Alexander D'Agostino

About the Artist

Alexander D'Agostino is an interdisciplinary artist based in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2009 with a BFA in painting. He investigates the queer and otherworldly through visual and performance art. His work has been presented at Vox Populi in Philadelphia, VisArts in Rockville, the Center for Contemporary Art of Afghanistan In Kabul, Chashama's summer performance series in Manhattan, Itinerant Performance Art Festival at the Queens Museum, the Walters Art Museum, Transformer DC, the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Siren Arts Summer Performance Series,Target Gallery in Alexandria Virgina, the Bromo Artist Tower in Baltimore, and the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC.  His work artwork has been published in multiple volumes including Art of the Grimoire, by Owen Davies, Portraits by  Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC, Emergency Index: an annual document of performance practice in pandemic times by Ugly Duckling Press, Transformer20 by Transformer DC, Bmore Art, and online as guest writer for the Folger Institute’s research blog Collation. D’Agostino is an Artistic Research Fellow at the Folger Shakespeare Library and a recipient of the 2025–2026 Ruby Artist Award in Baltimore.