Lives in New York, NY
Born 1959, London, England
Visual Artist
I have been working predominantly with scientific and mechanically based material for the past thirty years. Most of my previous works have involved complex combinations of chemical, mechanical, and electrical activity to address ideas derived from literature, history and music.
The works, often installations, are based on extensive research and a detailed response to a specific historical circumstance, either an individual or an event. Long periods of time are needed to conceptualize and meticulously construct these projects, all of which I do myself. As an example, In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV, 1982-1991, was a nine-year project from initiation to completion. The extended gestation of the works provides me with the opportunity to consider at length, a process which I feel contributes enormously to the works' complexity and richness.
A current project is New York-New York, 1987-present, a portrait of the technological history of New York City in the middle half of the twentieth century, manifested as a 24-part installation. This project, constructed over the past twenty-one years, is a complex system of mechanical elements, representing key industrial breakthroughs which have shaped the urban culture.
1984 M.A., Royal College of Art, London, England
1981 B.A., Maidstone College of Art, Kent, England
2008 Paul Etienne Lincoln: Hyperbaric-Hypobaric, Alexander and Bonin, New York, NY
2007 Paul Etienne Lincoln: Panhard Special, The Velocity of Thought, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
2006 Paul Etienne Lincoln: Two Mechanical Symphonies for Two Cities, Christine Burgin, New York, NY
2004 Paul Etienne Lincoln: Sinfonia Torinese, Guido Costa Projects, Turin, Italy
2003 Paul Etienne Lincoln: The Metropolis of Metaphorical Intimations, New York-New York, Die Berliner Zuckerbärin, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
1999 Paul Etienne Lincoln: The Enigma of Marie Taglioni, presented as part of the Here and Now exhibition series organized by the Henry Moore Institute, Church of Saint Paulinus, Catterick, England
1996 Paul Etienne Lincoln: Ignisfatuus, The Conservatory, Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, MD
1985 Paul Etienne Lincoln: In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV, Coracle Press, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, England
2007 Peter Reed Foundation Grant
2004 Penny McCall Foundation Grant
2003 American Center Foundation Grant
