Gioncarlo Valentine Artist

Gioncarlo Valentine (b. 1990) is an award-winning American photographer and writer. Valentine’s photographic work seeks to examine issues faced by marginalized populations, most often focusing his lens on the experiences of Black/LGBTQIA+ communities. His writing, most often in the form of the essay, aims to unpack personal histories, agitate notions around gender and identity, and highlight the contributions of Black artists.

His work has been collected by the Whitney Museum of American Art and he has received residencies from Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Yaddo, and Vermont Studio Center. His photographs have appeared on the covers of Rolling Stone, Esquire, Variety, Sharp Magazine, and WSJ Magazine as well as within the pages of The New York Times Magazine, Scientific American, American Vogue, and People Magazine. He writes about photographs for the New Yorker and has published writing in The New York Times, Aperture, The Rumpus, Insider, and many others.