About

Jason Contangelo (b. 1992, Buffalo, NY) is an experimental photographer. He completed his BA at the University of Michigan (2014), and his MFA at the University at Buffalo (2021). He taught photography for two years at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, and is now an independent artist and art director based in Tonawanda, NY.

As Bobby Mars, Contangelo currently serves as the Art Director of the Michigan Enjoyer, and CEO of his own art direction firm BobbyCorp LLC.

His work has been exhibited at University at Buffalo Galleries, CEPA Gallery (Buffalo), De Pree Gallery (Holland, MI), and BOX Gallery (Buffalo), Fitz Books (Buffalo), and Black Rock Arts (Buffalo), among others.

Artist Statement

Through analog photographic methods, Contangelo explores spirituality and psychology through abstracted landscapes and unconventional portraiture. He eschews realistic representation in favor of photographs that subvert their very ties to reality through entropy, chaos, and visual process artifacts.