Alejandro Yullo is a 21 year old artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. He is a current student at Pratt Institute. Yullo’s work implements elements of portraiture both in the fashion and fine art realms, abstract expressionism, gender performance, and childhood. He believes in a kind world where everyone loves one another and is true to themselves.
He wants to thank his family, his dog, his friends, music, Peter Lindbergh, Wolfgang Tillmans, Jimmy Desana, Richard Mosse, Lorde, MoMA, Rick Owens, New York, Berlin, the wind, HAUS Labs Triclone Skin Tech Foundation, Beau Travail, La Jetee, Before Sunrise, Justine Kurland, The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray, Spotify, his SONY XM5, his JBL, second chances, Photoshop, gaussian blur, introversion, Etsy, BAM, Letterboxd, Hannah Montana, David Bowie, Alexander McQueen, every failed talking stage, the color black, Sunset Park, Clinton Hill, Bushwick, pasta, Google Maps, A24, i-D, solitude, community, Prospect Park, Nitehawk, Sunny Wigs, the seasons, Oat Milk, his Scorpio moon, his Scorpio rising, his sensitivity, broken toilet seats, masturbation, sex, Lana Del Rey, imposter syndrome, psychosis, loneliness, the 90s, light (in all it’s facets), gay voices, his youth, boredom, Color Aid, Blick, Ecology, Radio City Music Hall, Knockdown Center, flirting with cute boys at concerts, the sun, long hair, birds in transit, the rain, the moon, grass, humbleness, modesty, @yullosinfinity, black pepper, fashion, drag, the G train, slowed and reverbed songs, The Park Avenue Armory, ARCA, ROSALIA, Bell Hooks, B&H, Exposure Therapy, FKA twigs, his eyes, self criticism, growth, plant stores, the anthropogenic age, 5th Ave (Brooklyn), Dickies, Harley Davidson, the notes app, lists, memory, escapism and an awarness of the responsibility it requires, poetry, language, his Latin culture, nuance, lack of clarity in art, tape, selflessness, his heart, his brain, Grindr, the private listening feature on Spotify, his patience for pretentious new yorkers, the color red, day dreaming, youth, health, ability, access to a library, empathy, knowing that there is a big world, for understandng, for reading this far if you did, time, and love.