<p>My practice revolves around the first mark, the first gesture, that initiates a work. Each surface has inherent properties that interfere and influence how marks are perceived, and by combining ground conditions with gesture, I preserve the contours and tactilities that begin each painting. As a graduate in architecture, my interest in construction and materiality has had a major influence in my paintings, from the methods of applying material, to the tool that applies it, to the structures of the surface: calling attention to the direction of the grain, the layers of the paper, and bringing the folds, pleats, and bunches of the fabric to the foreground. Whether this process produces figuration or a field of textures, the goal is to create a tactility that reflects an associational reading that reveals a relationship between the structure, the hand, and the image.</p><br /> <p>Recent Exhibitions (past 2 years) <p>*solo shows</p><br /> 2011 Art Basel Open House: MAC Art Gallery, Miami, FL 12/1-12/4 Additional Matter: Lyons Wier Gallery Project, Chelsea, New York, NY 8/17-9/5 Room for Interpretation: Bennett Galleries, Nashville, TN 6/10 -7/10 Nathan and Myles - In Time Out: Cheap Storage, Brooklyn, NY 5/26 – 6/5 Re:Materialize: Re:Creative, NY, NY 4/28-5/25 2010 Little Deaths : Ana Garces Kiley and Myles Bennett :Famous Accountants, Brooklyn, NY 5/15- 6/6 The Business of Aura : Broadway Gallery, NY, NY 7/19 – 8/10 New Year, New Work, New Faces: Storefront, Brooklyn, NY 12/28