Paul Nitsche graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1992. Currently residing in rural southwest Wisconsin, Paul is slowly remodeling a 1895 church that serves as home and studio. He is married to Certified Prosthetist and Orthotist Rebecca Lamson Nitsche.
He is known for his illustration and design, including artwork for the bands Dazzling Killmen, Oneiroid Psychosis, and Andrew Bird, book covers for William Gay and the biography of Keith Dowman, and the branding and bottle illustration and design for Awildan Distilling.
Paul’s sculptures of bronze, wood, and human bone reference anatomical exploration and reliquary. His recent tintypes are a reaction to political, societal, and physical anxieties.
From 2012 to 2022, Paul was involved with editing and proofing Southern author William Gay's posthumous literary archive published by Dzanc Books, Anomolaic Press, and The University of West Alabama’s Livingston Press. He currently updates and maintains the William Gay Archive website.
Studio photographs of finished work are by Bill Lemke.