Louis Fratino
American
Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Louis Fratino is known for his evocative paintings, drawings, and sculptures that explore intimate, tender depictions of figures in domestic settings. After earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore in 2015, Fratino was awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship in Painting and Printmaking, which took him to Berlin. His emotionally charged work, infused with a distinct atmospheric quality, draws on visual cues from art history, incorporating elements of both classical and modernist traditions. Often compared to Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, Fratino’s semi-Cubist style reinterprets the male nude through a kaleidoscope of geometric shapes. His approach, traditionally associated with representations of the female body, centers the queer male form in sensual, domestic scenes. Fratino has participated in numerous prestigious group exhibitions, including Them at Perrotin in New York (2019) and Good Pictures at Jeffrey Deitch Gallery in New York (2020). His solo exhibitions, such as Growths of the Earth at Ciaccia Levi in Paris (2021) and Morning at Sikkema Jenkins Co. in New York (2019), have further established his reputation. Fratino currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.