ABOUT
JACINTA BUNNELL is a self-taught mixed-media artist and author based in the Hudson Valley, New York. Her work spans intricate visual art, independent zines, and acclaimed children’s books that challenge traditional gender stereotypes.
MIXED MEDIA VISUAL ART:
Hand-built, intricate visual worlds using found objects, paper, ephemera, and recycled materials.
Aesthetic inspiration from vintage toys and the uninhibited drawings of children.
Exhibits widely in galleries and cultural institutions, including the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Opus 40, Wired Gallery, Albany International Airport Gallery, CANO, ASK, and Allegheny College.
Collaborates with musicians and independent brands on custom album art, music video art direction, and designs.
Accepts a limited number of custom art commissions and hand-painted clothing projects each year.
PUBLISHED WORKS:
Author of critically acclaimed, inclusive children’s books and queer coloring books, including A More Graceful Shaboom, Girls Are Not Chicks, and The Big Gay Alphabet Coloring Book.
Published extensively through PM Press.
Writes Latchkey Township, a regular Substack publication exploring art, nostalgia, and latchkey kids.
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.
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 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!”