Ralph Brancaccio (born 1960 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American and European conceptual artist whose work is mostly social commentary or politically motivated, whether working in paint, installation/multimedia, or printmaking. He states, “As a child, I was educated to believe that I was living in a developed society. This I did not see. As my consciousness developed, I began to recognize the dysfunction of a world people call or think civilized."