
Nick Aguayo
“Moon Dog,” 2022
“Moon Dog,” 2022
Nick Aguayo
“Moon Dog,” 2022
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
86" x 86" [HxW] (218.44 x 218.44 cm)
Inventory #AGU246
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
“Moon Dog,” 2022
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
86" x 86" [HxW] (218.44 x 218.44 cm)
Inventory #AGU246
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox

Nick Aguayo
“Zoot Zot Blep,” 2022
“Zoot Zot Blep,” 2022
Nick Aguayo
“Zoot Zot Blep,” 2022
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
66" x 66" [HxW] (167.64 x 167.64 cm)
Inventory #AGU245
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
“Zoot Zot Blep,” 2022
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
66" x 66" [HxW] (167.64 x 167.64 cm)
Inventory #AGU245
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox

Nick Aguayo
“wait until spring boogie woogie,” 2019
“wait until spring boogie woogie,” 2019
Nick Aguayo
“wait until spring boogie woogie,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
86" x 86" x 2" [HxWxD] (218.44 x 218.44 x 5.08 cm)
Inventory #AGU194
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“wait until spring boogie woogie,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
86" x 86" x 2" [HxWxD] (218.44 x 218.44 x 5.08 cm)
Inventory #AGU194
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Nick Aguayo
“pizzicato,” 2019
“pizzicato,” 2019
Nick Aguayo
“pizzicato,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
86 x 86 x 2" [HxWxD] (218.44 x 218.44 x 5.08 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“pizzicato,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
86 x 86 x 2" [HxWxD] (218.44 x 218.44 x 5.08 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Nick Aguayo
“placebo shampoo,” 2019
“placebo shampoo,” 2019
Nick Aguayo
“placebo shampoo,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
24 x 24 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (60.96 x 60.96 x 3.81 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“placebo shampoo,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
24 x 24 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (60.96 x 60.96 x 3.81 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles

Nick Aguayo
“waiting for the desert,” 2019
“waiting for the desert,” 2019
Nick Aguayo
“waiting for the desert,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
60 x 48 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (152.4 x 121.92 x 3.81 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
Signed and date on verso
“waiting for the desert,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
60 x 48 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (152.4 x 121.92 x 3.81 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
Signed and date on verso

Nick Aguayo
“love buzz,” 2018
“love buzz,” 2018
Nick Aguayo
“love buzz,” 2018
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
36 x 36 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (91.44 x 91.44 x 3.81 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
Signed and date on verso
“love buzz,” 2018
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
36 x 36 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (91.44 x 91.44 x 3.81 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
Signed and date on verso

Nick Aguayo
“fear of fear red, yellow, blue,” 2019
“fear of fear red, yellow, blue,” 2019
Nick Aguayo
“fear of fear red, yellow, blue,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
20" x 16" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (50.8 x 40.64 x 3.81 cm)
Inventory #AGU198
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“fear of fear red, yellow, blue,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
20" x 16" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (50.8 x 40.64 x 3.81 cm)
Inventory #AGU198
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Nick Aguayo
“alphabet soup,” 2019
“alphabet soup,” 2019
Nick Aguayo
“alphabet soup,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
20 x 16 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (50.8 x 40.64 x 3.81 cm)
Inventory #AGU196
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Signed and dated on verso
“alphabet soup,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
20 x 16 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (50.8 x 40.64 x 3.81 cm)
Inventory #AGU196
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Signed and dated on verso

Nick Aguayo
“ptooff,” 2019
“ptooff,” 2019
Nick Aguayo
“ptooff,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
48 x 48" [HxW] (121.92 x 121.92 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Signed and dated on verso
“ptooff,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
48 x 48" [HxW] (121.92 x 121.92 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Signed and dated on verso

Nick Aguayo
“paper,” 2019
“paper,” 2019
Nick Aguayo
“paper,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
36 x 36 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (91.44 x 91.44 x 3.81 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Signed and date on verso
“paper,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
36 x 36 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (91.44 x 91.44 x 3.81 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Signed and date on verso

Nick Aguayo
“Alexandra,” 2019
“Alexandra,” 2019
Nick Aguayo
“Alexandra,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
81 x 82 x 2" [HxWxD] (205.74 x 208.28 x 5.08 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Signed and dated on verso
“Alexandra,” 2019
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
81 x 82 x 2" [HxWxD] (205.74 x 208.28 x 5.08 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Signed and dated on verso

