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Abstracts On The Coast

Rockport, MA – September 3, 2025 – Abstract artist Jesse Mireles announces his upcoming solo exhibition, Abstracts On The Coast, at the Rockport Art Association & Museum, on view from September 6 to September 25, 2025. This body of work explores the emotional essence of the coastal landscape through abstract expressionist paintings, capturing the movement, depth, and mood of the ocean and the natural world.

The exhibition showcases a series of intuitive, nature-inspired abstractions, including atmospheric waterscapes and vibrant seascapes. Each piece is a reflection of the artist's emotional response to the marine environment, created through spontaneous compositions, bold color palettes, and layered textures. Featured in the show is Red Tide, which received the 2023 BankGloucester Award for Contemporary Art at RAA&M’s National Show.

“This work is about responding emotionally to the seacoast, not depicting it literally. But, it’s also where I allow my mood of the day to dictate the technique, the color palette and the direction of the composition,” says Jesse Mireles. He describes his abstract work as “a place to play, to experiment, and to explore new channels for his art”.

An opening reception will be held on Saturday, September 6, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM at the Rockport Art Association & Museum, offering visitors the chance to meet the artist and experience the work firsthand. The event is free and open to the public.

About the Artist:

Jesse Mireles is a Mexican-born abstract artist whose work blends emotional spontaneity with bold visual language. Prior to his transition to abstract art, Mireles enjoyed an internationally recognized career as a graphic designer and illustrator. His abstract paintings are known for their expressive energy, layered surfaces, and evocative themes, often inspired by nature and intuition. Abstracts On The Coast marks his first solo show at the Rockport Art Association & Museum.

About the Exhibition:

Abstracts On The Coast brings a rare contemporary voice to Rockport’s rich artistic legacy. With some newly created works and award-winning pieces, the show captures the spirit and mystery of the coastal landscape through abstraction, offering viewers the artist’s novel perspective of the land and the seacoast.

Location and Details:

Venue: Rockport Art Association & Museum

Address: 12 Main Street, Rockport, MA 01966

Exhibition Dates: September 6 – September 25, 2025

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 6, 1:00–3:00 PM

Admission: Free and open to the public

An exhibit by artist Jesse Mireles is on display at Cedar Street Studios' main floor in Amesbury, MA. This spring show for 2024 features ten colorful abstract, large-scale paintings on canvas of various sizes. The exhibit is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday through May 31. Call 419.349.1525 to schedule a personal tour. 

Jesse Mireles is a national award-winning abstract expressionist artist who settled in Massachusetts in August 2022. He has already made a mark on New England's art scene. 

In March 2023, Mireles held his first solo show on the East Coast at the New Hampshire Art Association's Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery. The "¡Expressionismo!" exhibit, featuring twenty-four paintings, prints, and collages, won the coveted D. Pratt Framer Award. 

In September 2023, Mireles was accepted to the Rockport Art Association & Museum National Show 2023, a prestigious juried exposition. The RAA&M presented him with the BankGloucester Award For Contemporary Art for his painting "Red Tide." 

The Toledo Museum of Art represents Jesse Mireles. The Toledo Museum of Art is one of the nation's top ten fine art museums. Mireles' work has been displayed in the Museum's Collector's Gallery, the National Center for Nature Photography, and galleries across Ohio, California, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. 

You can see Mireles' visual art online at jessemireles.net. If you have questions or to arrange a personal or group tour, please call or email.

The New Hampshire Art Association will feature the work of artist, Jesse Mireles in a show titled "¡Expresionismo!" at its Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery in Portsmouth, NH. The exhibit runs from February 22 through April 2, 2023. The art opening will take place on March 3 from 5-8 pm

Mireles, a new resident of Salisbury, MA, moved from Ohio in mid-August 2022. He is a painter, printmaker, and award-winning graphic designer. He was born in Mexico but grew up in Toledo, Ohio, studying art and graphic design in high school and painting, graphics, and printmaking at the University of Toledo.

Mireles describes himself as an abstract expressionist. "I view my art as a mission to awaken repressed passions and emotions," he says. "My work is an ongoing experiment with paint to generate a visual euphoria with every new execution. In my life, I have found precious few abstract expressionist works by fellow Mexican-born artists," says Mireles. "I have worked to change that reality." 

¡Expresionismo! will feature three modes of art: paintings, prints, and collages. The primary section will feature paintings ranging from 5 1/2" × 5 1/2" to 4 ft x 8 ft, all in mixed media on paper, canvas, and panel. All the paintings in this section will be non-figurative experiments with paint applied with brushes, scrapers, and other tools.

