Addison Bale

Addison Bale (b. 1994, NYC) is an artist and writer. Bale’s paintings have featured in group shows around NYC and Mexico City. His poetry chapbooks, GALIMATíAS (MX) and Snakeskins (NY) were published in 2022 and 2018 respectively. A solo exhibition, “The Decline in Reading,” was held at D.D.D.D. gallery (2025, NYC). Bale is a recipient of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant in 2024.

His essay, “On Translation, Codification, and Something in Between: Language in the Paintings of Martin Wong,” on hopscotchtranslation.com, 2025.