NICK AGUAYO

"In his latest body of work, Aguayo deepens his exploration of abstracted shapes, images, and patterned geometries that have long captivated him. Familiar forms reappear in endlessly reconfigured arrangements, producing compositions that feel both disciplined and fluid. Aguayo describes his process as a self-assigned sentence: a commitment to continually revisiting the motifs that 'entirely capture' him, exploring their eccentricities until they yield new meaning. This cycle gives the paintings their taut immediacy. ‘In a lot of my new paintings I’ve tried to preserve the feeling of the first mark,’ he reflects. ‘Restraint? Something in it brings an uneasiness, a doubt. I wanna live there for a while, if I can.’"

- Benjamin Weissman in "Abstract Painter Aguayo"

"Aguayo said he liked the elusiveness of intentionality; intentionality being elastic; he said he always arrives at intentionality late in the process of a painting rather than at the start. His best paintings are a surprise via a developed vocabulary, always with the hope that the outcome is somewhat unexpected and fresh. He is skeptical of paintings if they don’t appear somewhat lost, although he is trying to challenge this self-made myth."

- Benjamin Weissman in "Abstract Painter Aguayo"

"An innate roughness permeates each canvas, carrying the immediacy of touch and the cathartic release embedded in the act of creation. Viewing Aguayo’s paintings is like watching a gesture in real time—marks and forms unfold to reveal the artist’s hand at work. Shapes accumulate, overlap, and diverge with a rhythm that feels alive and measured, creating a choreography of controlled chaos. These compositions are unapologetically self-aware, ultimately revealing the subtle interplay of intuition and intention that guides each painting."

- Benjamin Weissman in "Abstract Painter Aguayo"