The second section will be a series of framed giclée prints digitized from hand-drawn sketches, colorized on a computer, and printed with archival quality inks on fine paper. Finally, the third section will be three collages on paper and canvas. The prints and the collages will be representational but abstract.

Jesse Mireles was awarded a D. Pratt Framer Artist Opportunity Grant, which helps artists cover the costs of solo or artist-curated exhibitions. He sincerely thanks D. Pratt Framer for sponsoring this grant for the first time and helping to make artist opportunities more accessible.

The NHAA Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery is located at 136 State Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801. It is open Tuesday through Thursday from 11 am - 5 pm, Friday and Saturday from 11 am - 6 pm, and Sunday from 12 pm - 5 pm. For more information about ¡Expresionismo! Contact the New Hampshire Art Association at 603.431.4230.

“buscando refugio”

collage on paperboard

21.5”w x 19.5”h

Fourteen paintings will be on exhibit on a rotating schedule through the end of May 2023. Ten pieces are of a small square paintings series on paperboard that are matted in 12” x 12” frames. Four paintings are on stretched canvas. All are also available for sale through the museum’s website, https://www.tmastore.org/painting.html.

Toledo Museum of Art 2445 Monroe Street  Toledo, OH 43620

419.255.8000

“amarillo”

acrylic on paperboard

12” x 12”

”Water, An Homage," an exhibit of abstract paintings, prints, and collages by Toledo area artist Jesse Mireles is currently showing at the Gallery on Six in downtown Toledo. The exhibit is open to the public Mondays through Saturdays, 8 a.m. through 6 p.m. Mireles will also schedule private Sunday viewings by request.

“Water, an Homage” features some of Mireles' newest works of art. "The subjects of flora and fauna in my paintings were all, in some way inspired by that most precious life source, water," said Mireles. "Of all the planets in our solar system, Earth is the only one that has water on its surface, the essential element which makes life as we know it, possible," he stated

According to Mireles, the exhibit will be on view through February 27, 2022. Unfortunately, because of the threat of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, Mireles has chosen not to schedule an opening event. However, he may host a closing ceremony if COVID infections lessen significantly by the end of February. 

Gallery on Six is located at: 425 Jefferson Street Toledo OH 43604

419.349.1525

Louisville Title is hosting an exhibit of 40 pieces of art by Jesse Mireles. The exhibit, at the Maumee Ohio campus includes paintings and prints. The exhibit features a series of 5 and 7 inch square paintings, up to large scale, 4ft. x 8ft formats. An exhibit opening, by invitation only is scheduled for mid October. 

Eight paintings will be on exhibit on a rotating schedule through the end of March 2022. They are also available for sale through the museum’s website, https://www.tmastore.org/painting.html.

Toledo Museum of Art is located at: 2445 Monroe Street Toledo, OH 43620

419.255.8000

A handful of paintings by Jesse Mireles are on exhibit at the Marcia Evans Gallery from through winter of 2022. 

The Marcia Evans Gallery 8 East Lincoln Street Columbus, OH 43215

614.298.8847

Large canvases and small framed paintings by artists Jesse Mireles and Richard Reed are on exhibit at White Label, now through mid-June, 2021.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the paintings are on view by request. The gallery is located on the second floor, at 1111 Adams Street, downtown Toledo. Tours are available by calling, 419.349.1525.

Hutson Gallery is pleased to present new paintings by Jesse Mireles. Today, more than ever, Mireles is influenced by the natural world around him. Evening Sea is an acrylic on canvas painting inspired by Jesse’s love of the sea. Jesse writes “Every swell is different from the last and each wave breaks with its own drama. In the evening, as the clouds and the fog set in, there are light breaks that create amazing highlights and deep blues of waves with accents of foam lace. Sobreviviendo . . . speaks to the fragility of humankind, a theme especially worthy in 2020. It is a reminder that as victims or healers we are in a struggle to break free from the life’s constraints that are often imposed, but sometimes self- inflicted.”

Hutson Gallery is located at 432 Commercial St. Ste. 3 Provincetown, MA 02657. Gallery hours are Daily 11–5, Fridays 11–8 pm, closed Tuesdays. Reach Hutson Gallery by phone at 508.487.0915. If you can’t make it to Provincetown, you can find Jesse Mireles’ work at the gallery online.

432 Commercial Street G-3, Provincetown MA