ZUGZWANG

THE MIXED METAPHOR

by Advay Mengle
acrylic and flashe on linen // 30 × 24″

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[AM Monogram] Advay Mengle // Fine Art

about the artist

Advay Mengle

Advay Mengle (b. 1989) is an American painter, photographer, and pastel artist, based in the San Francisco Bay. Advay paints in bursts of bold, vibrant color with both flat color fields and thick, marbled, palette knife impasto, combining three-dimensional forms and two-dimensional figures in a single space. Years of street, landscape, and wildlife photography inspire many of his compositions. Advay is a member of the California Art Club, Berkeley Art Center, and Pacific Art League.

Outside of the arts, Advay is an engineer, technology executive, and entrepreneur, currently serving as founder and CEO of a stealth AI startup, previously at Google, Microsoft, and VP Engineering for a robotics AI company. Advay is an inventor of over 25 granted patents in software architecture, artificial intelligence, digital commerce, and advertising.

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featured // works

HIS MAJESTY’S

SOUND AND COLOR

acrylic and flashe on linen // 24 × 24″

Woman in Motion; Advay Mengle (b. 1989); 2024; acrylic on linen; 18 × 24″ (~45.7 × 61 cm); from the series Woman at Rest and in Motion; © Advay Mengle

WOMAN

IN MOTION

acrylic on linen // 18 × 24″

THE PARADE

HITS

acrylic and flashe on linen // 24 × 24″

THE RADICAL

acrylic on canvas // 20 × 16″
featured at IDENTITY, Bankhead Theater, Founders Room

Firebrand; Advay Mengle (b. 1989); 2024; acrylic and flashe on linen; 18 × 24″ (~45.7 × 61 cm); © Advay Mengle

FIREBRAND

acrylic and flashe on linen // 18 × 24″

featured at SADDLE UP SANTA CLARITA,
City of Santa Clarita, City Hall

PERCEPTION /

OBSESSION

acrylic and flashe on linen // 33 × 22″

Spring Harvest I, aka The Man in Prosciutto; Advay Mengle (b. 1989); 2024; acrylic, flashe, and charcoal on linen; 24 × 18″ (~61 × 45.7 cm); from the series Spring Harvest; © Advay Mengle

SPRING HARVEST I

or THE MAN IN

PROSCIUTTO

acrylic and flashe on linen // 24 × 18″

Fall from Grace; Advay Mengle (b. 1989); 2024; acrylic and flashe on linen; 18 × 24″ (~45.7 × 61 cm); © Advay Mengle

FALL FROM

GRACE

acrylic and flashe on linen // 18 × 24″

Chance Engineering #1; Advay Mengle (b. 1989); April 24, 2023; digital photograph; from the series Chance Engineering; © Advay Mengle

archival pigment inkjet print
new york city // usa

Orange; Advay Mengle (b. 1989); March 19, 2023; digital photograph; © Advay Mengle

ORANGE

archival pigment inkjet print
københavn // denmark

featured at ARTIST’S VISION (Marin Society of Artists),
and by the Black Box Gallery

Wipe Out, aka Surfer Wiping Out; Advay Mengle (b. 1989); October 18, 2023; digital photograph; © Advay Mengle

archival pigment inkjet print
half moon bay // usa

featured at MAGNUM OPUS 2025,
Sacramento Fine Arts Center

contact // advay

Interested in acquiring an original work of art, print, licensing imagery, commissions, or have other questions? Contact me, and I’ll be in touch shortly. I can’t wait to hear from you!