AARON GLASSON
Aaron Glasson (b Auckland, 1983) is a New Zealand born multi-disciplinary artist. Since completing a Bachelor's degree in Art and Design at the Auckland University of Technology in 2005 he has been exhibiting and creating public art works internationally.
His diverse portfolio consists of participatory installations, paintings, drawings, sculpture, architecture, assemblage, murals and film.
Though working in a diverse array of mediums Glasson has developed an abstract visual language that unifies his practice as a whole. His paintings rooted in geometry but inspired by the wilderness, natural phenomena and inner inquiry offer glimpses into micro and macro environments. He applies these same forms to large scale interactive site-specific installations that encourage viewer engagement and participation as well as functional objects that explore arts practical potential outside of traditional contexts.
At the core of all things in Glasson’s practice is a devotion to investigating ideas around ecology while critiquing our changing relationships with the natural world.
Aaron Glasson (Auckland, 1983) es un artista multidisciplinar nacido en Nueva Zelanda. Desde que se licenció en Arte y Diseño en la Universidad Tecnológica de Auckland en 2005, ha expuesto y creado obras de arte público a escala internacional. Su variado catálogo incluye instalaciones participativas, pinturas, dibujos, esculturas, arquitectura, ensamblajes, murales y películas.
Aunque trabaja con diversos medios, Glasson ha desarrollado un lenguaje visual abstracto que unifica toda su obra.
Sus pinturas, basadas en la geometría pero inspiradas en la naturaleza, los fenómenos naturales y la investigación interior, ofrecen vislumbres de entornos micro y macro. Aplica estas mismas formas a instalaciones interactivas a gran escala que fomentan el compromiso y la participación del espectador, así como a objetos funcionales que exploran el potencial práctico del arte fuera de los contextos tradicionales. En el centro de la práctica de Glasson está su devoción por investigar ideas en torno a la ecología, al tiempo que critica nuestras cambiantes relaciones con el mundo natural.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Right Time, Left Place. Sideroom Gallery. Auckland, New Zealand. September 18 - October 3. 2010
Aqui Ahora. Fifty24. Mexico City. October 30- November 30, 2015
Honest Meditations. Swish Projects. San Diego. February 27- March 23rd. 2021
Primordial Refuge. Institute of Contemporary Art. San Diego. June 4 - July 31. 2022
A Circle with Many Centers, Louis Buhl & Co. Detroit. USA. May 6 - June 23. 2023
Stone, Tide, Ash, Fruit Tree, Window, Curators Cube, Tokyo. Japan. Nov 3-28. 2023
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
Public Access. 42 Below Space. Auckland, NZ. Sept, 16 - 27, 2004
Pop Bi-Culture. St Paul St Gallery, Auckland, NZ. June 3 - 18 2005
Funky Razors. St Paul St Gallery, Auckland,NZ. May 3 – June 8 2007
The Public Press. (Sideroom.com Gallery, Auckland,NZ) July 27 - Aug 23 2007
Sink or Swim. MSpace. Tokyo JPN. July 16 - 22, 2011
Sri Lanka Design Festival. National Museum. Colombo, LK. November 15 - 18, 2012
SYSOAB. Hero Complex Gallery, LA, USA. November 1 - 15, 201
Zona Maco. Centro Banamex. Mexico City, Mexico. September 21-25. 2014
Three. Good Mother Gallery. Oakland, USA. March 3-18, 2015.
Affectors - Mythology, Rygdes. Syndey, Australia. June 5 - 17, 2015
No Thing. Yes Collective Gallery. Auckland, New Zealand. April 9- 14, 2015.
InnerSpace. Teeter Gallery, San Diego, USA. August 15 - 29, 2015
Murmuren. Estacion Federal. Tijuana, Mexico. April 16 -28, 2016
Less is More. First Amendment Gallery. San Francisco. CA. USA. August 10-28. 2018
Quasi Nature. Archive Contemporary. Montreal, Canada. August 17 - October 1st.
Kindred Spirits. East Hawaii Museum of Contemporary Art. Hilo November 1st-December 15th. 2019.
Sidewalk Activism. Oceanside Museum of Art. California. February - April 15. 2020
"Metanoia” Skye Gallery. Aspen, Colorado. June 25th - August 2nd. 2021
“Foundation” Heron Arts. San Francisco. California. October 23 - November 25. 2021
“Portals” Maia Contemporary. Mexico City. April 28, 2022 - May 28, 2022
“Inaugural” Otras Formas. New York. May 15th - July 30th. 2022
“Lobster Club” Los Angeles, California. November 13th, 2022
Lobster Club Pop Up Space. New York. June 17- June 19. 2023
Site & Cite Cedar North. Travis City, Michigan. USA. July 1- September 25 2023
Sunset Ripple Good Mother. Los Angeles. USA. August 5-15. 2023