Alton DuLaney

Born in the small east-Texas town of Splendora, Alton DuLaney is a social media creator and conceptual artist who researches art’s ability to transform the perception of objects, images, and actions, as communicated through artistic expression, the relevance of site, and the identity of the artist.

His multi-disciplinary practice includes painting, sculpture, photography, textile, neon, jewelry, video, tattooing, branding, mail art, public art, and, of course, performance art.

As The World’s Most Famous Gift Wrap Artist, Alton has appeared on numerous national TV shows including Rachael Ray, The Jimmy Kimmel Show, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS Sunday Morning, The Wendy Williams Show, Access Hollywood, ETV, The Harry Connick Jr Show, as a judge on HBO’s Craftopia, as well as his own show the Great Gift Exchange on YouTube.

Alton has shown his work in countless exhibitions in Texas, Los Angeles, and New York City as well as Europe and South America. He is represented by Heidi Vaughan Fine Art in Houston and is in the collections of the Tom of Finland Foundation of LA, the Leslie Lohman Museum of NYC, the City of Marfa public art collection, and many important private collections.

Alton has a BFA from the University of Texas in Austin, MFA from the University of Houston, where he also taught Public Art. Currently he is the Curator of Public Art for the Houston Airports overseeing one of the largest public art collections in the state of Texas. He is also an art and décor consultant.