Ayin Es - Contemporary Interdisciplinary Artist

Ayin Es (American, b. 1968) is a native to Los Angeles. They identify as nonbinary/genderqueer. Known primarily for their mixed-media oil paintings and Artist's books, their work is considered raw and highly personal. Widely collected, Ayin's artworks reside in museums such as the Getty, Brooklyn Museum, National Museum of Women in the Arts, and Centre Pompidou. A two-time recipient of ARC Grants from the Durfee Foundation, they've also won a Pollock-Krasner Fellowship, the Wynn Newhouse Award, an Artist Achievement Award from the California Arts and Disability Resource Center, and a Bruce Geller Memorial Award from the American Jewish University. Their work has been reviewed in Artillery, LA Times, ArtNowLA, ArtScene, LA WEEKLY, Art&Cake, and WhiteHot Magazine.

Los Angeles Art Critic, Peter Frank wrote:

"An autodidact, Es has long embodied their interests and their struggles - in painted and drawn and even sculpted and sewn imagery - darkly whimsical forms and figures whose deft fluidity have the eye 'going for a walk with a line' (in the words of Paul Klee, who strongly influenced Es) but aggressively trouble the mind."

Represented by Craig Krull Gallery in Santa Monica, Ca., Ayin lives and works in Joshua Tree, California with their partner, Hannah, and their dog Ruby.