Julio Nazario

Julio Nazario is an acclaimed photographer and mixed-media artist whose work is in museums and private collections. He is retire as Assistant Dean/Faculty in the School of Arts & Sciences Honors Program, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and over the years taught courses in the Caribbean & Latino Studies department focusing on Latino Cinema and Identity Politics. Nazario taught photography for a decade at the International Center of Photography in New York City and was an Adjunct Associate Professor for 17 years, at La Guardia Community College (CUNY). He is a graduate of Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University with an M.F.A in Visual Arts and graduate of Queens College (CUNY) where he earned a B.A. in Philosophy. He is a Vietnam War veteran and recipient of a Purple Heart.