Arcmanoro Niles | VIELMETTER LOS ANGELES

1989: Born in Washington, D.C.
2025: Lives and works in New York, NY

2018: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2015: MFA, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2013: BFA, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2010: School of Art and Design at Montgomery Community College, Silver Spring, MD

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025: "Spotlight: Arcmanoro Niles – Times Ain’t What I’d Thought They’d Be: The Stars Don’t Shine Like Before," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
: "When There’s Nothing I Can Do: I Go to My Heart," Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
2024: "The City Lights Can’t Shine Quite Like the Stars: Got So Far From My Raising I Forgot Where I Come From," Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
2023: "A Moment Alone in the Shade," Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
2022: "You Know I Used To Love You but Now I Don’t Think I Can: There Ain’t No Right Way To Say Goodbye Again," Lehmann Maupin, London, United Kingdom
2021: "Hey Tomorrow, Do You Have Some Room For Me: Failure Is A Part Of Being Alive," Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
2020: "I Guess By Now I’m Supposed To Be A Man: I’m Just Trying To Leave Behind Yesterday," UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles, CA
2019: "My Heart is Like Paper: Let the Old Ways Die," Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
2018: "Revisiting the Area," Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
2017: "The Arena," Long Gallery, New York, NY
2016: "AIR Works," Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
: "Life Was A Party To be Thrown," Beez & Honey, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026: "Space is the Place: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection," Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2025: "The Outwin 2025: American Portraiture Today," Smithsonian Museum of Art, Washington D.C
: "New York Academy of Art Chubb Fellows and Friends," Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX
: "In Plain Sight," Hexton Gallery, Aspen, CO
: "Visions of the World," Museum Kampa, Prague, Czech Republic
: "Justice and the Inalienable Rights," Tyler Art Gallery at SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY
2024: "A New Subjectivity 1979/2024, Parrish Museum, Water Mill, NY
: "Day for Night: New American Realism," National Galleries of Ancient Art, Rome, Italy
: "Some Dogs Go to Dallas," Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX
2023: "Friends & Lovers," Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY
: "Talk of the Town," Dallas Museum of Art at NorthPark Center, Dallas, TX
: "Labor of Love," Rachel Uffner, New York, NY
2022: "Dark Light: Realism in the Age of Post-Truths," Aïshti Foundation, Jal el Dib, Lebanon
: "Black Melancholia," Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
: "Fire Figure Fantasy: Selections from ICA Miami’s Collection," Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
: "A Place for Me: Figurative Painting Now," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
: "Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art," Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA; Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis, CA
2021: "From The Limitations Of Now," Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
: "Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art," Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
2020: "Artists for New York," Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY
: "Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art," Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
2019: "Afrocosmologies: American Reflections," Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
: "Punch," Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
: "On Refusal: Representation & Resistance in Contemporary American Art," The MAC Belfast, Northern Ireland
2018: "Ten Years," Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
: "Problem Solving: Highlights from the Experimental Printmaking Institute," Mechanical Hall Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
: "Portraits of Who We Are," David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2014: "Mutual Interest No. 3," Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
2012: "Promising Artists of the 21st Century," Sophia Wanamaker Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica

Awards, Grants and Fellowships

2021: Artist Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2019: Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
2018: Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2017: Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant
: Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2016: Scott & Patricia PGTA Award, New York Academy of Art
: Artist in Residence, Guild Hall for the Arts, East Hampton, NY
2014: Artist in Residence, Shanghai University, China
2013: The Lance Roy Lauffer Memorial Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
: Benjamin West Clinedinst Memorial Medal, Artists’ Fellowship, Inc.
2012: The Fred and Naomi Hazel Memorial Art Award for Fine Arts, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
: The Cecilia Beaux Memorial Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pennsylvania, PA
2010: The American Artists Professional League’s American Artists Fund Award

