Bobby Abate

Bobby Abate (Brooklyn, NY) is a Queer artist, filmmaker and editor. Exhibitions and screenings include the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the New York Film Festival, Guggenheim in Bilbao, the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, the San Francisco Cinematheque, the ICA in London and most recently the 42nd annual Harper College Small Works exhibition. Bobby has a BFA from MassArt in Boston and an MFA degree from Bard College. He was the 2020 recipient of the Princess Grace Artist Development Grant. Editing credits include We're Here Season 3 on HBO, Sasha Velour's 2022 European Smoke & Mirrors tour, 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days and several projects with director Matthew Placek. Bobby is writing a screenplay focused on the NYC Queer underground and drag culture in the early 1960s.