Paul has 40 years of design experience, and brings authenticity and generosity to every client engagement.
about Paul
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Paul Herwig is a Minneapolis-based, award winning visual artist and stage designer who brings 40+ years of experience in the events, arts, and design industry to his unique design work and relationship-building with clients.
Projection and animation are at the forefront of event decor - the new future of event design. What Paul offers you with Future Projections is the ability to totally personalize your event design with imagery that specifically reflects your event, executed live and on site to give your event a special created-in-the-moment feel. As Paul creates the projection art to accompany your event, your guests will be delighted, amazed, and immersed in the color and motion - whether still imagery, or animated. Future Projections work is unique in the area. Let Paul help uplift your event, be it celebrating the bonding of a newly wedded couple, expressing pride in business achievement and employees' hard work, or unveiling the new fundraising goals of your organization to fulfill its mission. |
Paul Herwig
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Paul grew up in Albert Lea, Minnesota and studied art at the U of MN, and theater at the Lecoq School in Paris, France (1981-1983). After touring for many years throughout France, England, Canada, and across the US, Paul returned to Minneapolis in 1998 and with his partner and wife Jennifer Ilse they founded Off-Leash Area, a dance and theatre company, which is now one of the longest running, and most awarded independent companies in the area.
Paul has created over 40 set designs, which led him to creating live animated projection art for events, performances, and public art projects. In just a few years with Future Projections, Paul has already built clientele of regular events, having animated the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Art in Bloom Preview Party for three years, New Belgium Brewing'sWinterDig out for the past two years, and many fundraisers and galas for the Children's Theater Company, the Cowles Center, Lundstrum Performing Arts, and many others. Paul continues to design for arts groups, and recently designed for the James Sewell Ballet, Black Label Movement, and his own company Off-Leash Area. Moreover, Paul has embarked on a public art practice, most recently creating Facing the Fire, a projection and music installation in the Longfellow Neighborhood of South Minneapolis, reflecting on the civil unrest of 2020, and giving voice to the residents there who lived it. Other commissions include for the Minnesota State Fair. Additionally, Paul travels Minneapolis on his Projector Bike, animating the city as his canvass, and bringing temporary beauty to otherwise forgotten corners of the urban landscape. |
design awards & recognitions
McKnight Artist Fellow - 2009
Weisman Art Museum / Carl Flink Commission - 2025
Mill City Museum / MN Historical Society Commission - 2024
MN State Fair Commission - 2023
Longfellow Rising Commission - 2022
Selected for Inclusion in the Prague Quadrennial of Stage Design & Space - 2019
Sage Award for Outstanding Design in Dance - 2010
Featured on TPT Channel 2's MN Original - 2015
Northern Spark, Design Commission - 2013
MN State Fair, Design Commission - 2013
Hennepin Theater Trust - City of Mpls, Design Commission - 2013
City Pages Artists of the Year - 2005
Lavender Magazine Best Set Designs of the Year - 2009
City Pages Best Set Designs of the Year - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005
MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative, Awardee - 2025 - 2024 - 2023 - 2021 - 2020 - 2018 - 2013 - 2007
For more on Paul's Stage Design work click here. For more on Paul's theater work click here.
Weisman Art Museum / Carl Flink Commission - 2025
Mill City Museum / MN Historical Society Commission - 2024
MN State Fair Commission - 2023
Longfellow Rising Commission - 2022
Selected for Inclusion in the Prague Quadrennial of Stage Design & Space - 2019
Sage Award for Outstanding Design in Dance - 2010
Featured on TPT Channel 2's MN Original - 2015
Northern Spark, Design Commission - 2013
MN State Fair, Design Commission - 2013
Hennepin Theater Trust - City of Mpls, Design Commission - 2013
City Pages Artists of the Year - 2005
Lavender Magazine Best Set Designs of the Year - 2009
City Pages Best Set Designs of the Year - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005
MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative, Awardee - 2025 - 2024 - 2023 - 2021 - 2020 - 2018 - 2013 - 2007
For more on Paul's Stage Design work click here. For more on Paul's theater work click here.
