Arcmanoro Niles in his studio, 2022
Photo by Daniel Kukla
Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London
Ep.128 features Arcmanoro Niles (b. 1989, Washington, D.C.; lives and works in New York, NY). He makes vivid, brightly-hued paintings that expand our understanding of traditional genre painting and portraiture. Niles offers a window into seemingly mundane moments of daily life―a child seated at the table for breakfast, a man about to get into his car, a couple in their bedroom―with subjects drawn from photographs of friends and relatives and from memories of his past. The paintings, though intensely personal and autobiographical, engage in universal subjects of domestic and family life while also making reference to numerous art historical predecessors, including Italian and Dutch baroque, history painting, Color Field painting, and ancient Egyptian sculpture. Though drawing from many styles and genres, Niles is particularly inspired by the paintings that 16th-century Italian painter Caravaggio created of daily life through representations of his family and friends. In depicting not only people close to him but the places and times they inhabit, Niles creates his own record of contemporary life.
Artist http://www.arcmanoro.com/
Lehmann Maupin Gallery Arcmanoro Niles – Hey Tomorrow, Do You Have Some Room For Me: Failure Is A Part Of Being Alive – Exhibitions -Lehmann Maupin November2022 Exhibition https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/exhibitions/arcmanoro-niles2
Long Gallery https://www.long.gallery/the-arena-exhibition-page
Hypebeast https://hypebeast.com/2020/2/arcmanoro-niles-i-guess-by-now-im-supposed-to-be-a-man-uta-artist-space-exhibition
UTA Artist Space
http://utaartistspace.com/press/2020/02/18/arcmanoro-niles-first-solo-show-on-the-west-coast-at-uta-artist-space-in-los-angeles/
PAFA Org https://www.pafa.org/news/arcmanoro-niles-bfa-13-featured-current-exhibit-bacchanal-110821
GuildHall https://www.guildhall.org/people/arcmanoro-niles/
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation https://www.louiscomforttiffanyfoundation.org/2019/arcmanoro-niles
Rachel Uffner Gallery
https://www.racheluffnergallery.com/exhibitions/detail/arcmanoro-niles/installation-stills
Wikipedia Arcmanoro Niles – Wikipedia
Ocula https://ocula.com/artists/arcmanoro-niles/
Galerie Magazine https://galeriemagazine.com/arcmanoro-niles-lehmann-maupin/
SAIC Arcmanoro Niles (saic.edu)
Elephant Glitter and Ghosts in the Paintings of Arcmanoro Niles –
ELEPHANTICA Boston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g_0nAeWcF0
The Artist Profile Archive https://www.theartistprofilearchive.com/artist-profiles/arcmanoro-niles/#video
Growing Up May Be The Hardest Thing I Do (Healing Doesn’t Happen In A Straight Line), 2022
oil, acrylic, glitter on canvas
60 x 90 x 1.75 inches
152.4 x 228.6 x 4.44 cm
Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London
I Don’t Keep Liquor Here (I’ve Been Learning How To Do It All The Hard Way), 2022
oil, acrylic, glitter on canvas
60 x 45 x 1.75 inches
152.4 x 114.3 x 3.81 cm
Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London
I Knew You When I Had A Dream (But That Was Seven Summers Ago), 2022
oil, acrylic, glitter on canvas
18 x 14.5 x 1.75 inches
45.7 x 36.8 x 3.81 cm
Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London
Sometimes I Think About My High School Sweetheart (We Reach for Something That’s Already Gone), 2022
charcoal, conte, and pastel on paper
40 x 22 inches
101.6 x 55.9 cm
Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London
Living With A Broken Heart Made It Difficult When I Was Young And Bullet Proof (It’s Easier To Miss You Than It Is To Let You Down), 2022
oil, acrylic, glitter on canvas
77 x 59 x 1.5 inches
Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London.
