Artist

Louis Fratino

Louis Fratino is an American artist known for his intimate depictions of queer life, relationships and the everyday. Drawing on art-historical influences including Matisse, Picasso and Hockney, his paintings combine expressive colour with a distinctly personal approach to figurative art. A graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, Fratino was included in the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.