Nihura Montiel

Nihura Montiel’s work stems from an obsession with details and a concern for the economics of time and materiality. Her practice is characterized by the cross-cut of precision and speed. These charcoals on canvas are Montiel’s very own “dry” paintings. Despite being classically trained in oils, she carves an idiosyncratic path and renders the details in her unique format. Montiel’s objects function as signifiers pointing the viewer in all sorts of directions. While they contain their own latent matter and contingencies, each composition is resolutely opened out toward the viewer rather than being self contained or veiled by secrecy. The closer you get to these compositions and the longer you behold their contents, a sense of the uncanny or else pure disgust emerges. Cute surrenders to menace, comfort to repulsion.  Montiel received her BFA from Roski School of Fine Arts, University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA. She has exhibited at In Lieu; Los Angeles, CA; Mrs.Gallery, Maspeth, NY; Carlye Packer, Los Angeles, CA; Padre Gallery, New York, NY; Château du Marais, Le Marais, FR and Amor Services, Los Angeles, CA.