Paul Pfieffer was born Honolulu, HI in 1966. He works in video, photography, sculpture, and sound. He recieved his MFA from Hunter College in New York and his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. He explores how media images change our perception of the world and viewer and aims to heighten the existential condition of the viewer as a consumer. He digitally manipulates imagery, often erasing elements from found sports footage, to investigate the impact of the spectacle on historical memory, race politics, and pop culture. Pfeiffer participated in the 49th Venice Biennale and was the first recipient of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Bucksbaum Award in 2000.
