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LALUZAPALOOZA

"It Wasn't Me" will be on display at La Luz de Jesus Gallery as part of the summer exhibition LALUZAPALOOZA. The exhibition will run from August 7th to August 30th. It is open everyday to the public. Monday through Saturday from 11 am to 7pm and Sundays from 11 am to 6pm. 

La Luz de Jesus Gallery - 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

www.laluzdejesus.com

Troubled Kids Booklet

A 28 pages, Limited Edition, presentation booklet that will come with every artwork of the series.

Now it's my turn to take the monsters away

This artwork is part of a tiny tryphtic avaialble at REVOLUTION GALLERY in Buffalo (NY)

www.revolutionartgallery.com

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Framed Originals

Framed Originals

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About El Nigro

El Nigro is known, as artist and tattoo artist, for his high-contrast dramatic ink works. The melancholic temperament, understood not as empty sadness, but as a profound acceptance and poetic sublimation of the vulnerability and emotional fragility of our time, is at the core of his work. Combining grotesque, surreal, and animalistic figures with narrative realism, his works use black ink to evoke and explore the psychological fragilities of childhood and the complex anxieties of adulthood. His characters often exist in a liminal space between waking and dreaming, thinking and acting, present and memory, serving as bridges between the human, animal, and natural worlds.

Selected Exhibitions:

2026 ARTSY EXHIBITION - SMALL WORKS / On line show at Artsy

2026 LALUZAPALOOZA / La Luz de Jesus Gallery / Los Angeles / USA

2026 PAINTED WINERIES / Borgo antico di Guardiaregia / Campobasso / Italy

2026 MINI MASTERPIECES SHOW / Revolution Gallery / Buffalo (NY) / USA

2025 FIGURATIVAS / Meam Museum / Barcelona (Honourable Mention)

2023 MALACARNE / curated by Reverse Art / Museum of Anthropology / Napoli

2022 FIENDS OF THE DARK III / WOWxWOW Gallery / Scotland (UK)

2021 ART&MORE by Glo / curated by Question Mark / Lungomare di Napoli

2014 MINIATURE INK / Atomica Gallery and Things&Ink Magazine / London

2014 AGAIN! / AKA London / London

2013 GROUP SHOW / AKA London / London

2010 LUMEN / Complesso Monumentale di Santa Sofia / Salerno

2009 AIRSWAP / Not Gallery / curated by Mara De Falco / Napoli

2008 VIDEO&INSTALLATION CONTAINER / curated by Mara De Falco and Not Gallery / Napoli

2007 AFTER URBAN / University of Pennsylvania, PA / USA

2007 CRUEL AND ALLPOWERFUL KING / BAD Museum / Napoli

2006 RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES / Paris - Berlin

2006 TEMPORARY CITIES / National Centre for Contemporary Arts NCCA / Moscow

2006 BIENNALE ADRIATICA ARTI NUOVE / San Benedetto del Tronto (AP)

2005 HYPE / Assab One - Hype Gallery / Milano

2005 ARCHEO DOC FEST / Villa Campolieto / Ercolano (NA)

2005 100 ARTISTS FOR A MUSEUM / CAM Museum / Napoli

2005 DIPTYCHS / Spazio Arte Gallery / Napoli

2003 SELECTED ARTISTS / Premio Arte Mondadori / Museo della Permanente / Milano