AARON JACKSON BOWMAN

ABOUT

Based in West Palm Beach, FL, Aaron Jackson Bowman is a contemporary artist whose work adopts the purest form of mark-making...the line. He attended the University of Illinois, earning master's degrees in both Architecture and Business, the former perhaps an influence on his painting methodology.

With an affinity for composition, the framework for Aaron's work relies heavily upon both the circumscriptions and the gestural wanderings of line work, of a loose but conscious act of drawing. The paintings are a celebration of scribbles, with many works being composed of a single, continuous line. In conjunction with a nearly paint-by-number application of color and texture, his pictures are childlike while simultaneously conveying an air of technical tightness.

With no intentions of being esoteric or fraught with deep-seated riddles, Aaron's process of creation still speaks to an end product that may have questionable meaning, or be absent of one at all. Perhaps the works are haphazardly navigating between the manifesto of meta-modernism and the creed of art for art's sake, between meaning and unmeaning. No matter the case, most important to the artist is that whatever narrative shall associate itself with the work, it's best the author not be the creator but the consumer.

AVAILABLE WORKS

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Education

master of architecture, university of illinois, 2000

master of business, university of illinois, 2000

munich germany study abroad, technische universität münchen, 1999

bachelor of science in architectural studies, university of illinois, 1998

versailles france study abroad, l’ecole d’architecture de versailles, 1996-1997

Gallery Representation

carriage factory art gallery, newton, kansas, 2018 – 2023

hue gallery of contemporary art, wichita, kansas, 2019

Exhibitions

paris art week, jada art organization, paris, france, 2021

“a new beginning” exhibition, van der plas gallery, new york, new york, 2021

“line” solo exhibition, carriage factory art gallery, newton, kansas, 2021

“(re)line” solo exhibition, city arts, wichita, kansas, 2021

“outline” exhibition, art house 310, wichita, kansas, 2021

“nft art show” online exhibition, jada art organization, 2021

“foot in the door” exhibition, wichita art museum, wichita, kansas, 2020

“noir” exhibition, carriage factory art gallery, newton, kansas, 2020

“social distancing” virtual exhibition, jada, 2020

“in living color” exhibition, reuben saunders gallery, wichita, kansas, 2019

“nostalgapop” virtual exhibition, hue gallery + wandering masters art salon, 2019

“portrait(s)” exhibition, l’image, wichita, kansas, 2019

Art Fairs

superfine! art fair, miami, florida, 2023

superfine! art fair, new york, new york, 2022

jada at art basel, miami beach, florida, 2021

haute pop up, tiffany farha design, wichita, kansas, 2021

the other art fair, dallas, texas, 2021

autumn & art, wichita, kansas, 2020

superfine! art fair, washington, dc, 2019

jada art fair, miami beach, florida, 2019

mulvane art fair, topeka, kansas, 2019-2020

art fair, wichita art museum, wichita, kansas, 2019

the workroom artisan market, wichita, kansas, 2018-2020