ABOUT THE ARTIST

“A painting should grab you by the throat, and not let you go.”

Advay Mengle (b. 1989, Los Angeles) is an American painter, photographer, and printmaker based in the San Francisco Bay. Advay works 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 and physics inspire many of his compositions. Advay is a member of the California Art Club, Berkeley Art Center, California Art League, and Pacific Art League.

Outside of the arts, Advay is an engineer, technology executive, and entrepreneur, currently serving as founder and CEO of a tech 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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Artist Advay Mengle and his painting Antipasto I, On Exhibition at Art Works Downtown

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

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Wanderlust. Blue Line Arts. Roseville, CA. Juried exhibition, curated by MaryTess Mayall and Fenn Bruns.
Pint Size 3. Transmission Gallery. Oakland, CA. National juried exhibition, curated by Ruth Santee, Cameron Brian, and TaVee Lee.

2025

Magnum Opus. Sacramento Fine Arts Center. Carmichael, CA. International juried exhibition, curated by Karen Cahill. Catalog (Archived). Artfacts.
The Gold Standard (Gold Medal Exhibition 2025). Gallery 612 / California Art League. Santa Monica, CA. Juried exhibition, curated by Linda de Martinez (Director, Gallery 612). Catalog.
Portraits. Art Works Downtown. San Rafael, CA. Juried exhibition, curated by Emilee Enders (Curator, Bedford Gallery). Catalog / Archived. Artfacts. MutualArt.
45th Mini Print International of Cadaqués 2025. Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaqués, Spain; and Wingfield Barns, Wingfield, United Kingdom. International juried exhibition. Catalog / Archived. Artfacts ES & UK.
Identity. Bankhead Theater / Livermore Valley Arts. Livermore, CA. Juried exhibition, curated by Pablo Villicaña Lara. Catalog (Archived). Artfacts.
Abstract. Carter Sexton Gallery / Carter Sexton Artist Materials. Los Angeles / North Hollywood, CA. Juried exhibition.
Members Exhibition 2025. Pacific Art League. Palo Alto, CA. Juried exhibition, curated by PAL Board of Directors. Catalog / Archived. Artfacts.
Saddle Up Santa Clarita. Santa Clarita City Hall. Santa Clarita, CA. Juried exhibition, curated by City of Santa Clarita. Catalog / Archived. Artfacts.
Artist’s Vision. Marin Society of Artists. San Rafael, CA. Juried exhibition, curated by Clark Mitchell. Catalog (Archived). Artfacts.
Animal House. Sacramento Fine Arts Center. Carmichael, CA. Juried exhibition, curated by Yvonne Bonacci. Catalog / Archived. Artfacts.
Stand Up!. Works/San José. San Jose, CA. Group exhibition.
Membership Medley 2025. Blue Line Arts. Roseville, CA. Group exhibition. Catalog (Paperback) / Online / Archived. Artfacts.
Red, Blue, Yellow. Art Works Downtown. San Rafael, CA. Group exhibition. Catalog / Archived. Artfacts. MutualArt.
The Essential Figure 2025: 16th Annual Fine Art Show. Bothwell Arts Center / Livermore Art Association. Livermore, CA. Group exhibition.
The Future is Now. Livermore Civic Center Library / Livermore Art Association. Livermore, CA. Group exhibition. Catalog (Archived). Artfacts.