James Stamboni

James Stamboni was born in Mount Kisco, NY. He graduated with his BFA from SUNY New Paltz before getting certified to teach art in New York State’s public schools. Between 2010 and 2014 he showed in and around New York City, while simultaneously serving as a high school art teacher in Port Chester NY. In 2016, he was poisoned by a fluoroquinolone antibiotic. The resulting medical complications would force him to leave the teaching profession, as well as avoid painting for several years. By 2021 he had stabilized his condition enough to begin painting again and has been aggressively dedicating himself to this ever since.

He currently lives in New Rochelle, where he splits his time between commissioned portraiture and large scale figurative works. Autism allows him to replicate most things he sees in two dimensions, and to retain pretty much any information that kindles his interest.