Jesse Mineo (b. 1989) is a Sicilian-American and Nuyorican artist living and working in Queens, New York. He holds a BFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Mineo's practice focuses on multimedia and assemblage, incorporating filmmaking, photography, sound design, lighting design, mark making and digital illustration. His work often centers on personal history, memory and dreams to interrogate the impacts social, political and economic systems have on identity, shared cultures and traditions, human settlements and the natural environment.

email: info[at]jessemineo[dot]com
instagram: @jesse.mineo

2024

Summer Residency Program in Fine Arts: Contemporary Practices, School of Visual Arts (New York, NY)

Lifting Them Up, Honorable Mention, North American Photography Association in United Nations, Global Chinese New Year Photography Competition

Guest Speaker, 2020-2024, Intermediate Film Production, NYU Tisch School of the Arts

2023

Proma, Selected for Coverfly’s Red List

Proma, Honorable Mention, Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition

2022

Truth Keepers, Top 10 Finalist, Dolby Labs & GFS “Finish the Script” International Competition

Origins, Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft’s TV Pilot Script Competition

2021

Origins, Top 20 Screenplays of the Month, Coverfly

2020

Origins, Semifinalist, ScreenCraft’s Sci-fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Competition

2014
   
Haze, producer, live action short film
Grand Jury Prize Nomination, AFI Fest
Official Selection, AFI Fest 
Official Selection, Atlanta Film Festival 
Official Selection, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 
Official Selection, Dallas International Film Festival 
Official Selection, Florida Film Festival 
Official Selection, Maryland Film Festival 
Official Selection, Sarasota Film Festival 
Official Selection, Athens International Film & Video Festival 
Official Selection, Cucalorus Film Festival
Vimeo Staff Pick

2012

Discourse News, editing and technical support for Christian Jankowski. Exhibited at Friedrich Petzel Gallery (Manhattan, NY)

2011

Mario Joyner Project, director of photography, live action short film starring Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, George Wallace, Colin Quinn and Mario Joyner 

2010

MOVE! at MoMA PS1, director/editor of Micro Doc Series covering works by Kalup Linzy and Diane von Furstenberg; Rob Pruitt and Marc Jacobs; Terence Koh and Italo Zucchelli (Calvin Klein Collection); Tauba Auerbach and Ohne Titel; Olaf Breuning and Cynthia Rowley; Brody Condon and Rodarte; Rashaad Newsome and Alexander Wang; Dan Colen and Proenza Schouler; David Blaine and Adam Kimmel; Jonah Bokaer and Narciso Rodriguez; The Cheryls and American Apparel; Ryan McNamara and Robert Geller; and TELFAR + Lizzie Fitch, Rhett LaRue, Fatima Al Qadiri, Ryan Trecartin, and Leilah Weinraub

2009

Glass, documentary with artist edison Osorio Zapata. Exhibited at UrbanGlass (Brooklyn, NY)