Born and raised on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Paul is a Los Angeles and Berlin-based multidisciplinary performing artist whose award-winning solo projects have been presented across the United States and in Europe. In confronting the social constructions of race and gender, his work examines legacies of white supremacist, patriarchal violence—both physical and psychological—throughout Euro-American history. Trained as an actor at the Phillips Exeter Academy and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Paul Outlaw has portrayed an eclectic spectrum of roles that includes James Baldwin, Ira Aldridge, Jeffrey Dahmer, Nat Turner, Sigmund Freud, Jesse Owens, among many others. He played the title role in Pepe Danquart’s SCHWARZFAHRER, winner of the 1994 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Paul was the lyricist and lead vocalist for the Berliner bands Snow Blind Twilight Ferries and Fortified Static; backing vocalist for Mad Romeo; and guest vocalist and lyricist for the dance project General Motor and legendary post-punk constellation Die Haut. He is a featured vocalist on SPLENDOR AND MISERY (2016), clipping.’s second full-length album release on Sub Pop Records/Deathbomb Arc. Paul’s collaborations and solo projects have been presented by LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art); The Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles); Machine Project/Getty (Los Angeles); Machine Project/Armand Hammer Museum (Westwood), among many others. Under the banner of OutlawPlay, Paul is the creator (or co-creator) of many experimental theater works and performances. In addition to numerous performances in Los Angeles, Paul has also appeared at national and international festivals.