Man Bartlett (b.1981, Philadelphia, PA) is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in New York City. His practice includes sound, drawing, web-based projects, collage, installation, video, and performance. 

Bartlett has exhibited or performed at The Barnes Foundation (Philadelphia), The V&A Museum (London), The Brooklyn Museum, a Best Buy store, Freies Museum (Berlin), Arebyte Gallery (London), Eyebeam (New York), Flux Factory (Long Island City), iMOCA (Indianapolis), Port Authority Bus Terminal (New York), The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Bert Green Fine Art (Chicago), Secret Project Robot (Brooklyn), the Whitney Museum (New York), and his bedroom.

Bartlett has also participated in residencies at VCCA, Signal Culture, The Institute for Electronic Arts (iea), Flux Factory, The Wassaic Project, and Residency Unlimited. 

He has spoken at various institutions including ITP, MICA, Pratt, and to the Kindergarten class at the Amherst Elementary School in Amherst, Virginia. 

In 2024 he launched First Light Radio, a two-hour, intergenerational Ambient, New Age, Spiritual Jazz, and Classical Indian show that was picked up for the relaunch of East Village Radio.

Bartlett has been featured in numerous publications including The New York Times, ARTnews, C Magazine (cover story, #class), LA Weekly, Art in America online, Art Fag City, Hyperallergic, Huffington Post Arts, The L Magazine, The Daily News, The Stranger, The Wall Street Journal, and Cassette Gods, among others. Bartlett was listed in TIME's "140 Best Twitter Feeds."

Last updated: 2026.03.03

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