“ Reyes’ work appears deeply subconscious to me. Creating comes first, analysis after. These
paintings carry references to Reyes’ childhood memories and current life. He is unafraid to change
course in the middle of the process, to follow the thread of a thought or feeling as it unfolds before
him. “If I get something in a moment,” says Reyes, “and then lose it, I just keep going. The best part
of being an artist is that it isn’t like the end of the world.”
Roth expands this idea, “left unsaid is the corollary that it isn’t the end, because it’s the beginning.
Reyes’ trust extends to the inchoate. His paintings maintain the sense of becoming; all options are
plausible. A “finished” work might at any time return to the easel to embark on a new journey. In this
way the paintings are reminders and a demonstration that all lived experience is emergent and
Irreproducible.”
-MARK ROTH (curator @adjacenttolife)
ABOUT
Alexander Justin Reyes is a self-taught 1st gen Mexican-American visual artist. Born in 1996, Alex was introduced to drawing at age 5 by his father Jose Jesus Reyes Sr. who is also a self-taught artist. His father’s style of realism on paper captivated and inspired the artist to pick up a pencil and do the same. Despite music being his main focus most of his life, Alex has always been a visual artist at heart. The California native and recent NYC transplant attempted painting for the first time in a small Nashville room in the fall of 2019 after the start of a hiatus in his music career.
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS:
Red 225 Gallery / GROUP SHOW / “63 CosaNostra” / Feb 3 @6-9pm - March 30.
507 Hagan St. Suite B, Nashville, TN, 37203
PAST EXHIBITIONS:
London Paint Club Exhibition Catalogue/ Group/ London, UK
Cë Gallery / Solo / Nashville, TN
Gallery Petite / Group / “A World Away, A Thought Apart” / Brooklyn, NY
Van Der Plas Gallery/ Group/ “Key Of Dreams”/ Manhattan, NY
Adjacent To Life Gallery/ Solo/ “The Door Behind Is Closing Fast”/ Manhattan, NY
Blind Barber Gallery Wall/ Solo/ “50/50”/ Manhattan, NY
@Garden Salon / Group show / June 4th, NYC
New York Public Library / Solo / October 1-15 2022, NYC
TO PURCHASE & ALL OTHER INQUIRES:
alexjustinreyes@gmail.com / Insta DM: @Alex.j.reyes