Artist Talk featuring Aaron Outhwaite
Join us on May 11th, from 2-3pm, for an engaging Artist Talk featuring Aaron Outhwaite.
During this talk, Aaron will describe the concepts, techniques, and creative process behind his exhibition: "Dots, Lines, and Some Violence."
Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to gain insight directly from the artist himself!
Whether you're an art enthusiast, a budding creator, or simply curious, this FREE event promises to be both enlightening and inspiring.
About the Artist:
Aaron Outhwaite is a Canadian multi-disciplinary artist and maker based in North Bay, Ontario. Originally from Winnipeg, Aaron spent much of his youth moving across the western provinces of Canada before finally settling in Halifax, where he attended Dalhousie University on a Fine Arts scholarship.
Choosing instead to study Engineering, and eventually Architecture, Aaron spent the next 20 years in academics, studying and lecturing on topics related to urban ecology and how we design (and build) the spaces we live in. During this time, Aaron used his art practice as a means of unstructured experimentation to both contrast and compliment the rigors of scientific investigation. Focusing on materials and techniques rather than finished work, Aaron developed his multi-disciplinary approach to making to explore functional art, functionless engineering, and the meaning of space.
Working between disciplines in collaborative teams, Aaron’s work has received widespread attention and publication both nationally and internationally, and has won numerous awards, including National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canadian Council for the Arts, and Arts Nova Scotia awards. In 2018, Aaron became the first Visiting Research Fellow in Ceramic Systems at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Aaron’s artwork has been in galleries across Canada, with the upcoming Dots, Lines and Some Violence the artist’s first solo exhibition.
Aaron’s work is influenced by a wide range of artists, makers, engineers and architects, as well as popular culture, science fiction, and futurism. A short list of influences includes artists Hans Haacke, Wim Delvoye, and Tom Sachs, artist/architect Lebbeus Woods, engineer/architect Buckminster Fuller, art/architecture critic Reyner Banham, and makers Charles and Ray Eames.
