About

Paul Amitai is an artist, musician, curator, and strategist who has exhibited, performed, and presented work throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East. He was formerly a senior curator at Eyebeam Art & Technology Center and currently leads the sonic branding & design agency, Listen, in New York City.

“Paul Amitai melds seemingly disparate influences – pop, soul, electronic, dub – into a shape that not only makes sense, but begs the question why no one has done it quite like this before.”
— Josh Modell, Editor In Chief, The A.V. Club

“Paul Amitai uses video and sound to construct narratives that explore collective understandings of history and popular culture. When combined with technology and improvisation, it presents an alternative material culture.”
— Shannon Fitzgerald, Executive Director, Mennello Museum of American Art

“In the world of art, it is an unimpeachable, 24-karat word: recontextualize. It’s also a term that all too often provides an alibi for unoriginal, gotcha art. For every artwork that does it well, a multitude fall flat with a subversive one-liner wink. Paul Amitai is one artist who can pull it off… one of the best young artists in town.”
— Mary Louise Schumacher, Art Critic, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel