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Ayin Es
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Mixed media painter Ayin Es is a transgender artist from Los Angeles who identifies as nonbinary. They make work that explores the intentional and unintentional aspects of self, identity and spirituality. They are known for their unusual oil paintings, weird drawings, personal collages, and handmade artist's books. They also work in watercolor, installation, and video. A Los Angeles native, Es grew up working in the family's garment pattern business beginning at age eleven while painting and drawing in their free time. Fleeing an abusive home life, Es began living on their own at age fifteen, working as an artist and as a drummer. They went on to the Musician's Institute in Hollywood, studied with notable teachers, toured the US and Canada and recorded with some of the industry's top musicians and producers. At age thirty, Es was diagnosed with physical and mental disabilities, decided to leave their professional music career and dedicated themselves to their art.
Recent exhibitions include those Craig Krull Gallery, Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Torrance Art Museum, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Craft Contemporary, and University of Wisconsin. Es’ work resides in museums such as the Getty, Centre Pompidou/Bibliotheque Kandinsky, Brooklyn Museum, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Otis College of Art & Design, Yale University/Beinecke Library, Museum of Modern Art, UC San Francisco Precision Cancer Center, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, and LAC+USC Medical Center. A two-time recipient of ARC Grants from the Durfee Foundation, Es has also won a Pollock-Krasner Fellowship, the Wynn Newhouse Award, grants from the National Arts and Disability Center/California Arts Council, Asylum-Arts in Brooklyn, NY, and the Bruce Geller Memorial Award from the American Jewish University. Their work has been reviewed or published in Artillery, LA Times, ArtScene, LA WEEKLY, ArtNowLA, ArtLTD, Art&Cake, and WhiteHot Magazine.
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Mixed media painter Ayin Es is a transgender artist from Los Angeles who identifies as nonbinary. They make work that explores the intentional and unintentional aspects of self, identity and spirituality. They are known for their unusual oil paintings, weird drawings, personal collages, and handmade artist's books. They also work in watercolor, installation, and video. A Los Angeles native, Es grew up working in the family's garment pattern business beginning at age eleven while painting and drawing in their free time. Fleeing an abusive home life, Es began living on their own at age fifteen, working as an artist and as a drummer. They went on to the Musician's Institute in Hollywood, studied with notable teachers, toured the US and Canada and recorded with some of the industry's top musicians and producers. At age thirty, Es was diagnosed with physical and mental disabilities, decided to leave their professional music career and dedicated themselves to their art.
Recent exhibitions include those Craig Krull Gallery, Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Torrance Art Museum, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Craft Contemporary, and University of Wisconsin. Es’ work resides in museums such as the Getty, Centre Pompidou/Bibliotheque Kandinsky, Brooklyn Museum, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Otis College of Art & Design, Yale University/Beinecke Library, Museum of Modern Art, UC San Francisco Precision Cancer Center, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, and LAC+USC Medical Center. A two-time recipient of ARC Grants from the Durfee Foundation, Es has also won a Pollock-Krasner Fellowship, the Wynn Newhouse Award, grants from the National Arts and Disability Center/California Arts Council, Asylum-Arts in Brooklyn, NY, and the Bruce Geller Memorial Award from the American Jewish University. Their work has been reviewed or published in Artillery, LA Times, ArtScene, LA WEEKLY, ArtNowLA, ArtLTD, Art&Cake, and WhiteHot Magazine.