ABOUT THE ARTIST

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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Advay Mengle

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025

  • Magnum Opus. Sacramento Fine Arts Center. Carmichael, CA. International juried exhibition, juror Karen Cahill. Catalog.
  • Saddle Up Santa Clarita. Santa Clarita City Hall / City of Santa Clarita. Santa Clarita, CA. Juried exhibition.
  • Identity. Bankhead Theater / Livermore Valley Arts. Livermore, CA. Juried exhibition, guest curator Pablo Villicaña Lara.
  • Artist’s Vision. Marin Society of Artists. San Rafael, CA. Juried exhibition, juror Clark Mitchell. Catalog.
  • The Essential Figure 2025: 16th Annual Fine Art Show. Bothwell Arts Center / Livermore Art Association. Livermore, CA. Group exhibition, judge Warren Chang.
  • The Future is Now. Livermore Civic Center Library / Livermore Art Association. Livermore, CA. Group exhibition. Catalog.
  • 2025 Works Auction. Works/San José. San Jose, CA. Group exhibition.

2024

  • Framed: Shadow and Light. 2024. Black Box Gallery. Portland, OR. International juried exhibition, juror Todd Johnson. Catalog.

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