ABOUT
Jill Pangallo is an actor, writer, and producer. Her multidisciplinary body of work includes solo performance, stand-up, performance art, dance, digital content, theater, TV and film.
Based in New York City, Jill has performed and shown internationally at a heaping buffet of galleries and venues, on a multitude of screens and channels, and in dozens of clubs — including Joe’s Pub, Pioneer Works, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, MTV, Judson Memorial Church, The Bell House, The Tang Museum, Bowery Ballroom, Diverse Works (Houston), Regina Rex, Bronx River Arts Center, and NewFest.
Her decades-long practice includes seven full-length solo shows, web-based projects (JW Anderson’s JWA‑TV, Your Main Thing, forthcoming Blind Contour), a recent Reid Pope film, long-running collaborations (Jane Johnson, The HoHos, Jason & Jill), curatorial projects (The Way We Were, Followspot), and a visual arts movement-duo with artist Alex P. White as SKOTE. In the spring of 2025, at La MaMa ETC, she premiered Swallows, a NYSCA-supported, seven-actor play she wrote, co-produced, and fully fund-raised.
Pangallo holds an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin (Transmedia/Performance), a BFA from Parsons School of Design (Communication Design), and a BA from Eugene Lang College (Psychology). She attended residencies at Skowhegan, Pioneer Works, and MASS Gallery. She has trained at UCB, Atlantic Acting School, and General Assembly. She is a NYSCA FY2025 grantee and has been awarded grants from The Idea Fund, City of Austin’s Art in Public Places, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and the University of Texas.
Jill Pangallo, tenth grade.
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Rooted in a lineage of DIY, alt cabaret, and nightlife aesthetics, Jill Pangallo’s work values risk, resourcefulness, and an openness to imperfection. Across projects, she explores questions of identity, visibility, and belonging, using humor as both an entry point and an equalizer, transforming discomfort into connection and revealing truth through laughter.
A SMATTERING OF ONLINE PRESS
Rossi, Anni. “DIY State of Mind” BOMB Magazine Online. March 2025.
Krasner, Bob. “‘Swallows’ play explores post-Hollywood reckonings.” The Villager/AMNY. Mar 26, 2025.
Yotka, Steff. “Justin Vivian Bond Would Like to Sell You a Bag.” Vogue.com. March, 2019.
Love, Michael. “Justin Vivian Bond Serves QVC Realness for JW Anderson.” Paper Mag. March 20, 2019.
Albo, Mike. “Jill Pangallo with Mike Albo.” Coronagraph. May 2016.
Armstrong, Olivia. “Afternoon Delight: Your Main Thing.” Decider, February 19, 2015.
Eler, Alicia. “Artist uses Phil Collins, Skype to construct online personae.” Salon. August 13, 2013.
Greenwood, Caitlin. “Hotbox: Artist-in-residency program.” The Austin Chronicle, Aug 2, 2013.
Campbell, Andy. “Studio Visit: SKOTE (Hymns of shame).” Austin Chronicle. July 13, 2012.
Bruno, Paul. “The Many Faces of Jill Pangallo.” Dirty Mag. Issue No. 1, June 2010.
Widner, Cindy. “The Collections: We are what we keep.” Austin Chronicle, 26 June 2009.
Martinez, Erica. “They Have a Nicks Nack.” New York Post. 8 May, 2008.
Ruud, Claire. “Review: 20 to Watch: New Art in Austin.” …Might Be Good. Issue 94, March 7, 2008.
Castillo, Salvador. “Nohegan: Camping out for art.” Austin Chronicle. August 10, 2007.
Matthews, Heather. “Video at UT Austin – Seriously Funny.” Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online. July 2006.