ADAA Fair 2026

Nathan Gluck, Evita Tezeno, James Williams II

ADAA Fair 2026 | Booth C14

November 12 – 16, 2026

For the inaugural ADAA Fair,Luis De Jesus Los Angeles is pleased to present a curated multi-generational exhibit of artworks exploring nuances in collage and assemblage by Nathan Gluck (1918-2008), Evita Tezeno (b.1960), and James Williams II (b.1982). Nathan Gluck's early surreal collages created in the 1930's and 1940's will be presented with new works by Evita Tezeno and James Williams III in Booth C14.

Nathan Gluck (b. 1918, Perth Amboy, NJ; d. 2008, San Diego, CA) achieved acclaim as Andy Warhol’s principal studio assistant from the early 1950s through the mid-1960s, where he played an instrumental role in helping to shape and create many of Warhol’s most famous illustrations, designs, and early Pop pieces. Gluck devoted his life to exploring the art of collage, creating several distinct bodies of work from the late 1930s until his passing in 2008 that explored a range of stylistic influences, from Cubism and Surrealism to modernism, pop, word/text, and postmodernism. “Combining a range of printed detritus—matchbook covers, wine labels, ticket stubs—from around the world and the past several decades, these works play on words, forms, colors (often Warholesque fluorescents) and, above all, on styles.” (Roberta Smith, 1997 review in New York Times.) Nathan Gluck’s works are included in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA; The Menil Collection, Houston, TX; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Athenaeum of Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA; and numerous private collections worldwide.

Evita Tezeno (b. 1960, Port Arthur, TX) creates collage paintings that employ richly patterned hand-painted papers and objects in a style influenced by the great 20th-century Black modernists Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, and William H. Johnson. Her collages portray extraordinary figures in ordinary settings inspired by her friends, family, personal dreams, and childhood memories of life in South Texas during the 60s and 70s. Tezeno’s scenes of joy vibrantly depict her vision of a Black America filled with humanity. Evita Tezeno’s works are held in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Dallas Museum of Art, TX; African American Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL; The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA; Embassy of the Republic of Madagascar; The Bunker Artspace, Palm Beach, FL; El Espacio 23, Miami, FL, and numerous other prominent private collections. Tezeno is a recipient of the 2023 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Fine Arts from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in New York and the Elizabeth Catlett Award for The New Power Generation. Tezeno lives and works in Dallas, TX.

James Williams II (b. 1982, Syracuse, NY) is an interdisciplinary artist who creates paintings and sculptures centered on topics of racial constructs, systemic racism, and cultural identity in the United States. His paintings and assemblages integrate non-traditional materials to create layered reliefs. His most recent solo exhibitions have been with UTA Artist Space, Atlanta, GA; LCVA Museum, Longwood, VA; Langer Over Dickie, Chicago, IL; and Resort Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. His work has been included in group exhibitions at GAVLAK Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Catalyst Contemporary and Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, among others. Williams is a recipient of the 2022 Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize and the MFA Joan Mitchell Foundation award. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Baltimore Beat, the Baltimore Sun, BmoreArt, and others have reviewed his exhibitions. Williams lives and works in Baltimore, MD.

Booth C14

Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY

November 12 – 16, 2026

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