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WHO IS ZALOOM? Called "one of the most original and talented political satirists working in the theater" by The New York Times, Paul Zaloom is an OBIE-winning puppeteer and performance artist who has written, designed and performed 10 solo spectacles, including Fruit of Zaloom, Sick But True, and his latest, Mighty Nice.
WHAT DOES HE DO? His highly idiosyncratic work utilizes techniques such as overhead projection, government document expose, "picture performance", and hand, rod, and dummy puppets. He is best known for his found object manipulations, where he operates tools, toys, packaging material, kitsch, and other debris in rapid fire, satirical vignettes about swell modern life.
WHAT ELSE? Since 1992, Zaloom has appeared on the Emmy winning, educational TV show Beakman's World as Beakman, the wacky and inquisitive scientist who answers viewers' questions about science, nature, and the world around us. Zaloom also co-wrote and narrated an official selection at the 2003 Slamdance Film Fest, In Smog and Thunder, a humorous mockumentary about a fictional war between L.A. and San Francisco, based on art works by painter Sandow Birk.
WHERE'S HE BEEN? U.S.: Kennedy Center; Lincoln Center; Walker Arts Center; Spoleto Festival USA; UCLA Performing Arts Series; American Repertory Theater; L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art; King Tut's Wah-Wah Hut; hundreds of others. International: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Scotland; Les Semaines de la Marionette, Paris; the UNIMA World Congress, Dresden; Vienna Festival; others on 9 international tours.
AWARDS? GRANTS?
AWARDS: a Village Voice OBIE; an American Theater Wing Design Award; New York Dance and Performance Award (the "Bessie"); L.A. Weekly Critics' Award; 3 Citations of Excellence in the Art of Puppetry from UNIMA-USA.
GRANTS: Guggenheim Fellowship, 4 National Endowment for the Arts grants, 3 Henson Foundation grants, and others.
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