MARK GUGLIELMO (b. 1970, Queens, New York) is a contemporary artist who creates layered figurative works exploring memory, identity, and power. Guglielmo's practice grows out of his background in hip-hop, treating collage as an extension of sampling—truncating and reconfiguring existing materials into new compositions. His work honors working-class people with the grandeur once reserved for saints and kings, sparking dialogue about who we choose to remember.

Major projects include Portraits of My People (2021–2025), life-size collage portraits celebrating his Southern Italian lineage while examining the complexities of race and belonging in the United States, and Cubaneo (2015–2017), his series of eighteen large-scale photo-collage portraits of everyday people he met on three trips to Cuba, accompanied by audio interviews and field recordings.

Solo exhibitions include the United Nations, New York; Loveland Museum, Colorado; Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Boston; and Vermont Center for Photography. Group exhibitions include Smith College, Central Connecticut State University, and Westfield State University. Guglielmo is the recipient of grants from The Puffin Foundation and the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, and residencies including Sound+Science NYC and 701 Center for Contemporary Art (forthcoming).

Guglielmo began his career as rapper/producer Vesuveo, collaborating with Eminem on the underground classic “Green and Gold" and contributing music to Beavis and Butt-Head, Pimp My Ride, and Jersey Shore. He studied at Université Paul-Valéry in Montpellier, France, and holds a BA in History from Haverford College. Born and raised in New York, he now lives and works in Western Massachusetts.