ABOUT
Jacinta's visual art is inspired by miniature people and toys, constructed primarily from recycled materials. She learned to draw from children. Jacinta’s work has been shown at Allegheny College Art Galleries, KMOCA, ArtPort, CANO, Opus 40, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Albany International Airport, Rosendale Cafe, TeamLove Ravenhouse Gallery, Wired Gallery, and more.
Jacinta has toured the U.S. and Canada with The Sparkle Kids Action Network, The Gadabout Film Fest, Neko Case, Maeve End, Julie Novak, Irit Reinheimer and Michael Truckpile. She is the author of several books, including The Big Gay Alphabet Coloring Book, Sometimes the Spoon Runs Away With Another Spoon, Latchkey Township and Girls Are Not Chicks. Jacinta is a co-founder of Hudson Valley B.R.A.W.L. (Broads’ Regional Arm Wrestling League). Her books can be found at PM Press and Etsy.
Whether it is designing seed packets for the Hudson Valley Seed Company, creating overhead projection shows for Neko Case intermissions, art directing music videos for Elizabeth Mitchell, or designing album art for Grammy-winning producer Dean Jones, Jacinta’s art and collaborations touch upon a desire in us to be more closely connected to the tenderness that resides in our hearts. She believes in real handwriting, iced tea, small towns, her mom’s fruitcake, and having the same best friend since you are two. She lives in a 200-year-old farmhouse in the Hudson Valley with some Michael Truckpile, coyotes, old buttons, lilacs, and rhododendron bushes.
SELECTED PRESS
Studio Visit: The Books & Paintings of Jacinta Bunnell
By Rebecca Mir Grady, 2019
“Anne Elizabeth Moore connected me with Jacinta Bunnell earlier this year, and I’m so glad she did! She makes awesome feminist and queer coloring books for kids and adults of all ages. I truly wish that they had been around when I was a kid.”
Las Niñas Pueden Ser Reyes (Girls Can Be Kings) - A Coloring Book I Wish I'd Had When I Was a Little Kid
By Lee Wind, 2019
“It's inspiring to see how powerful knowing real history that includes woman can be -- the story of Seondeok, told in one book, inspiring Jacinta's Spanish version of this book, and reaching out to all the readers (and colorers) to come! I'm very excited about this coloring book—it's absolutely something I wish I'd had back when I was a little kid!”