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