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