The Studio in Casa Aurora
Reilly's gallery space is more than just an exhibition area—it functions as an art studio, gallery and creative laboratory.
Visitors to the Casa Aurora Artists Collective can observe Reilly’s creative process in real time as he always welcomes onlookers into his deeply expressive abstract world.
The venue is home to a range of esteemed artists, sculptors, and fashion designers including painters Mariana Vega, Raymundo Garza and SMA fashion legend Jose Yanez! The studio-gallery embodies the collaborative spirit of the collective, blending diverse artistic disciplines in an immersive, communal setting.
Within this dynamic environment, Myke Reilly maintains both his painting studio and gallery, inviting onlookers into his deeply expressive abstract world.
When Zen meets A.I.
Working primarily with acrylic on large-scale canvas, Reilly embraces a minimalist aesthetic that draws from modernist traditions while remaining deeply personal. His process often begins without a fixed outcome—he prefers to allow the composition to emerge through repeated layering, erasure, and revision. Each brushstroke is deliberate, yet his approach retains an intuitive rhythm that gives his work a visceral, almost musical quality.
Texture plays a significant role in Reilly’s paintings. He often uses sea sand, marble dust or aluminum oxide. He layers these elements with varying pigments and lets them blend organically, or scratches into drying layers to reveal the underpainting beneath. His restrained color palettes—frequently limited to black, white, red, and earth tones—are chosen not only for their visual impact but also for their emotional resonance. Reilly has spoken about the importance of negative space in his work, and consciousness...allowing emptiness to speak as loudly as form, and has stated that the end result is heavily influenced by his lifelong practice of Zen and Transcendental Meditation.
The past informs the future
Reilly’s background in sound and design also informs his visual language. There's a structural sensibility to his compositions—an architectural balance—that hints at his experience in spatial disciplines. Some pieces reflect rhythmical pulses, evoking soundscapes or architectural blueprints, while others contain gestural sweeps that suggest movement and memory. Whether painting in solitude or in dialogue with the artistic energy of Casa Aurora, Reilly’s studio is a space where experimentation and refinement meet—where silence, color, and gesture create immersive visual poetry.