On view in “A Nation of Artist” opening April 12th @pafacademy curated by @leah_triplett
“Nation of Artist” on view until Sept 5th collaboration with @visitpham
Image:Homesick for a Home I Never Had, 2018, Oil, Acrylic & Glitter on canvas, 52×72 inches
On view April 5th in “Space is the Place” @hammer_museum Curated by @erinzulie
Image: “Show Me I’m Not Shattered (Try To Ignore The Elephant Somehow)”, 2020, oil, acrylic and glitter on canvas, 66in×81in
On view @smithsoniannpg “The Outwin 2025: American Portraiture Today”
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I Got Some Good Friends That Remind Me of Myself (We Were Children Dressed Up Like Men), 2023, Oil, Acrylic, & Glitter on Canvas, 53 x 67 inches
🙏🏾 @family_style No.8 Winter Issue Warmer 2025. Features “I Roll Over to Find You’re Not There (You Finally Found Someone True)”, 2024
Essays by @jedmoch 🙏🏾
We were lucky to check out the new Arcmanoro Niles exhibit @vielmetter in Los Angeles recently. The exhibition entitled ‘Times Ain’t What I’d Thought They’d Be: The Stars Don’t Shine Like Before’ is a new grouping of night scene paintings. The works are presented in a darkened space and accompanied by a recording of the ambient sounds of his studio at night. It marks his first painting installation, drawing the viewer into a space which mimics the environment the works evoke. Show closes on January 10.
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Currently on view as part of our Spotlight series, Arcmanoro Niles’ “Times Ain’t What I’d Thought They’d Be: The Stars Don’t Shine Like Before” through January 10, 2026.
In a new grouping of night scene paintings, Niles transforms images gleaned from memories and fragments of his daily life into bold explorations of color, light, and shadow. The works are presented in a darkened space and accompanied by a recording of the ambient sounds of the artist’s studio at night. The installation marks Nile’s first painting installation, drawing the viewer into a space mimicking the environment the works evoke.
Each of the paintings, depicting different times of night, portrays contemplative figures enveloped in swathes of lustrous color, their features illuminated by flames or moonlight. An elderly woman’s half-open eyes catch the glint of a lit fireplace as she reclines in the foreground, the moon casts its incandescent glow onto the body of a half-dressed man leaning over a sink, and glimpses of someone’s legs warmed by a flickering firepit are rendered in luminous magenta against the dark silhouettes of trees. The individual works act as slivers of a larger narrative that is fleshed out through poetic titles, carefully cropped scenes, and a palette of dusky blues and purples. These seemingly mundane themes become scenes upon which Niles’ explores the possibilities of depicting color at night.
Photos: Jeff McLane
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