AARON SMITH
AARON SMITH
EDUCATION
BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 "Others" (3 person) Faction Art Projects/Coates & Scarry, New York, NY
2015 “In the Snuggery of Airs and Graces”, Sloan Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2013 “Past the Pillars of Hercules” Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
2011 “Coterie of the Wooly-Woofter,” Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
2009 “Mandrakes, Martyrs & Muck Snipes,” Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
2008 "Estofada," Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 "Day for Night," Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 "Nimbus and Shadow," Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 "Calamus," Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000 "New Paintings and Drawings," Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 "Recent Paintings," Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / AUCTIONS
2023
“Who Are You?”, Oxford House Project, Los Angeles, CA
2022
“Contemporary Art” auction, Coates and Scarry/artnet Auctions
2021
“Contemporary Art” auction, Coates and Scarry/artnet Auctions
2020
“New Voices” auction, Coates and Scarry/artnet Auctions
“Contemporary Art” auction, Coates and Scarry/artnet Auctions
“Queer Legacy”, Marsha P. Johnson Institute Auction, Coates and Scarry/artnet Auctions
2022
“Aaron Smith and Nicola Vruwink”, Goat Gallery, Landers, CA
“Super Bloom”, HeyThere Projects, Joshua Tree, CA
“Nomad”, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2019
“Plus One”, Art Share LA, Los Angeles, CA
2018
“Couture-Mash”, Mash Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Five and Under", Arcadia Gallery, Pasadena CA
“Indulge”, John Wolf at ArtMovement, Los Angeles, CA
"fresh stART2018", Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA
2017
“Figure 8”, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago IL
“For the Good Times”, sp[a]ce, Pasadena, CA
“Coming Attractions”, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago IL
2016
“Instinctual Drift”, Sloan Fine Art at Heron Arts, San Francisco, CA
"My Blood Runs Yellow: A Tribute to Giallos”, Sloan Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
"Sloan Fine Art Salon”, Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago, IL
2015
“Vestige”, Coates & Scarry, London UK
“40x400”, Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena CA
“Incognito”, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica CA
“The Power of 3”, Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena CA
2014
“Sloan Fine Art”, LA ART SHOW, Los Angeles CA
“Derby Deconstructed”, Holiday House, New York NY
“Incognito”, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica CA
2013
“Undertow 3,” Sloan Fine Art at Rusk Renovations, New York , NY
“Paradox Maintenance Technicians,” The Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2012
“Sloan Fine Art”, artMRKT, San Francisco CA
“Self Possessed: Examining Identity - 21st Century”, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011
“La Luz de Jesus 25,” La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011
“Kink,” Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Amuse Bouche,” Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
“Empty Time,” The Fridge, Washington, DC
2009
“+2,” Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
“The Human Eclectic,” Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
“Summer Salon,” Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Opening Exhibition, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
2007
“Deep End,” Aidan Savoy Gallery, New York, NY
2006
“Undertow 2,” Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle, NY
“Undertow,” Metalstone Gallery, New York, NY
“Drawn to Expression," Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2004
“Art on the Frontier,” Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2002
"Drawings VI," Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000
"Representing LA: Pictorial Currents in Southern California Art," Frye Art Museum, Seattle,
WA; traveling to Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX and Laguna Art Museum,
Laguna Beach, CA
"Drawings V," Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999
"Group Show," Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles
1998
"Tribute to La Luz de Jesus," Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Precious," Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Group Show," Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995
“Really Recent Surreal," Da Vinci Gallery, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
"Post Pre-Raphaelites," Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022
“Aaron Smith Paints Dr. Lorne Buchman”, Dot Magazine
Heflin, Mark, “American Illustration 41”
2019
Smith, Aaron, “Mucksnipe – Aaron Smith”
“Aaron Smith”, The Fight Magazine
2017
Sarah La Barbière de Paris, “Beards Rock: Facial Hair in Contemporary Art and Graphic Design"
Heflin,Mark, "American Illustration 35"
2015
Sloan, Alix, “Launching Your Art Career: A Practical Guide for Artists”
2012
Emmenegger, McLean, “Aaron Smith,” Bluecanvas, Issue 14
Ramirez-Montagut, Monica, “Aaron Smith,” New American Paintings, 103
Ankenbauer, Darren, “Aaron Smith,” handbook: alternative quarterly, issue 02/ volume 06
2011
Various,“La Luz de Jesus 25,” La Luz de Jesus Gallery
Moltoni, Antonio, “Aaron Smith,” Hunter Fashion Magazine, Autumn/Winter 2011/2012
2010
Sloan, Alix, “Victorian Excavation,” NY Arts, Summer
Katz, Andrew, Studio Visit 11
Melrod, George, “Painters’ Painters,” Art Ltd., May/June
2009
Gonzalez, Rita, “Aaron Smith,” New American Painting 79
2008
Myers, Holly, Art Reviews, Los Angeles Times, March 28
Meliksetian, Anna, “Estofada,” Art Ltd., August
Art Scene, Recommended Exhibition, March
2004
Art Scene, Recommended Exhibition, October
2003
Hawkins, Margaret, Gallery Glance, Chicago Sun Times, September 19
2001
Ollman, Leah, Art Reviews, Los Angeles Times, September 21
Wadewitz, Mikel, “Figuratively Speaking,” Frontiers, October 12
1998
Camper, Fred, “Aaron Smith,” Chicago Reader
Hawkins, Margaret, “Gallery Season Holds Promise,” Chicago Sun Times, September 11
Various, Tribute to La Luz de Jesus (catalog)
1996
Gunnin, John “Aaron Smith”, Juxtapoz Magazine
SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS
Artist in Residence, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Currently
New American Paintings
American Illustration
New York Society of Illustrators
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Owner and Curator, HeyThere Projects, Joshua Tree, CA, 2019-present
Associate Professor/Associate Chair, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Currently
Guest Artist, Artistic Demonstration Series, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Guest Artist, Lecture Series, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Guest Artist, Graduate Studies Program, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, Annually
Mentor, Graduate Studies Program, Laguna College of Art + Design, Laguna, CA