Kevin Xiques

It Just Is, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

48" x 38"

Kevin Xiques

Life is Confusing at This Point, 2024

Acrylic on canvas

40" x 30"

Kevin Xiques

Positive Force (Carnival), 2024

Acrylic on canvas

36" x 30"

SOLD

Kevin Xiques

Untitled, 2024

Acrylic on canvas

40" x 30"

Kevin Xiques

Self Assurance, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

40" x 30"

Kevin Xiques

31 Reasons, 2024

Acrylic on canvas

46" x 36"

Kevin Xiques

Lonerism: Track 7, 2024

Acrylic on canvas

40" x 30"

Kevin Xiques

Remember Gest, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

40" x 30"

Kevin Xiques

It's Here, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

40" x 30"

Kevin Xiques

Dance of It, 2024

Acrylic on canvas

36" x 30"

SOLD

Kevin Xiques

Angels in 5E, 2024

Acrylic on canvas

36" x 30"

Kevin Xiques

Off Kilter, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

40" x 30"

Press Release

"This body of work began directly after I moved to New York City from Portland, ME at the end of August 2023. Each painting documents a distinct moment in time between the beginning of September and the end of March 2024, conveying the overwhelming shift from quiet, gentle-natured Maine to the rambunctious, unsettling-yet-beautiful city of New York. To capture this period of transition I painted intuitively, in search of the truth above all else. Through the accumulation of intertwined gesture, shape, density, and color, my action or inaction informed my relationship to myself in the present, recording a specific moment in time. With each painting, a self reflection occurred. These 12 works embody a seven month unfolding of happiness, grief, excitement, solitude, confusion, and optimism." - Kevin Xiques

Xiques received a BA in Philosophy with a Film and Television Studies minor from the University of Vermont. He began his painting practice in 2020 while living in Portland, ME. Since then, his work has been included in several exhibitions in Maine and at Katzman Contemporary Projects, Concord, NH, and SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA. His first solo exhibition, This is for You, was at Dowling Walsh Gallery in 2023. He is the recipient of a David C. Driskell Fellowship and Black Seed Studio Residency at Indigo Arts Alliance, as well as a SPACE Gallery Studio Grant. In 2022, Maine Magazine selected him as one of eighteen artists to watch. He currently lives and works in Queens, NY.

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