BIO
Nebulosus Severine (CM Pauluh)
(b. 1975, USA)
(b. 1975, USA)
EDUCATION
Hartford Art School - West Hartford, CT, USA - 1990
Manchester Community College - Manchester, CT, USA - 1993-1994
Asnuntuck Community College - Enfield, CT, USA - 2012-2015 - Associate of Arts
The Evergreen State College - Olympia, WA, USA - 2017-2019 - Bachelor of Arts
Manchester Community College - Manchester, CT, USA - 1993-1994
Asnuntuck Community College - Enfield, CT, USA - 2012-2015 - Associate of Arts
The Evergreen State College - Olympia, WA, USA - 2017-2019 - Bachelor of Arts
STATEMENT
Artist Statement
I work in New Media/mixed media art under the name Nebulosus Severine. My process regularly combines analog & digital art, integrating elements of digital composition, 3D design, Internet art, memes, acrylic & oil painting, illustration, virtual reality, cellphone photography, printmaking, & various other media.
A recurring theme in my work is in confronting mainstream culture, centering on trauma, violence, power, social issues, & identity. I find inspiration in nature, pop culture, films, current events, & literature. I employ various strategies to re-examine, destroy, remix & rebuild elements & themes, using appropriated materials which are borrowed from both my own artwork and found images/materials on the Internet & anywhere else I can find them. I juxtapose motifs of distortion, decay, death with satire, kitsch, pop culture, & memes, assembling experiences that are ominous, surreal, disorienting, & disturbing, and/or comically bizarre.
Most of my virtual art has been made in the user-created online world, Second Life. When working in this multimedia universe, I navigate virtual space through an avatar (digital body), which I consider an integral aspect to the work I do in that environment. My avatar is a highly-customized, gender-ambiguous humanoid with a third eye, which has become a constantly evolving stylized self-portrait. Its androgynous features are intended as a confrontation of, and commentary on, gender norms and personal identity in a binary society. My avatar has allowed me to explore avenues of identity that would have been impossible to examine otherwise, and that self-knowledge has greatly informed my work over the last decade.
My Second Life artworks explored the foundations of virtual reality, the concept of the avatar as a stand-in for the physical body, and aspects of personal identity in a variety of media. Central to much of my work’s imagery is the character “Bunnyken,” a collage creature based on a toy with the head of a hybrid bunny/chicken creature and the body of a generic humanoid doll. As an avatar figure, the Bunnyken character has come to represent an enigmatic, generic “everyperson” and thus as a vehicle for exploring identity. Bunnyken has become my avatar’s avatar, further remixing and remediating concepts of personal identity.
I currently work and reside in the Hartford, CT, USA area.
The subject of my work is generally about or influenced by:
Chaos. Color. Emotion. Intellect. The Four Seasons. The Six Senses. Auras. Mist. Fog. Shadows. Blood. Flesh. Pain. Fire. Grief. Tears. Rage. Red and blue. Indigo. Lightning. Owls. Birds. Wings. Flight. Crystals. Glass. Silver. Metallic. Neon. Eyes. The soul. Sharp objects. Glowing. Light passing through glass, liquid. Deconstruction/reconstruction. Remixes, reboots, redux. Mashups. Memes. Distortion. Facial expressions. Crumbling buildings. Decay. Skulls. Sex. Death. Evil. Cold. Ice. Winter. Snow. Fall. Autumn. Smoke. The sea. Water. Deep pools. Parallel universes. Dreams. Psychic abilities. Stars. Nebulae. Magic. Synchronicity. The moon. The wisdom of trees. The Tarot. The third eye. The higher plane of consciousness. Suffering. Isolation. Swords and knives. Angels. Demons. Vampires. Feeling inhuman/unhuman.
(latest revision: April 2025)
A recurring theme in my work is in confronting mainstream culture, centering on trauma, violence, power, social issues, & identity. I find inspiration in nature, pop culture, films, current events, & literature. I employ various strategies to re-examine, destroy, remix & rebuild elements & themes, using appropriated materials which are borrowed from both my own artwork and found images/materials on the Internet & anywhere else I can find them. I juxtapose motifs of distortion, decay, death with satire, kitsch, pop culture, & memes, assembling experiences that are ominous, surreal, disorienting, & disturbing, and/or comically bizarre.
Most of my virtual art has been made in the user-created online world, Second Life. When working in this multimedia universe, I navigate virtual space through an avatar (digital body), which I consider an integral aspect to the work I do in that environment. My avatar is a highly-customized, gender-ambiguous humanoid with a third eye, which has become a constantly evolving stylized self-portrait. Its androgynous features are intended as a confrontation of, and commentary on, gender norms and personal identity in a binary society. My avatar has allowed me to explore avenues of identity that would have been impossible to examine otherwise, and that self-knowledge has greatly informed my work over the last decade.
My Second Life artworks explored the foundations of virtual reality, the concept of the avatar as a stand-in for the physical body, and aspects of personal identity in a variety of media. Central to much of my work’s imagery is the character “Bunnyken,” a collage creature based on a toy with the head of a hybrid bunny/chicken creature and the body of a generic humanoid doll. As an avatar figure, the Bunnyken character has come to represent an enigmatic, generic “everyperson” and thus as a vehicle for exploring identity. Bunnyken has become my avatar’s avatar, further remixing and remediating concepts of personal identity.
I currently work and reside in the Hartford, CT, USA area.
The subject of my work is generally about or influenced by:
Chaos. Color. Emotion. Intellect. The Four Seasons. The Six Senses. Auras. Mist. Fog. Shadows. Blood. Flesh. Pain. Fire. Grief. Tears. Rage. Red and blue. Indigo. Lightning. Owls. Birds. Wings. Flight. Crystals. Glass. Silver. Metallic. Neon. Eyes. The soul. Sharp objects. Glowing. Light passing through glass, liquid. Deconstruction/reconstruction. Remixes, reboots, redux. Mashups. Memes. Distortion. Facial expressions. Crumbling buildings. Decay. Skulls. Sex. Death. Evil. Cold. Ice. Winter. Snow. Fall. Autumn. Smoke. The sea. Water. Deep pools. Parallel universes. Dreams. Psychic abilities. Stars. Nebulae. Magic. Synchronicity. The moon. The wisdom of trees. The Tarot. The third eye. The higher plane of consciousness. Suffering. Isolation. Swords and knives. Angels. Demons. Vampires. Feeling inhuman/unhuman.
(latest revision: April 2025)
