Nick Maltagliati

Nick Maltagliati (he/him) is an interdisciplinary artist and curator working in painting, drawing, mixed media, and installation. He is proud of being mixed race and integrates his ethnicity, sexuality, and mental state into his practice. He is a Bay Area native and has received his BA at San Francisco State University. He has shown with Helvella Art, The Drawing Room, ArtFuse, 111 Minna Gallery, Root Division and ArtSpan’s SF Open Studios. He has collaborated with a fellow artist to promote the awareness of mutual aid organizations that support our local farmworkers. He continues to uplift the artist community by actively working as a preparator and coordinator for galleries and art non-profits.

Artist Statement

Working with movement and line work, I subvert the standard landscape by pushing and pulling the perspective, shifting color relationships, and adding an overall abstracted lens. I collect visual data of my surroundings, especially the Californian hillsides, to comprise surrealistic-scapes. I take the lines we see in nature like tree bark, pathways, roads, water ripples, and typography lines to create dynamic compositions. My oil and watercolor paintings showcase my interpretation of our lost mysticism through free-flowing gesticulation. Mountains are products of ancient earth movements and they are a central focus within my practice.