American artist Paul Rousso (b. 1958, United States) is renowned for his captivating hyper-realistic, hyper-sized, Pop Art–inspired sculptures. These works embody his concept of “Flat Depth” which aims to render a flat object three-dimensional, or to collapse a three-dimensional object into two dimensions. This process involves fusing countless complex artistic methods such as painting, printing, sculpting, welding, chemistry, digital manipulation and digital printing.
Rousso completed his Bachelor in Fine Arts in 1981 at California College of Arts. He begun his career at Warner Brothers as a scenic painter for films, and went on to serve as an art director and illustrator for Revlon, Clairol, Conde Nast and Bloomingdale’s before becoming a full-time artist.