James Bartolacci is an artist based in New York City and London. He received his MFA in Painting and Printmaking from the Yale School of Art in 2020. His compositions draw from personal experiences of queer nightlife in New York and other cities. His artwork celebrates the catharsis of this scene while also embracing its hangover.
Frieze Magazine James Bartolacci’s Intimate Journey from Nightclub to After Party by Kevin Brazil
Metal Magazine Honouring the Queer Nightlife of NYC by Emma Smit
The Guardian The Gaze review by Laura Cumming
The Gaze Curator and Artist Statement by Louis Wise
Artsy 7 Artists on the Resilience of Depicting Queer Intimacy in Public by Osman Can Yerebakan
Dazed These paintings pay tribute to the queer nightlife of NYC by Emily Dinsdale
Something Curated Interview: Painter James Bartolacci On Queer Nightlife As An Art Form
Observer How 2020 Changed the Art of Three Emerging MFA Grads by Osman Can Yerebakan