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New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Nick Aguayo,’ 16 March 2023 - 22 April 2023

New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Nick Aguayo,’ 16 March 2023 - 22 April 2023

New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Nick Aguayo,’ 16 March 2023 - 22 April 2023

New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Nick Aguayo,’ 16 March 2023 - 22 April 2023

New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Nick Aguayo,’ 16 March 2023 - 22 April 2023

New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Nick Aguayo,’ 16 March 2023 - 22 April 2023

New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Nick Aguayo,’ 16 March 2023 - 22 April 2023

New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Nick Aguayo,’ 16 March 2023 - 22 April 2023

New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Nick Aguayo,’ 16 March 2023 - 22 April 2023

New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Nick Aguayo,’ 16 March 2023 - 22 April 2023

New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Nick Aguayo,’ 16 March 2023 - 22 April 2023

New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Nick Aguayo,’ 16 March 2023 - 22 April 2023

Ursa Major and Minor (for C.B), 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 86 x 86 inches, 218.4 x 218.4 cm, MMG#35069

Ursa Major and Minor (for C.B), 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 86 x 86 inches, 218.4 x 218.4 cm, MMG#35069

Night Theme, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 86 x 86 inches, 218.4 x 218.3 cm, MMG#35070

Night Theme, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 86 x 86 inches, 218.4 x 218.3 cm, MMG#35070

The Ostrich, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 86 x 86 inches, 218.4 x 218.4 cm, MMG#35071

The Ostrich, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 86 x 86 inches, 218.4 x 218.4 cm, MMG#35071

House of Intuition, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 86 x 86 inches, 218.4 x 218.4 cm, MMG#35072

House of Intuition, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 86 x 86 inches, 218.4 x 218.4 cm, MMG#35072

Estara, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 72 x 60 inches, 182.9 x 152.4 cm, MMG#35073

Estara, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 72 x 60 inches, 182.9 x 152.4 cm, MMG#35073

Portamento, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 40 x 30 inches, 101.6 x 76.2 cm, MMG#35075

Portamento, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 40 x 30 inches, 101.6 x 76.2 cm, MMG#35075

Whiplash, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 40 x 30 inches,101.6 x 76.2 cm, MMG#35076

Whiplash, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 40 x 30 inches,101.6 x 76.2 cm, MMG#35076

Cold Nose, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#35077

Cold Nose, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#35077

Glass Jaw, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#35078

Glass Jaw, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#35078

Soft Machine, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#35079

Soft Machine, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#35079

Pass the Distance, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#35082

Pass the Distance, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#35082

Evergreen, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#35084

Evergreen, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, MMG#35084

Whose Eye Is The Sun?, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 152.4 x 121.9 cm, MMG#35085

Whose Eye Is The Sun?, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 152.4 x 121.9 cm, MMG#35085

Electric Roulette, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 152.4 x 121.9 cm, MMG#35086

Electric Roulette, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 152.4 x 121.9 cm, MMG#35086

Riff Raff, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 152.4 x 121.9 cm, MMG#35087

Riff Raff, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 152.4 x 121.9 cm, MMG#35087

Caustic Tongue, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 152.4 x 121.9 cm, MMG#35088

Caustic Tongue, 2022, Acrylic and marble dust on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 152.4 x 121.9 cm, MMG#35088

Press Release

Miles McEnery Gallery is delighted to announce an exhibition of new paintings by Nick Aguayo, on view 16 March through 22 April 2023 at 511 West 22nd Street. Accompanying the exhibition is a fully illustrated publication featuring an essay by Rochelle Steiner.

Riddled with playful color and poppy graphics, Nick Aguayo’s paintings absorb and reflect aspects of the artist’s everyday. Working simultaneously between canvases, inspiration drawn from his surroundings enters a lexicon of motifs appearing from one work to the next. Although abstract, neighborhood fixtures, thrifted fabric scraps, and shadows cast through his studio window pane all manifest in recurring geometric forms, grounded through an attunement towards classical figure-ground composition. 

Physicality itself acts as a central tie between the paintings. Aguayo collages found objects amongst his chosen medium of acrylic mixed with marble dust, resulting in a tactile surface populated with ridges and grooves. The works’ physicality is further implied with each application of paint evoking the energetic immediacy of the painter’s active process.

The gestural compositions reveal Aguayo’s sensibility towards orchestrating form, culminating in a balance between superfluous spontaneity and measured mark making. Rochelle Steiner writes, “It is time, as much as spatial conditions and formal patterning, that provides the structure of and framework for Aguayo’s work… And it is time that is reflected in the visual rhythms—both planned and improvisational—that are central to his practice.”

Nick Aguayo (b. 1984 in Palm Springs, CA) received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2007 and his Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Irvine in 2012. 

Aguayo has been the subject of solo exhibitions at La Loma Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming); Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and the Undergraduate Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. 

His work has been included in group exhibitions at the Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA; California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA; Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA; Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM; The Pit, Los Angeles, CA; Tif Sigfrids, Comer, GA; Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA; University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, and elsewhere. 

His work may be found in the collections of The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY and The Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA. 

The artist lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

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