Paul Roustan is an artist based in Redondo Beach, CA, known for his work in body painting, photography, and conceptual performance. Roustan is recognized as one of the world’s leading body painters, whose style combines traditional fine art, pop culture, and reflections of the contemporary world to create conceptually-based body painting.
These intricate, ephemeral body paintings are experienced through live performance, video, and still photography. Roustan’s photographs, elaborately crafted images, often use the decorated body as one element in a larger construction to achieve a narrative, expressive goal. Telling stories about people, places, and ideas, his work explores the multiple layers of meaning combining the human figure with different elements. The fine balance between vulnerability and strength, image and concept, is captured in vibrant, evocative photographs that have been exhibited in galleries on the East and West coast.
For his “Sharks Are People Too!” series, Roustan humanizes one of the most feared yet endangered species on the planet. Combining his passions for surf, sharks, body art, and humor, Roustan says, “It was a no-brainer to follow through on this concept. These gorgeous, powerful, and intimidating creatures have to deal with a lot of daily struggle throughout their lives. When you think about it, the same is true for sharks too.”
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