Bio/CV

Vincent Gagliostro is an artist, filmmaker, activist and an original member of the political AIDS activist group ACT UP. In 2016 Gagliostro made his feature film writing and directing debut with After Louie, starring Alan Cumming, Zachary Booth and Sarita Choudhury. The film, travelling the festival circuit had its world premiere at BFI Flare in London Other festival highlights included the Provincetown International FF (centerpiece), Hamptons International FF (centerpiece), OUTFest/NEWFest (spotlight), Key West FF (award for best LGBT film) and the closing night film at Frameline. After Louie, premiered its theatrical run in New York City on March 30th at the Cinema Village, as well as in VOD release.
 
Recent projects include contributing cinematographer for the Oscar nominated documentary, How To Survive a Plague.Writer and director of a short documentary, AFTER SILENCE: The Story Behind the Image (a portrait of Avram Finkelstien, creator of the SILENCE=DEATH image). It showed in film festivals and art fairs internationally. He has lectured at Yale on the subject of Art and Activism and his graphic design work for ACT UP was recently seen in the Whitney Museum’s exhibit titled, An Incomplete History of Protest: Selectionsfrom the Whitney’s Collection, 1940-2017. His work as a graphic artist and fine artist is included in the permanent collections of The Whitney, The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan, and Cooper-Hewitt.
 
His work with recording artist Prince as art directer on three award-winning music videos, Cream, Diamonds and Pearls and Kiss prompted his move into video art and film.
solo exhibitions

2017

Gallery NeC, Paris, France

2014

Gallery NeC, Paris, France

2012

Gallery NeC, Paris, France
The White Cubicle Toilet Gallery, London, England

2010

Gallery NeC, Paris, France

2008

Beauty Room, Paris, France

2007

Gallery NeC, Paris, France

2006

Gallery NeC, Paris, France

1997

Kleine Gallery, Hanover, Germany

1996

KRT Space, New York, NY

1994

Artist's Exchange, Weston, Connecticut

1987

Artist's Exchange, New York, NY

1982

Artist's Exchange, New York, NY

1978

Wood/Waeche Gallery, Washington DC

1976

Polo Drescher Gallery, Washington DC
group exhibitions

2018

Whitney Museum of American Art

2012

CAIXAFORUM BARCELONA, ASVOFF 4,| Barcelona, Spain

2011

Art Basel Miami, ASVOFF Screening, Miami, Florida
Cannes Film Festival, ASVOFF Screening, Cannes, France
Centre Pompidou, ASVOFF FESTIVAL 4, Paris, France

2010

Centre Pompidou, ASVOFF FESTIVAL 3, Paris, France

2008

Guggenheim, ASVOFF FESTIVAL 1, Bilbao, Spain
Jeu de Paume, ASVOFF 1, Paris, France
Pulse Art Fair, New York, NY

2007

Art Basel Miami, Passport No., Miami, Florida
Gallery NeC, Paris, France

2006

Gallery NeC, Paris, France

2003

Bergdorf Gallery, New York, NY

2000

Whitney Museum, New York, NY

1999

The New Museum, New York, NY

1997

Cooper Hewitt, New York, NY

1996

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England

1995

Jacklight Gallery, New York, NY

1994

Museum of Sociology, Dresden, Germany
New York Public Library, New York, NY

1993

Munich State Museum, Munich, Germany
The New Museum, New York, NY

1991

"Bilderschock", Berlin, Germany

1990

Bullet Space, New York, NY
Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Kettler Yard Gallery, London, England
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1987

Jayne H. Baum Gallery, New York, NY

1986

The Glass Farmhouse, New York, NY

1985

The Glass Farmhouse, New York, NY

1983

Artist's Exchange, New York, NY

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