Alexander D'Agostino

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 dance, ritual, teaching, and visual 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 ArtFestival at the Queens Museum, the Walters Art Museum, Transformer DC, the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington Spring 2022 Solo Exhibitions, Siren Arts Summer Performance Series, A Solo Exhibition at the Target Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia, and currently a solo exhibition at the Bromo Artist Tower in Baltimore and one at Visarts in Rockville, MD. He is also an artistic research fellow at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC.

Alexander’s current project at the Folger uses tarot divination, embodied performance, and an LGBTQ+ lens to converse with the enigmatic Folger Manuscript V.b.26, also known as the “Book of Oberon.” He is available for similar tarot-based collections consultation and can be contacted through his  website, Instagram, or at charmcitygnome@gmail.com.