Aleya Hoerlein is a Taos-based contemporary artist. She was raised in Fairfield, Iowa, by a creative family in a spiritual community that practiced transcendence. She went on to study art at The School of Visual Arts, in New York City, where she painted the figure and landscape but her attention was rapt by the shadows behind the figure or the sky beyond the landscape. She shifted her focus to abstract painting that is grounded by both reference to nature and transcendence.

Hoerlein’s solo exhibition of abstract oil paintings, The Realm of Possibilities, was on view at the Encore Gallery at the Taos Center for the Arts October 13 through November 26, 2023. The exhibition included paintings from 2022 and 2023. The exhibition celebrated Northern New Mexico’s relationship with transcendental and abstract painting by showcasing Hoerlein’s contemporary, lucid rendering of the genres.

Hoerlein’s paintings have appeared in publications such as Southwest Contemporary, New American Paintings, I Like Your Work, The Brooklyn Rail, and Hyperallergic, and have been on view in group shows at The Taos Center for the Arts’ Stables Gallery, G2 Gallery in Santa Fe, NM, Site:Brooklyn Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, and The National Arts Club in New York, NY. Her paintings are held in private collections in New York, California, Tennessee, Minnesota, Washington, Montana, Arizona, and New Mexico.

As a co-founding member of the Taos Abstract Artist Collective (a collective of artists from Northern New Mexico), she enjoys collaborating with local museums and galleries to highlight contemporary art, while honoring the rich history of the arts in New Mexico and beyond.

To inquire about paintings, exhibitions, or gallery representation, email aleyahoerlein@gmail.com or DM @aleyahoerlein on Instagram.