Bibliography

2023: Olsen, Annikka. “Artists to Watch This Month: 10 Solo Gallery Exhibitions to Seek Out in September in New York,” Artnet, September 6
2022: Maki, Tennae. “ArtSeen: Arcmanoro Niles: You Know I used to Love You but Now I Don’t Think I Can: There Ain’t No Right Way to Say Goodbye Again," Brooklyn Rail, December/January
: Hollis, Phyllis. “Episode 128: A Conversation with Arcmanoro Niles,” Art Talks: A Podcast by Cerebral Women, November 16 (podcast).
: Woodward, Daisy. “Brilliant Things to Do This November,” AnOther Magazine, November 2
: Cotter, Holland. “For Black Artists, the Motivating Power of Melancholia,” The New York Times, June 23
2021: Lakin, Max. “3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now,” The New York Times, August 12
: Semic, Sara, and Baya Simons. “Six international art exhibitions to bookmark for late summer,” Financial Times, August 11
: Ologundudu, Folasade. “In Gem-like Hues, Arcmanoro Niles Renders the Mundane Electric,” Hyperallergic, July 26
: “Glitter and Ghosts in the Paintings of Arcmanoro Niles,” Elephant, May 28
: “5 Artists on the Influence of Mark Rothko.” Artsy, April 13
2020: Sutton, Benjamin. “Twenty artists received Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grants, including Tschabalala Self and Paul Mpagi Sepuya,” Artsy, May 12
: Cascone, Sarah. “Stir Crazy Already? Feast Your Eyes on 20 Works of Art That Celebrate the Joys of Being at Home,” Artnet News, March 13
: Davis-Marks, Isis. “These 10 Emerging Black Artists Are the Future of Figurative Painting,” Artsy, February 11
: Cascone, Sarah. “In LA for Frieze Week? Here is Our Guide to 33 Inspiring Gallery Shows to See Beyond the Fairs" Artnet News, February 10
2019: Kissick, Dean. "Arcmanoro Niles Paints Our Internal Lives,” Cultured, November
: Redmond, Taylor. "Jeffery Deitch and Nina Chanel Abney on the Zeitgeist of the Digital Age," Cultured, July 1
: Roffino, Sara. "Arcmanoro Niles is a Painter for the Ages," Cultured, June 29
: Bell, Joshua, and Connie H. Choi. “Collecting a Legacy: New Acquisitions,” Studio, Spring/Summer
: Wagner, Virginia. "Paper Heart: Arcmanoro Niles discusses his work with Virginia Wagner," Art Critical, May 29
: Smith, Roberta. “Spring Gallery Guide: Over 40 Art Shows to See Right Now,” The New York Times, April 26
: Freeman, Nate. “What Sold at the Dallas Art Fair,” Artsy, April 15
: Armstrong, Arnie. “Dallas Art Museum Adds Eight Works to Collection with Dallas Art Fair Acquisition Fund,” ARTnews, April 11
: Cowan, Katy. "Paintings which carefully observe how we deal with heartbreak and disappointment," Creative Boom, April 5
: “Featured Exhibition: Arcmanoro Niles,” Contemporary And (C&), March 15
: McClodden, Tiona Nekkia. "10 Artists on their 2018 Discovery," Cultured, January 17
2018: Margulies, Elizabeth. “Elizabeth Margulies Selects Her Top Five Emerging Artists of 2018,” Galerie Magazine, December 17
: “6 World-Class Booths to See at the Dallas Art Fair,” Artnet News, April 12
: Miller, James H. “Dallas Art Fair marries the regional and global," The Art Newspaper, April 9
: Carter, Steve. “Arcmanoro Niles, Rachel Uffner Gallery,” PATRON Magazine, April/May
: Gornik, April. “The April Gornik Conversations: Artist Arcmanoro Niles,” Stay Thirsty Magazine, February 20
: Scott, Andrea. “Arcmanoro Niles,” The New Yorker, January 29
: “9 Artists to Watch in January 2018," Artspace Magazine, January 12
: Cascone, Sarah. “From Gordon Parks to LaToya Ruby Frazier, Here Are 35 Must-See Gallery Shows in New York City This January,” Artnet News, January 5
2017: Corbett, Rachel, and Andrew Goldstein. “From a Surprise ‘Salvator Mundi’ to Tears for Trump: 8 Star-Making Turns at NADA Miami,” Artnet News, December 9
: Zahn, Paul. “Miami Tastemakers Share Their Top Spots To Visit During Art Basel," Ocean Drive, December 4
: Black, Stephanie. “Seek And You Shall Find: Arcmanoro Niles.” Quiet Lunch Nº 5, November 24
: Menendez, Didi. “50 Badass Figurative Painters To Follow On Instagram,” Buzzfeed, November 17
: Scher, Robin. “Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces 2017 Painters & Sculptors Grant Recipients,” ARTnews, November 14
: Dafoe, Taylor. “Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces 2017 Grant Recipients, Making 25 Artists $25,000 Richer,” Artnet News, November 14
: “Arcmanoro Niles at Long Gallery, Harlem, New York,” ARTnews, May 12
: Sargent, Antwaun. “Orange Paint and Glitter Bring a Black Community to Life,” Creators (Vice), May 8
: Ghosh, Sarbani, and Sarah Cascone. “Beyond the Fairs: Your Go-to Guide to Openings and Events During Frieze Week 2017,” Artnet News, April 30
2016: O’Reilly, Brendan J. “Guild Hall’s First Artists-In-Residence Speak At AIR Works," The South Hampton Press, April 14
: Segal, Mark. “Guild Hall Welcomes First Residents,” The East Hampton Star, March 3
: “Arcmanoro Niles—The Party,” The BHoldr, January 29
2013: Booker, Bobbi. “Budding Painter Talks Technique,” The Philadelphia Tribune, June 30

