Rufus Tureen is a New York-based interdisciplinary artist whose work spans painting, performance, and time-based media. Drawing from experimental theater, trance practices, and visual art, he creates psychologically charged works that explore altered states, symbolic systems, and perception. Tureen’s work has been exhibited and performed internationally, including with Essex Flowers Gallery in New York. He earned his BA in Art Semiotics from Brown University and an MFA in Painting from Hunter College (CUNY). Recent highlights include a presentation at NADA New York 2025.
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Marlon Brando, Stella Adler, and Sanford Meisner Acting experience and impulses The relationship between acting and painting Trusting yourself Folk art and lack of self-consciousness Confidence vs ego Comedy vs seriousness Performance art Zen painting and calligraphy Doing less Paul Dano vs Adam Driver Artists and personas His various characters including The Olde Man and The Lizard
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