Jamian Juliano-Villani

INTERVIEW AND PORTRAITS BY OLIVIER ZAHM NEW JERSEY-BORN ARTIST, CURATOR, AND PROVOCATEUR JAMIAN JULIANO-VILLANI KEEPS THE ART UNDERGROUND ALIVE. OLIVIER ZAHM — So, how did you end up living in New York? JAMIAN JULIANO-VILLANI — I’m from New Jersey, so I’ve been coming here forever on the train. I come from where they filmed The Sopranos, Basking Ridge, which is a very WASPy, nice country-club kind of bull-shit area. OLIVIER ZAHM — Do you mean it’s weird and artificial? JAMIAN JULIANO-VILLANI — We were the only people with a vowel in their last names in town. No one came to our house on Halloween because they thought we were in the mob. OLIVIER ZAHM — I’ve always wanted to do a fashion shoot in one of those residential areas. JAMIAN JULIANO-VILLANI — You should do it in Deal, New Jersey. Do you know Deal? OLIVIER ZAHM — No. JAMIAN JULIANO-VILLANI…