Paul Deo

Experience

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  Harlem Children's Zone

  Sept 2010 - Jan 2012

  Media Teacher

  Taught traditional visual art and digital media to students from ages 4-19 years old.

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  Harlem Heir

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2011

  Artist
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  Wave Hill

  Feb 2011 - Apr 2011

  Art Teacher
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  Corner Social

  Nov 2012 - Aug 2017

  Muralist

  New York Magazine BEST of NEW YORK CITY December 2018 voted Planet Harlem mural as one of NEW YORK CITY’S Favorite places to visit.

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  Factory Film Studio

  Mar 2013 - May 2013

  Art Director

  Art Director and Scenic Painter on the horror film The Factory.

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  Groundswell

  Jun 2013 - Sept 2013

  Muralist

  Design, execute mural on 260' wall. I supervise one assistant and 15 students to execute mixed media mural depicting the power, systems, and spirit of Water in New York City, as well as tell the story of Riverbank State Park.

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  Harlem Children's Zone

  Sept 2013 - Aug 2015

  New Media Specialist

  Generated new energy with media students at the Spike Lee and Prince sponsored Truce Media Center of Harlem Children's Zone. Teaching digital and traditional media and its applications. Supervising multimedia performances with teenage students helping students understand and master their materials as they manifest and trust their imaginary thoughts.

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  Harvard University

  Sept 2017 - Dec 2018

  Artist In Residence

  Workshops with Art, Education, and Technology students. -Trust Your Subconscious Mind: accepting your ancestral connections through your art practice. -Teaching the inner city child.-Developed and installed Digital Augmented Reality mural on new union building on Harvard University campus w Technology students.

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  Starseed World

  Jun 2019 - now

  Founder

  Online we teach marketable skills in digital technologies which include Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality with an entrepreneurial scope.

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  Forty Acres and a Mule

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

  Muralist

  I was commissioned by Spike Lee to reproduce the original mural from his film Do The Right Thing for this film’s 30th Anniversary celebration. The celebration took place on the street where the film was made which is officially called Do The Right Thing Way.

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  HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER

  Apr 2020 - now

  AR/VR Enhanced Muralist

  “The Day Harlem Saved Dr. King,” is slated for permanent installation adjacent to the historic mural pavilion in Harlem Hospital Center (HHC). Launch date - Summer 2021. It tells the story of how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was treated at the hospital and survived a knife attack in 1958. In the mural, Deo illustrates how the spirit of Harlem lifted the knife out of Dr. King’s heart, giving him a new lease on life to move into his most politically charged years with fearless dedication and focus.As part of an augmented reality (AR) layer of his mural, Deo will create animations accessible via a digital app in which the mural’s characters will tell their stories. 'For his research he is conducting interviews with relatives and contemporaries of the characters shown in the mural, including the son of the surgeon that treated Dr. King and local Harlem seniors. Deo also plans to create a virtual reality (VR) component to the project that will allow visitors to completely immerse themselves in his surreal Harlem landscape. This mural was commissioned by Community Works, New Heritage Theatre Group, and LMCC [Lower Manhattan Cultural Council] as part of the permanent home for the “harlem is . . .” series at Harlem Hospital. The mural will join a number of major, historically significant public art projects at the hospital illuminating the Black experience, including WPA-era murals that were the first to depict people of color in civic and medical roles. Show less

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  ArtBridge Projects

  Mar 2021 - now

  AR/VR Enhanced Muralist

  Project entails AR-enhanced murals portraying untold stories of Black Indian Indigenous history in NYC, including the rich history of Native American and African American families mixing and forming a united front against slavery and colonialism.