Alice O'Malley

Alice O’Malley (born 1962) is an American photographer. She is known for her queer portraits,[1] and is a self-taught photographer based in New York City.

Life and career

O'Malley was born in 1962, in Buffalo, New York.[2]

Her photography work showcases queer artists and residents of Manhattan's Lower East Side, shot in her studio on black and white film.[3] O'Malley is a teacher at International Center of Photography.[4] Her work has also been published in The New Yorker, Vogue and The New York Times Style Magazine.[5]

Her work was part of the large group exhibit, a field of bloom and hum (2025) at The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, organized by Ian Berry.[6]

O'Malley's work is in museum collections, the piece titled Kenny and Sabrina, NYC 2004 (2007) is part of the collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art;[7] and the gelatin silver print on paper titled Self Portrait, New York (2002) is part of the collection at Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State University.[8]

Publications

  • O'Malley, Alice; Gangitano, Lia; Myles, Eileen; Anohni (2008). Alice O'Malley: Community of Elsewheres (exhibition catalogue). Isis Gallery (London), Participant Inc. (New York City). Isis Editions. ISBN 978-0955877414.

References

  1. ↑ Rolls-Bentley, Gemma; Julien, Isaac (2024). Queer Art: from canvas to club, and the spaces between. London: Frances Lincoln. pp. 174–175. ISBN 978-0-7112-8267-4.
  2. ↑ "Alice O'Malley". Burchfield Penney Art Center. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  3. ↑ "About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art". Wrightwood 659. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  4. ↑ "AliceOMalley". International Center of Photography (ICP). Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  5. ↑ Browne, Alix (December 5, 2010). "Moonstruck". The New York Times Style Magazine. pp. 178–185.
  6. ↑ "a field of bloom and hum". Tang Teaching Museum. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Alice O'Malley, Kenny and Sabrina, NYC 2004, 2004 (negative); 2007 (print)". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Self Portrait, New York". Burchfield Penney Art Center. Retrieved February 10, 2026.


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