American artist born in New York city where he lives. Studied at the California Institute for the Arts, having John Baldessari as teacher. Oursler articulates all the available disciplines and technologies (painting, performance, video, music, theatre, etc.) in interaction with daily life situations. A small doll, sometimes of very little dimension that can be found on the floor or under a couch with video projection, of a dummy with speaker and closed circuit camera. Eyeballs in which pupils reflect a video projection and that look and speak at you, are elements of his installations. A selection of solo exhibitions: 1981 University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 1982 Complete Works, The Kitchen, NYC, 1985 Espace Lyonnais d'art Contemporain, Lyon, France, Spheres d'influence, Musée National d'art Moderne, Centro Georges Pmpidou, 1994 Lisson Gallery, Londron, Tony Oursler-Recent Video Works, The Contemporary Museum, Honululu, Frankfurt, Centre d'art Contemporain, Geneve, Les Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland, 1997 Judy Institute of Contemporary Art, Filadélfia, 1999 Introjection: Tony Ourseler mid-career survey 1976-1999, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Des Moines art Center, des Moines, USA, Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland, Hasselt, Belgium. Retrospective at the IVAM Valencia, and San Sebastian in Spain and at the Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal, 2001.