Kill Me (Just in Case), 2025, acrylic and oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches

aimee coello received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2025. She currently lives and works in Las Vegas, NV.Coello has been featured in several group exhibitions, including the Desert Biennial Project, Las Vegas, NV (2025); her B.F.A. Thesis Show at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2025); You Are Here: 36°06'31.5"N 115°08'18"W at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2024); Arts in the Center Bright Futures, Strongest Emerging Artists at the Composer’s Room, Las Vegas, NV (2024); and the Student Opening Show at the Student Union, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2024). Her public work includes a 2025 mural at Scarlet Sage for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her upcoming exhibition, To The Left, is scheduled for 2026-2027 at the Debra March Center of Excellence Gallery in Las Vegas, Nevada.

EDUCATION
2025, B.F.A., College of Fine Arts, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026-2027 To The Left, Debra March Center of Excellence Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
2025 Desert Biennial Project, Las Vegas, Nevada
2025 B.F.A. Thesis Show, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2024 You Are Here: 36°06'31.5"N 115°08'18"W, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2024 Arts in the Center Bright Futures, Strongest Emerging Artists, Composer’s Room, Las Vegas, Nevada
2024 Student Opening Show, Student Union, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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PUBLIC WORKS
2025 Mural at Scarlet Sage, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

I create works exploring themes of memory, mental health, and internalization through a form of non-direct self-portraiture. Combining concepts of literary nonsense and cosmic horror, my work centers on recurring unnamed creatures: The Red Head Girl(s) placed within wondrous and surreal environments. They travel through dreamy settings that serve as passages for self-reflection, nostalgia, and reincarnation.Through this character, I explore the desire to return to moments in the past, to reconsider what was said or done, and to confront the weight of those decisions. The questions I ask in my work revolve around these moments of reflection: What if we could go back? What if a single choice had been different? The answers take shape as alternate realities, imagined outcomes born from everyday decisions transformed into settings in balance of awe and dread.With exploring answers, I combine saturated psychedelic visuals with bold, dreamlike colors to evoke emotions of dread, confusion and nostalgia. I build atmospheres that embraces fear and awe simultaneously, layering symbols such as stuffed animals, desserts, mushrooms, rainbows, and Lovecraftian iconography to suggest corrupted childlike wonders.

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