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 (forthcoming)

"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

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

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