Paul Rooney (born 1967 in Liverpool) is an English artist who works with music and words, primarily through installations and records.

He studied painting at Edinburgh College of Art. In the late 1990s his art practice shifted from painting to video and music, initially with the artist group Common Culture and then the band Rooney. His work later focussed on sound and music within video works, installations and performances.

His art works often explore the difficulties inherent in the representation of place, mixing unreliable narratives of personal experience and urban myth.

Awards include an Abbey Award in Painting at The British School at Rome in 1995, Art Prize North in 2003, the Northern Art Prize in 2008, and the Morton Award for Lens Based Work (2012). His works have been purchased for the Arts Council Collection and through the Contemporary Art Society Acquisitions Scheme.