Amadour
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Amadour (born May 1, 1995, in Sparks, Nevada) is an American interdisciplinary artist, musician, and writer.[1] Their practice spans painting, songwriting, and composition, often combining geometric abstraction with orchestral pop and cultural criticism.[2] Recognized as “The Voice of Nevada” and “The High Desert Balladeer,”[3] Amadour's work addresses diasporic memory, queer subjectivity, and erased narratives through a perspective rooted in a Latinx experience in Nevada and the American West.[4][5][6]
Amadour | |
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 Amadour in their Hollywood studio | |
| Born | May 1, 1995 Sparks, Nevada, U.S. |
| Education | Truckee Meadows Community College |
| Known for | Visual art, singer, songwriter, pianist, writer |
| Movement | Geometric abstraction, Hard-edge painting |
| Website | https://www.amadour.com |
Career
Amadour's paintings, characterized by layered acrylics, gold leaf, and graphite, have been exhibited internationally with Kotaro Nukaga in Tokyo,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] FF Projects in Mexico,[16][17] and Emma Scully Gallery in New York.[18][19] They have participated in The Armory Show (New York)[20] and Tokyo Gendai (Yokohama)[21] and are scheduled for a 2026 exhibition "The Mapes Suite" at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno.[22] Their essays and interviews[23][24] have appeared in frieze,[25] ARTnews,[26] and The Brooklyn Rail,[27][28][29] and their writing has been cited by ArtReview,[30] Monthly Art,[31] and archived at the Getty Research Institute.[32]
As a musician, Amadour released the EP Western Movie Dream (2023)[33][34][35][36][37][38] and is developing EP The Myth of Amadour: Odyssey of a High Desert Balladeer with Orville Peck’s production team and the Pannonia Film Orchestra in Budapest.[39] They have performed at Hotel Café,[40] The Viper Room,[41] and Northern Nevada Pride. They have received acclaim from critics[42] and curators, including Roselee Goldberg,[2] Shana Nys Dambrot,[43] Esthella Provas,[44] David Quadrini,[45] Gladys Tamez,[2] David Roussève,[46] and Kotaro Nukaga.[2]
Media coverage
Their early work in fashion has been featured in Elle and covered widely in other outlets.[47][48][49][50] During Frieze Los Angeles, Artforum critic Andrew Berardini mentioned Amadour in his column on the fair, noting their presence within the city's art community.[51]