Aaron Gilbert Explained

Aaron J. Gilbert
Alt:Aaron J. Gilbert
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Pennsylvania State University,
Rhode Island School of Design,
Yale University
Known For:Painting
Notable Works:"The New One" (2007) Painting
Children:2

Aaron J. Gilbert (born 1979),[1] also known as "AJ",[2] is an American visual artist. He is known for creating symbolically and psychologically charged narrative paintings. He lives and works in Brooklyn.[3] [4]

Biography

Gilbert was born in 1979 in Altoona, Pennsylvania.[5] He is of Cuban descent.

Gilbert attended Pennsylvania State University and in 2000 received an Associate of Science in mechanical engineering technology. He returned to school at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and in 2005 received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting.[6] [7] In 2008, he received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University in Painting. Prior to his full time career as an artist, he worked in CAD and as an Engineering Technician in the biomedical industry.

He was previously married to photographer Deana Lawson and together they have two children.[8] [9] [10] Lawson and Gilbert's work is mutually influential,[11] [12] and much of Gilbert's artwork depicts Lawson and their children. His paintings feature a bright and moody palette, and staged but self-aware subjects.

In 2010, Gilbert was awarded the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award for Painting.[13] He is a 2015 Louis Comfort Tiffany Award recipient, and has been awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Letters as the 2010 “Young American Painter of Distinction.” His work is currently in the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, and the Studio Museum in Harlem. Residencies include a 2013 Fountainhead Residency, a 2012 Yaddo residency, a 2008 LMCC Workspace Residency as well as the 2008 Affiliate Fellowship of the American Academy in Rome.

He has exhibited his work at PPOW New York (2021), Deitch Projects New York (2008), among others. In the fall of 2020, he had a two-person show with Martin Wong at PPOW New York which was reviewed in The New York Times[14] and Art in America.[15]

Exhibitions

Awards

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Studio Visit. MoMA Ps1. 2016-04-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20160427224759/http://momaps1.org/studio-visit/artist/aaron-gilbert. April 27, 2016. dead. mdy-all.
  2. Web site: Aaron "AJ" Gilbert . 2022-12-31 . Fountainhead . en-US.
  3. Web site: Brown. Gavin. 2021-12-01. Artist Aaron Gilbert on circumventing the rules of capitalism. 2022-02-14. i-D. en.
  4. Web site: Brown . Gavin . January 12, 2021 . Artist Aaron Gilbert on circumventing the rules of capitalism . 2022-12-31 . i-d.vice.com . en . Aaron Gilbert is a Brooklyn-based artist.
  5. Web site: Aaron Gilbert. Artspace. 2016-04-14.
  6. Web site: Post Impressions: The Enlightenment. Jones. Mary. March 9, 2011. BOMB Magazine. 2016-04-14.
  7. Web site: Aaron Gilbert. Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. en-US. 2016-04-14.
  8. News: Deana Lawson Reveals Hidden Grandeur in Her Uncanny Portraits. Lubow. Arthur. 2018-10-11. The New York Times. 2019-03-08. en-US. 0362-4331.
  9. Web site: Judah – Political Painting by Artist Aaron Gilbert. culturehall.com. 2016-04-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20160126171311/http://culturehall.com/artwork.html;jsessionid=74E7527511405C15761AFAD53AA520EE?page=10915. January 26, 2016. dead. mdy-all.
  10. Web site: In Conversation with Deana Lawson. November 1, 2011. Whitehot Magazine of contemporary art. 2016-04-14.
  11. News: Deana Lawson's Intimate Strangers. Wender. Jessie. December 15, 2011. The New Yorker. 0028-792X. 2016-04-14.
  12. Web site: BOMB Magazine – Deana Lawson & Henry Taylor. bombmagazine.org. 2016-04-14. March 20, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160320153838/http://bombmagazine.org/article/6723827/deana-lawson-henry-taylor. dead.
  13. Web site: Award Winners. April 24, 2016. 2016-04-14. American Academy of Arts and Letters. mdy-all. https://web.archive.org/web/20160424100714/http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_popup.php?abbrev=Rosenthal%2520Painting. dead.
  14. News: 2021-04-21. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-11-09. 0362-4331.
  15. Web site: Wu. Simon. 2021-05-20. Social Scales: Aaron Gilbert and Martin Wong at P·P·O·W. 2021-11-09. ARTnews.com. en-US.
  16. Web site: Conceptual Figures. 2008. ArtSlant. 2016-04-14.
  17. Web site: Aaron Gilbert (American, 1979). Mutual Art. 2016-04-14.
  18. Web site: The Open. 2009. ArtSlant. 2016-04-14.
  19. Web site: Futura Catalog. 2012. www.zanisnik.com.
  20. Web site: Spinello Projects Announces Participation in Expo Chicago. Spinello Projects. 2016-04-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20160512195631/http://spinelloprojects.com/2013/09/spinello-projects-announces-participation-in-expo-chicago/. May 12, 2016. dead. mdy-all.
  21. Web site: Bent In. Primetime Gallery. 2016-04-14.
  22. Web site: Selfies & Friends: Contemporary Portraiture . https://web.archive.org/web/20150323001232/http://www.cadetompkins.com/exhibitions/selfies-and-friends-contemporary-portraiture/ . March 23, 2015 . Cade Tompkins Projects . Cuban American b. 1979.
  23. News: At the BRIC Biennial, Dozens of Local Artists Shine a Light on Brooklyn. Mitter. Siddhartha. November 23, 2016. Village Voice. 2016-12-10.
  24. Web site: Aaron Gilbert - Psychic Novellas —. 2021-11-09. lylesandking.com. en-US.
  25. Web site: Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Unveils 2015 Biennial Grant Awardees. www.artforum.com. en-US. 2018-07-11.

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