Nick Aguayo
“Untitled,” 2018
“Untitled,” 2018
Nick Aguayo
“Untitled,” 2018
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
36" x 36" [HxW] (91.44 x 91.44 cm)
Inventory #AGU168
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Untitled,” 2018
Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
36" x 36" [HxW] (91.44 x 91.44 cm)
Inventory #AGU168
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Nick Aguayo
Untitled, 2015
Untitled, 2015
Nick Aguayo
Untitled, 2015
Acrylic, flashe, and marble dust
86.50" H x 79" W
Photo cred: Robert Wedemeyer
Untitled, 2015
Acrylic, flashe, and marble dust
86.50" H x 79" W
Photo cred: Robert Wedemeyer
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Nick Aguayo
Untitled, 2017
Untitled, 2017
Nick Aguayo
Untitled, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 48" [HxW]
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
Untitled, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 48" [HxW]
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

NIck Aguayo
Untitled, 2017
Untitled, 2017
NIck Aguayo
Untitled, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 36" [HxW] (91.44 x 91.44 cm)
signature line
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
Untitled, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 36" [HxW] (91.44 x 91.44 cm)
signature line
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
- 1984
- Born in Palm Springs, California
- Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
- 2012
- MFA, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
- 2007
- BA, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Select Exhibitions
- 2023
- "Nick Aguayo," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
- "The Trial," Good Naked Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2022
- "Art at Tamarisk," Tamarisk Country Club, Rancho Mirage, CA
- Group Show, Blue Door Gallery, Guerneville, CA
- 2021
- "20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "Via Cafe," Tif Sigfrids, Comer, GA
- 2020
- "poem from home," curated by Rema Gholum, online
- "LA In Bloom: Seven Approaches to Abstraction," curated by Maryam Parsi, Werkartz, Los Angeles, CA
- "The Vista: Abstract Painting," Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
- "Glyph," Unpaved Gallery, Yucca Valley, CA, Curated by Ryan Schneider
- 2019
- "Wake the Town and Tell the People," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- “Synthesis: Some Abstraction in Los Angeles,” Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
- "Works on Paper," The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
- 2017
- “Crystal Flowers,” Index, Los Angeles, CA
- “Wrong II,” PØST, Los Angeles, CA
- “Vantage,” Finishing Concepts, Los Angeles, CA
- “Objective / Non Objective,” Gallery Also, Los Angeles, CA (Link)
- 2016
- "Be With Me, a Small Exhibition of Large Paintings,” New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
- 2015
- "Black / White," curated by Brian Alfred, Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
- 2014
- Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- 2013
- "Black Rabbit, White Hole," Samuel Freeman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- "Paradox Maintenance Technicians," Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
- 2012
- UC Irvine Graduate Exhibition, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
- "A Romantic Measure," Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- UC Irvine Thesis Exhibition, Irvine, CA
- "Traumatic Materiality," Autonomie, Los Angeles, CA
- 2011
- "My head is falling out, so Im standing on my stomach," Artist Curated Projects, The Armory Center for The Arts, Pasadena, CA
- "Ne Me Quitte Pas," University Art Gallery, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA
- 2010
- "Action (Un)Packed: Abstraction After Action," Commonspace, Los Angeles, CA
- "GLAMFA," California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
- Workspace Selects, House on Genesee, Los Angeles, CA
- 2007
- Undergraduate Scholarship Exhibition, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
- "No Art Today," INMO Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Nick Aguayo Painting Exhibition, UCLA Undergraduate Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Hillel Juried Exhibition, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
- Senior Show, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Awards, Grants and Fellowships
- 2014
- Emerging Artist Grant, Rema Hort Foundation, New York, NY
- 2009-2012
- Fees Fellowship, University of California, Irvine
- 2007
- Edward J. and Alice Mae Smith Award, UCLA Department of Art
Bibliography
- 2022
- Aguyao, Nick. "Why This Art: ‘Montauk Highway'," Alta, June 29 (Link)
- 2019
- Akers Point-Dexter, Kathryn. "Nick Aguayo at Vielmetter Los Angeles," Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, October 2 (Link)
- Heitzman, Lorraine. "Vielmetter and Nicodim: 1700 South Santa Fe – Art Gains a Foothold," Art and Cake, September 23 (Link)
- Drambot, Shana Nys. "Art Guide: Saturday, September 7th in Downtown," LA Weekly, September 4 (Link)
- 2017
- Adams, Lisa. "Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2016: Through the Eyes of a Painter," January 29
- 2016
- Jadrnak, Jackie. "Enchanting art," Journal North, October 21
- Jansen, Char. "Artists' Desks," Artslant, January 27
- "The City of Angels in A Starring Role," Art Auction, January
- 2014
- King, Jennifer. "Nick Aguayo at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects," Artforum, October (Link)
Public Collections
- The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
- Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Exhibition Catalogues and Publications
- 2023
- Aguayo, Nick. "Quarantine Drawings," La Loma Projects, Los Angeles, CA