view © Tony Oursler
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Star, 2008 Mixed Media © Courtesy of artist and JGM Galerie, Paris
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© Courtesy of the artist & Tampa Museum of Art
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Untitled, 1999 © Courtesy of the artist & K21 STÄNDEHAUS
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Hierarchical Pastel, 2012 Video Projection, Mixed Media, Sound 64 X 8 X 24 In. © Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery Paule Anglim
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© Courtesy of the artist & Contemporary by Angela Li
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Open Obscura , 1996–2013 Video Projection, Foam, Resin, Fiberglass, Acrylic, Sound © Courtesy of the artist
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Blue Negative, 2000 © Courtesy of the artist & The Honolulu Museum of Art
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Study for Hopper House, 2013
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Strawberry panel, 2013 Acrylic On Wood, 6 Video Monitors 218 X 210 X 15 Cm © Courtesy of the Artist and Albert Baronian
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Glare Schematics © Courtesy of the Artist and Albert Baronian
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Glare Schematics © Courtesy of the Artist and Albert Baronian
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Adumbration Affray, 2013 Steel Stand, Projection And Mixed Media 24" X 12" X 12"
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Adumbration Affray ( Detail ), 2013 Steel Stand, Projection And Mixed Media 24 X 12 X 12
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Slip, 2003 Fiberglass Sculpture, Sony Vpl Cs5 Projector, Dvd, Dvd Player, Speaker 43 × 35 × 15 Inches Gift Of The Lipman Family Foundation, In Honor Of The San Jose Museum Of Art's 35th Anniversary © Courtesy of the Artist and San Jose Museum of Art
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Tony Oursler at Oude Kerk, 2014 © Tony Oursler
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© Courtesy of the Artist and Lisson Gallery
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X ERGO Y, 2014 © Courtesy of the Artist
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© Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, Hong Kong and New York
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9_z, 2015 Aluminum, Paint, Lcd Screen © Courtesy of the Artist and Lehmann Maupin
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Still from Imponderable, 2015–16 5 D Multimedia Installation (Color, Sound) 90 Min. Courtesy The Artist © 2016 Tony Oursler
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Quick Facts
Birthplace
New York City
Birth year
1957
Lives in
New York City
Works in
New York City
Statement

Tony Oursler is a multimedia and installation artist. He is perhaps best known for his use of video footage of human faces projected onto spheres, dolls and other three-dimensional surfaces. The results are riveting: sculptural objects that seem to be alive, returning your startled gaze as they mutter, twitch and scream. Psychological disorder, the relationship between mass media and the human mind, youth culture and wireless communication are among the themes evoked and explored in Oursler's vividly surreal imaginings.

You can visit his offical web site here.

Artist's portrait by designboom.

Exhibited with these artists
Tony Oursler has Exhibited with these artists:

Dara Birnbaum
Ernst Caramelle
Takahiko Iimura
Nam June Paik
SHIGEKO KUBOTA
Mary Lucier
Muntadas
Friederike Pezold
Diana Thater
Maria Vedder
Terry Allen
Joan Brown
Dean Byington
Jerome Caja
Enrique Chagoya
Travis Collinson
Bruce Conner
JEAN CONNER
Nathaniel Dorsky
Bruno Fazzolari
Ken Graves
Paul Kos
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Judith Linhares
Richard Shaw
Katherine Sherwood
Benji Whalen
Constance DeJong
Corey Fogel
Pippa Garner
Exhibited at these venues
Tony Oursler has Exhibited at these venues:

Sculpture Center
Anglim Gilbert Gallery - Minnesota Street Project
Lisson Gallery - 138 Tenth Avenue
The Kitchen
Redling Fine Art
Faurschou Foundation (Beijing)
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Lisson Gallery
Galerie Mitterrand
MoMA (Museum of Modern Art)
Art Basel
me Collectors Room / Stiftung Olbricht
Lehmann Maupin, Hong Kong
Young Art
The Honolulu Museum of Art
Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
Lehmann Maupin - Chrystie Street
Lehmann Maupin - West 22nd Street
Stedelijk Museum
De Oude Kerk
FLAG Art Foundation
San Jose Museum of Art
Bureau
Palais de Tokyo
Anglim Gilbert Gallery
Backslash Gallery
Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech
Edelman Arts
Manchester Art Gallery
PinchuckArtCentre
Albert Baronian
S.M.A.K.
ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
Edward Hopper House
Philbrook Downtown
Centre Pompidou
Campoli Presti-Paris
The Kunstverein Hamburg
Shizaru
The Elks Lodge Fairgrounds Southampton New York
Jason McCoy Gallery
Contemporary by Angela Li
Kadist Art Foundation
K21 Ständehaus
Judson Memorial Church in New York
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art
Museum of Arts and Design
Margo Leavin Gallery
Nicole Klagsbrun
La Biennale di Venezia (Venice Biennale)
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
Denver Art Museum
Hayward Gallery Project Space
allan nederpelt
Tampa Museum of Art
AKBANK SANAT
Harris Lieberman gallery
Chelsea Art Museum
Zieher Smith & Horton
Lehman College Art Gallery
Metro Pictures
Museo Nacional de Arte MUNAL Mexico
KK Projects
The Armory Show
Armory Center for the Arts
SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum
Norrköpings Konstmuseum
Pavel Zoubok Fine Art
Effenaar -- Kim's Bedroom Exhibit
ICA (The Institute of Contemporary Art - Boston)
curated with these artists
Tony Oursler has curated with these artists:

Erik Aalto
J.D. Walsh
curated at these venues
Tony Oursler has curated at these venues:

Redling Fine Art
20 Galleries in Vienna
Galerie Steinek