Paul Rousso

Works
  • Paul Rousso, A Flattened Frosted Flakes, 2025
    A Flattened Frosted Flakes, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, WSJ 20000, 2025
    WSJ 20000, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, WSJ 20000 Topper, 2025
    WSJ 20000 Topper, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, WSJ Another Historic Peak, 2025
    WSJ Another Historic Peak, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, WSJ Cover Story, 2025
    WSJ Cover Story, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, WSJ Dow Topper, 2025
    WSJ Dow Topper, 2025 Sold
  • Paul Rousso, WSJ Historic Peak, 2025
    WSJ Historic Peak, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, WSJ Paper Money, 2025
    WSJ Paper Money, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, A Presence of Pearlescence, 2025
    A Presence of Pearlescence, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, Blue Matter, 2024
    Blue Matter, 2024
  • Paul Rousso, Cherry Syrup, 2025
    Cherry Syrup, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, Emerald City, 2024
    Emerald City, 2024
  • Paul Rousso, Gold Wave, 2025
    Gold Wave, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, Liquid Carbon, 2025
    Liquid Carbon, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, Night Sky, 2024
    Night Sky, 2024
  • Paul Rousso, Rapunzel, 2024
    Rapunzel, 2024
  • Paul Rousso, Under Current, 2025
    Under Current, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, A Roy Good Times, 2022
    A Roy Good Times, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, New York Time with Chuck, Roy and Jasper, 2022
    New York Time with Chuck, Roy and Jasper, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, New York Times Chanel No. 5, 2025
    New York Times Chanel No. 5, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, New York Times Double Chuck, 2022
    New York Times Double Chuck, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, New York Times Girls with Boys, 2022
    New York Times Girls with Boys, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, New York Times Goddess in Disguise, 2025
    New York Times Goddess in Disguise, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, New York Times Li-Po Cocktails, 2025
    New York Times Li-Po Cocktails, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, New York Times Little Women, 2022
    New York Times Little Women, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, New York Times Picasso Chanel, 2025
    New York Times Picasso Chanel, 2025 Sold
  • Paul Rousso, New York Times Roy's Little Women, 2023
    New York Times Roy's Little Women, 2023
  • Paul Rousso, New York Times Sunday Styles Beauty Brand, 2023
    New York Times Sunday Styles Beauty Brand, 2023
  • Paul Rousso, New York Times Sunday Styles with Dior, 2023
    New York Times Sunday Styles with Dior, 2023
  • Paul Rousso, New York Times Sunday Styles with Gigi, 2021
    New York Times Sunday Styles with Gigi, 2021
  • Paul Rousso, New York Times the Arts with Bowie, 2025
    New York Times the Arts with Bowie, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, New York Times with Fendi, 2023
    New York Times with Fendi, 2023
  • Paul Rousso, New York Times With Lips, 2025
    New York Times With Lips, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, The Tomato Soup Eight #4, 2019
    The Tomato Soup Eight #4, 2019
  • Paul Rousso, Soup Classic Number 5, 2022
    Soup Classic Number 5, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, Brillo Box, 2019
    Brillo Box, 2019
  • Paul Rousso, Brillo Soap Pads, 2022
    Brillo Soap Pads, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, Classic Tony, 2025
    Classic Tony, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, Cocoa Krispies Fun Size Small #1, 2018
    Cocoa Krispies Fun Size Small #1, 2018
  • Paul Rousso, Froot Loops Fun Size #4, 2018
    Froot Loops Fun Size #4, 2018
  • Paul Rousso, Trix 1985 #1, 2018
    Trix 1985 #1, 2018
  • Paul Rousso, Trix 1985 Small #1, 2018
    Trix 1985 Small #1, 2018
  • Paul Rousso, Apple Jacks Flattened, 2018
    Apple Jacks Flattened, 2018
  • Paul Rousso, Apple Jacks Fun Size #1, 2018
    Apple Jacks Fun Size #1, 2018
  • Paul Rousso, A Roycentric Composition, 2020
    A Roycentric Composition, 2020
  • Paul Rousso, A Warhol Variety Pack, 2022
    A Warhol Variety Pack, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, American Pie, 2022
    American Pie, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, Barbies and Boys, 2020
    Barbies and Boys, 2020
  • Paul Rousso, Batman 5 Cents, 2025
    Batman 5 Cents, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, Batman Dec #188, 2018
    Batman Dec #188, 2018
  • Paul Rousso, Composition with Doublemint, 2019
    Composition with Doublemint, 2019
  • Paul Rousso, Composition with Mickey Mouse, 2018
    Composition with Mickey Mouse, 2018
  • Paul Rousso, Five More Flavors of Life Savers, 2018
    Five More Flavors of Life Savers, 2018
  • Paul Rousso, IMAX Marilyn, 2022
    IMAX Marilyn, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, Indiana Love Times 4, 2025
    Indiana Love Times 4, 2025
  • Paul Rousso, Life Savers Composition #1, 2017
    Life Savers Composition #1, 2017
  • Paul Rousso, Marilyn and Batman, 2023
    Marilyn and Batman, 2023
  • Paul Rousso, Marilyn and Superman, 2023
    Marilyn and Superman, 2023
  • Paul Rousso, Paper Tornado Extravaganza, 2022
    Paper Tornado Extravaganza, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, Pop Pow!, 2022
    Pop Pow!, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, Pop Tart, 2022
    Pop Tart, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, POW, 2022
    POW, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, Smashed Chu-Chu Bubble Gum Bank, 2021
    Smashed Chu-Chu Bubble Gum Bank, 2021
  • Paul Rousso, Sotheby's Catalogue with Andy, Keith and Roy, 2022
    Sotheby's Catalogue with Andy, Keith and Roy, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, Sotheby's Contemporary Art Part I, 2022
    Sotheby's Contemporary Art Part I, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, Sotheby's Contemporary Art Part II, 2022
    Sotheby's Contemporary Art Part II, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, Sugar Blast, 2019
    Sugar Blast, 2019
  • Paul Rousso, Sweet Spot, 2019
    Sweet Spot, 2019
  • Paul Rousso, Warhol's Warhol, 2023
    Warhol's Warhol, 2023
  • Paul Rousso, Superman October #180, 2018
    Superman October #180, 2018
  • Paul Rousso, Wonder Woman Times Ten, 2018
    Wonder Woman Times Ten, 2018
  • Paul Rousso, Canadian Cash, 2022
    Canadian Cash, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, Clash of Cash, 2022
    Clash of Cash, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, Colorful Cash, 2022
    Colorful Cash, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, Purple Madam Majesty, 2023
    Purple Madam Majesty, 2023
  • Paul Rousso, A Smirking Hamilton, 2022
    A Smirking Hamilton, 2022
  • Paul Rousso, A Fresh New Benjamin, 2023
    A Fresh New Benjamin, 2023
  • Paul Rousso, Thomas Two Step, 2022
    Thomas Two Step, 2022
Overview
"A student of both pop-art and deep classical culture, as well as the vast interceding spectrum, Rousso endeavors to express his commentary on the human condition while physically, psychically and temporally committing his entire life to the imaginative evolution of his visual artistry."

