Mario Ayala (b. 1991, Los Angeles, California) works primarily in painting but also in sculpture. Ayala graduated from The San Francisco Art Institute in 2014, where he received the Yale Norfolk fellowship in 2012. He was a participant at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2014. Ayala lives and works in Los Angeles.

Select solo exhibitions include Give a Dog a Bad Name and Hang Him at Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco (solo, 2019); Shooby Doo Lang Doo Lang Dong at Stems Gallery, Brussels (solo, 2019); AUT Of Body at Loyal Gallery, Stockholm (solo, 2018); Pen Pal at Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco (solo, 2017); Seasoned And Embarrassed Like A Wet Dog at SADE, Los Angeles (solo, 2017);

Select group and two-person exhibitions include Made In LA at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2020-21); Easy To Be Hard at Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco (2021 with Henry Gunderson); Shattered Glass at Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Los Angeles (2021); Junque at Massimo De Carlo, London (2020), Sun Sprawl at Club Pro Los Angeles (2018, two-person); Grinding at Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco (2018); and The House Of Special Purpose at 99¢ Plus Gallery, Brooklyn (2016).

Forthcoming exhibitions include a solo presentation at Jeffrey Deitch, New York, in September 2022. His work is in numerous international public and private collections, including the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and the Aishti Collection, Lebanon.

 

 

All inquires: info@nullevergoldprojects.com

 

Selected Press:

 

Culture Magazine: Young Artist List 2021
Autre Magazine: A Ringside Seat at the Circus
The New York Times: Latinx Artists Explain Their Process
Juxtapoz: Interview with Mario Ayala and Andrew McClintock
Dazed: Latinx: art angels
Flaunt Magazine: Mario Ayala
San Francisco Chronicle: Ayala’s ‘Pen Pal’ exhibition has themes of prison, family
KQED: Cy and David’s Picks: Tenting in London with Occupy, Prison Pen Pals, and Broken Hearts in Paris
Creators Project: Airbrushed Paintings Portray the Isolation and Heartbreak of Mass Incarceration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibitions with Ever Gold [Projects]:

Mario Ayala
Give a Dog a Bad Name and Hang Him
May 11 – June 22, 2019

Gold Standard: Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition
Zachary Armstrong, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Mario Ayala, Sadie Barnette, Chris Burden, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Serge Attukwei Clottey, Petra Cortright, Mark Flood, Kate Groobey, Brian Harte, Marc Horowitz, Paul Kos, Jasmine Little, Mieke Marple, Shaina McCoy, Barry McGee, MOCA (Museum of Conceptual Art), Oscar Murillo, Guy Overfelt, Cameron Platter, Kour Pour, Sterling Ruby, Ed Ruscha, Tom Sachs, Adam Parker Smith, Takis, and Christine Wang
January 12 – February 24, 2019

Mario Ayala
Pen Pal
April 13 – May 13, 2017

Grinding
Mario Ayala, Petra Collins, Petra Cortright, Oscar Murillo, Kour Pour, Sterling Ruby, Tom Sachs, Kazuo Shiraga, and Takis
September 9 – October 21, 2017

 

 

MARIO AYALA

Born 1991, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

 

 

Education

2014
BFA (Painting), San Francisco Art Institute (San Francisco, CA)

 

Solo Exhibitions

2019
Shooby Doo Lang Doo Lang Dong at Stems Gallery (Brussels, Belgium)
Give a Dog a Bad Name and Hang Him at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, CA)

2018
AUT OF BODY at Loyal Gallery (Stockholm, Sweden)

2017
Pen Pal at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, CA)
Seasoned And Embarrassed, Like A Wet Dog at SADE (Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

Two Person Exhibitions

2021
Easy To Be Hard, with Henry Gunderson at Ever Gold [Projects], (San Francisco, CA)

2018
Sun Sprawl, with Greg Ito at Club Pro, (Los Angeles, CA)

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019
Gold Standard: Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, CA)

2017
Grinding at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, CA)

2016
Welcome To The Left Coast at The Luggage Store Gallery (San Francisco, CA)
Summer Group Show at Hashimoto Contemporary (San Francisco, CA)
The House Of Special Purpose at 99¢ Plus Gallery (Brooklyn, NY)

2014
Something Completely Different at City Limits (Oakland, CA)
5 Year Anniversary at Ever Gold Gallery (San Francisco, CA)
Locals Only at RVSF (San Francisco, CA)

2013
Give + Take at Adobe Books (San Francisco, CA)

 

 

Residencies and Awards

2014
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture