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Education
B.F.A. Ball State University
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 Eclypse Solon Show, Asheville NC
2010 Grace Center, Asheville NC
2008 Industrial Design, Circa Gallery, Asheboro NC
2006 ‘Literary’, Lark Books, Asheville NC
‘Tricycle’, Francis Schaeffer Institute, St Louis MI
2005 ‘Color’, Artemisia Gallery, Asheville NC
‘Color’, Taylor University, Upland, IN
2003 ‘Stripe Show’, Hartman Space, Asheville NC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 ‘Grey’, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis
IN
Play, Pack Museum, Asheville NC
Open Door Auction, Asheville NC
2012 ‘Waking Up With Van Gough’, Hickory Museum of
Art,
Hickory NC
DNC Art show, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte NC
2011 Color Study, Pack Museum, Asheville NC
2010 Open Door Auction, Asheville NC
‘On the Verge’, Blue Spiral, Asheville NC
2008 Carillon Building, Charlotte NC
2007 ‘Deeply Superficial’, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox MA
Palm Beach3
Bridge Art Fair, Miami FL
2005 ‘All Media Show’, Gallery International, Baltimore
MD
‘You Are Beautiful Invitational’, Treehouse
Gallery,
Los Angeles Ca
‘Masterpiece in a Day’, Big Car Gallery,
Indianapolis, IN
2004 ‘Species of Light,’ Mitchell Place Gallery,
Muncie IN
‘Grey Eagle Opening’, Grey Eagle, Asheville NC
2002 ‘For The Birds’, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville NC
‘Intersection’, 4Star Gallery,Indianapolis IN
2001 ‘Art Auction’, Mitchell Gallery,Muncie IN
1999 'Fra Angelica Exhibition', Nicole Gallery,
Chicago IL
Teaching, Workshops, Seminars and Panels
Alliance Luncheon, Minnetrista Cultural Center
Sunday Lectures, BSU Museum of Art
Yart2000 Festival Coordinator
Artspace Co-Coordinator
Grants, Fellowships and Awards
Studio Visit Magazine Juried Selection
Masterpiece in a Day Award
Safeco Purchase Award
Fra Angelica Art Foundation Award
Ball State Deans Purchase, Art Department Award
BSU Creative Arts Grant
Collections:
Housatonic River Museum, Pittsfield MA
Ball State Museum of Art, Muncie IN
Safeco, Indianapolis IN
Sterling Publishing, New York NY
UNC, Chapel Hill NC
Levine Children’s Hospital, Charlotte NC
SPX Corporation, Charlotte NC
Aaron Tucker
Is a southern artist who finds inspiration in marks, scratches, scrapes, and half worn images. His work is aged and weathered, the color is raw. He draws heavily from antique children's books, isolating images, then replacing original content with a new, fractured perspective.
Aaron has always worked in both oil paint and collage, using one to influence the other. "Several years ago, I began collecting colored scraps of paper, which I found useful in developing the structure for paintings. Finding marks left behind by children in books from years past drove me toward scratching marks into wet paint, mimicking the uninhibited hand."
"As a child growing up in North Carolina, I spent much time wandering around in the woods, finding treasures, dragging them home, and then making art out of whatever broken bottle or metal scrap I found. These findings soon developed into the paintings I create today."
