Ayin Es
Ayin Es (they/them), an artist based in Joshua Tree, California, has a special affinity for existentialism, surreal abstraction, and absurdity. They work in various media, including drawing, watercolors, oils, collage, installation, and book arts, and rely on introspection instead of rules. This process is informed by stream-of-consciousness writings and readings in philosophy and psychology, and experimenting on themes that develop into obsessive series.
Es is known for storytelling artwork and artist’s books, which have been collected by institutions such as the Getty, the Brooklyn Museum, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. They were a 2024 competition winner in New American Paintings, and have won a Pollock-Krasner Fellowship.
She Rose from the Bed (Then onto the Couch), 2023
Disorderly Conduct, 2023
Shabbot Dinner Abandon, 2023
Ayin Es
Sequestered, 2020
watercolor on arches
23.5 x 30”
Ayin Es
Buzzards Roost, 2015
oil, paper and fabric on birch wood panel
24 x 24”
Ayin Es
Cheap-ass Chex Mix , 2008
watercolor and pencil on American Way book page
8.5 x 5.5"
Ayin Es
Quarters, 2014
mixed media on birch panel
20 x 20”
Ayin Es
Runaway Slinkies, 2014
mixed media on raw canvas
12 x 12”