Publications

2026: Apsara DiQuinzio, Makeda Best, William L. Fox, Maia Nuku, Maya Lin. "Into the Time Horizon," Radius Books Co-published with the Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV.
2025: Gnyp, Marta. "Visions of the World: The Wigam Collection," Prague: Museum Kampa.
2023: Lewis, Arthur. "I Guess By Now I’m Supposed To Be A Man: I’m Just Trying To Leave Behind Yesterday," Beverly Hills: UTA Artist Space.
: Gartenfeld, Alex. "Fire Figure Fantasy. Selections from ICA Miami’s Collection," New York: DelMonico Books.
2022: Gynp, Marta, and Arcmanoro Niles. "You Know I Used To Love You But Now I Don’t Think I Can: There Ain’t Right Way To Say Goodbye Again," London: Lehmann Maupin.
2021: Biswas, Allie, and Anna Stothart. "Arcmanoro Niles: Hey Tomorrow, Do You Have Some Room For Me: Failure Is A Part Of Being Alive," New York: Lehmann Maupin.
2020: Sargent, Antwaun, ed. "Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art," New York: D.A.P.
2019: "I Guess By Now I’m Supposed To Be A Man: I’m Just Trying To Leave Behind Yesterday," Los Angeles: UTA Artist Space.
: Boothe, Berrisford, Claudia Highbaugh, Kristin Hass, et al. "Afrocosmologies: American Reflections," Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, The Amistad Center for Art & Culture.
2018: Cooper Cafritz, Peggy. "Fired Up! Ready to Go!: Finding Beauty, Demanding Equity: An African American Life in Art," The Collections of Peggy Cooper Cafritz. New York: Rizzoli.
: McGee, Julie L. "Portraits of Who We Are," College Park: David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland.
2017: "The Arena: Arcmanoro Niles,." New York: Long Gallery Harlem.

Public Collections

: Aishti Foundation, Jal El Dib, Lebanon
: The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
: David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD
: Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX
: Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
: Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on Hudson, NY
: The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
: The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art, Asbury, NJ
: Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami, FL
: Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
: Pond Society, Shanghai, China
: The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
: Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
: Zabludowicz Collection, London, United Kingdom