Paul Rousso is an American-born visual artist and innovator. Educated at the California College of the Arts, his work is shown at galleries and art fairs around the globe. A prodigious perfectionist, his technique has leapt into the future, as his vision and imagination merge to embrace new conceptual and physical technology, the moment they appear on the horizon.

 

Rousso relentlessly excels at his efforts to evolve as an artist who will put forth an enduring impact on subsequent generations with his life’s work, “Flat Depth.” This concept, which he has been refining his entire professional career, is the logical progression of modern art – to render a flat object three-dimensional, or to collapse a three-dimensional object into two dimensions – and is a fusion of countless complex artistic methods, including painting, printing, sculpting, welding, chemistry, digital manipulation, and digital printing.

 

A student of both pop-art and deep classical culture, as well as the vast interceding spectrum, Rousso endeavors to express his commentary on the human condition while physically, psychically and temporally committing his entire life to the imaginative evolution of his visual artistry. Toward that end, his creative processes are linear and complex, with many pieces developing simultaneously, and painstakingly. His first summer job – designing the Tribeca loft of Robert De Niro – combined with stints as a Hollywood scenic artist and a brief career steeped in the cosmetics industry as an art director at Grey Advertising on the Revlon account, lend a wry touch to the social commentary woven through his work, and his vast and encompassing worldview flavors everything he creates.

 

Raised in North Carolina, Rousso traces his inspiration to the paradoxes of the world around him and the work of the artists who began the conversation, as well as every artist through time who has advanced the subject or the art form. His work is deliberately attainable to nearly every viewer, and yet his classical training shines through as time-honored artistic conventions are woven through his work. Rousso’s fascination with paper – currency, advertising, newspapers, magazines – its history and use, its rise and fall, is an emblematic theme reflected frequently in his compositions. Despite the complexity of Rousso’s artistic output, the character and subject matter of the art is relatable to all citizens of the world, so much so that it practically jumps off the wall, and straight into the viewer’s gestalt. Rousso’s work is held in private collections in North America, Europe, the Middle East and beyond, and numerous public projects of his appear across the United States.

Art Fairs