Aaron Gilbert

AARON GILBERT

b. 1979, Pennsylvania

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

 

 

EDUCATION

 

2008     M.F.A. Painting, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

2005     B.F.A. Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2000     Associates of Science, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Penn State University, Centre County, PA

 

 

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

 

2021     Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)

            1981–2001, Martin Wong / Aaron Gilbert, P·P·O·W, New York,

2019     Psychic Novellas, Lyles & King, New York, NY

Solo Booth with Lulu Gallery, NADA, Miami

2016     Brooklyn Biennial, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY

2014     Aaron Gilbert: Possessed, Mottahedan Projects, Dubai, UAE

 

 

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2021     Picturing Motherhood Now: Images of a New Era, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (forthcoming)

Any distance between us, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

The Slipstream: Reflection, Resilience and Resistance in the Art of Our Time, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

2020     I WANT TO FEEL ALIVE AGAIN, Lyles & King, New York, NY

2019     Felix Art Fair, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Our Lady of the Flowers, Nicodim Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

Brooklyn Biennial, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY

2016     Demimonde: Amberwood House, London, UK

2014     Some Dark Miracle: Aaron Gilbert/Jason Mones, Artisanal House, New York, NY

Aaron Gilbert/Jose Pedro Godoy/Patrick McElnea: Cutlog Art Fair, Yael Rosenblut Gallery, New York, NY

For Marian, Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

ExpoChicago, Aaron Gilbert/Augustina Woodgate, Spinello Projects, Chicago, IL

Bent In, Primetime Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2013     American Identities, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

Lessico Famigliare, FUTURE Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic

2012     Moments, AMO Studios, Brooklyn, NY

Don’t Wake Me Up, North Henry Annex, Brooklyn, NY

Re-Telling, curated by Melissa Levin, NUTUREart, Brooklyn, NY

Exhibition of Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors Awards, American Academy of Letters, New York, NY

2010     Invitational Exhibition, American Academy of Letters, New York, NY

Ves.sel, curated by Kenya (Robinson). J.W. Brennen Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

The Open, Deitch Studios, Long Island City, NY

Three Rooms, Ramis Barquet Gallery, New York, NY

2009     Gold Rush Awards, Rush Arts, New York, NY

Conceptual Figures, Deitch Projects, New York, NY

The New Akademiks, Galerie Schuster, Berlin, Germany

2008     Loop Video Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain

 

 

SELECT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

 

Brooklyn Museum of Art

Studio Museum in Harlem

Whiney Museum of American Art

 

 

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

2021     “4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now: Review of 1981-2021 Paintings by Aaron Gilbert and Martin Wong,” The New York Times

2020     “Aaron Gilbert’s Paintings Convey the Profound Potential of Human Life,” Elephant Journal, July 2020

2019     Schwendener, Martha, Worth, Alexi, and Cohen, David, ArtCritical Review Panel #96

Grunthaner, Jeffrey, “NADA’s Solution to the Growing Cost of Art Fairs,” Hyperallergic

2018     “Do you Believe in Evil?” Conversation with Julia Phillips and Aaron Gilbert,” Mousse Magazine

2016     Mitter, Siddhartha, “BRIC Biennial,” Village Voice

2014     Cotter, Holland, “For Marian,” New York Times

2012     “The Advanced Ebonics Issue,” YoYo Mag #4

2011     Vartanian, Hrag, “A Hot and Colorful Day on the NorthSide,” Hyperallergic

2009     “Spring: Studio,” The Studio Museum of Harlem

 

 

AWARDS

 

2015     Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant

2013     Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL

2012     Yaddo Artist Residency

2010     Rosenthal Family Foundation Award in Painting

American Academy of Arts and Letters: Art Purchase Program

2008     LMCC Workspace Residency

American Academy in Rome Affiliate Fellowship