Selected Press

Nicola Lucchi. “John Avelluto: AI, Synthetic Memory and the Fabrication of Identity”. Art Spiel, January 29, 2026.
"An Italian American colloquy with Joanne Mattera and John Avelluto". Two Coats of Paint, November 9, 2023.
Etty Yaniv. "John Avelluto: Impasta Handbags at Stand4 Gallery". Art Spiel, October 26, 2023.
Joanne Mattera. "Italianità: Contemporary Art Inspired by the Italian Immigrant Experience" (Cover Image with full profile). New York City. Well-Fed Artist Press. 2023. New American Paintings Northeast #152. juror: Liz Munsell Lorraine and Alan Bressler Curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.
Hrag Vartanian. "Toppling Columbus with a Rainbow Cookie", Hyperallergic, December 3rd, 2021.
Julian Anthony Tamburri for ITALICS, Goombarooch Resignified
M Cem Mengüç. "Brooklyn-born John Avelluto strikes back on populist nationalism and empire, with a side order of calamari". Medium.com. January 7th, 2019.
Brooklyn Magazine. “The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture”. Brooklyn Magazine, March 11th, 2014.
Micchelli, Thomas. “Nothing as It Seems: John Avelluto’s Unrelenting Emptiness”, Hyperallergic, May 31st, 2014.
Micchelli, Thomas. “Single Point Perspective: A New Series”, Hyperallergic, July 7th, 2012.
Panero, James. “Gallery chronicle”, The New Criterion, Volume 29, Number 5, January 2011.
Kalm, James, “Brooklyn Dispatches: Those Damned Weeds”, The Brooklyn Rail, Dec 2010 –Jan 2011.
Fisher, Cora. “Marksmen and the Palimpsests”, The Brooklyn Rail, Dec 2010 –Jan 2011.
Wehr, Anne. “Arts in Bushwick”, www.blogs.wnyc.org. June 4th, 2009.
Genocchio, Benjamin. “The Trickle-Down from Pollock”, The New York Times, November 4th, 2007.