Art Talks at Brand is a series that invites contemporary artists to discuss their work and the issues surrounding it, followed by a moderated Q&A with Brand staff member, artist, and writer Jennifer Remenchik. Nick Aguayo paints compellingly layered abstract works that reveal an inventive approach to the materiality and physicality of paint. Emphasizing the performative aspects of dragging, pressing, brushing, and rolling paint onto canvas, Aguayo layers hand-rendered geometric shapes, building his compositions around the tensions between erasure and transparency, accumulation and excavation. Taking cues from collage, Aguayo densely coats his canvases with thick impasto surfaces, textural areas of paint, and materials including marble dust, to create a matte physicality to each composition. He received his BA from UCLA in 2007 and his MFA from the University of California, Irvine in 2012. Aguayo has been in numerous group exhibitions and has been the subject of solo exhibitions at La Loma Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and the Undergraduate Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. His work may be found in the collections of The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY and the Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA.  The series is sponsored by the Brand Associates. All programs are free and open to the public. Arrive early to view the new exhibition, “Opulent Mobility: Re-Imagine Disability and Mobility.” Art Talks at Brand artists are selected to reflect the diversity of the art scene of the greater Los Angeles area. For more information on the series, please visit our website: BrandLibrary.org/Art-Talks Images: Nick Aguayo, Gasoline, 2024, 96x86 in, acrylic and marble dust on canvas. Photograph by Jeff McClane; Studio portrait by Roger Edwards; Images courtesy of the artist. --- Free parking is available in Brand Park. An accessible entrance and accessible parking for cars with a disabled parking placard or license plate is located on the East side of Brand Library. For additional information about this event, please contact Brand Library & Art Center at (818) 548-2051 or send us an email at Info@BrandLibrary.org.