My work presents a wry look at the world around me - focusing on the complex web of information carried by everyday materials and objects.
I begin any project with an intense amount of research, which then leads into the making process. A successful project fully integrates this information in a way that the art object becomes part of the research itself. This is a process of making formal, physical, and contextual sense of the world around me - while the materials I use, and the ideas I explore, come directly out of that environment. These projects take a variety of forms - from a years-long exploration of the cultural significance of the ubiquitous concrete block, to an ongoing series of cyanotypes made in the tradition of the architectural blueprint.
Public Commissions
2023 Expanding Field, Seattle, WA
2022 Woven Lines, Altoona, IA
Unfolding Lights, GLX Lowell Street Station, Somerville, MA
2021 Paths Rising, Tampa International Airport, Tampa, FL
Luminous Bound, Montana RTS Far East Transfer Center, El Paso, TX
2020 Luminous Remembrance, Lubbock Tornado Memorial, Lubbock, TX
2019 Luminous Arbor, City of Portland, Portland, ME
2018 Paths Woven, San Diego International Airport, San Diego, CA
2016 Gold Pour, RTD Gold Strike Station, Arvada CO
Point of View, Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
2015 Variations, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX
Accumulate, Clearwater Fire Station 45, Clearwater, FL
2014 Downpour, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester NH
2013 Paths Crossed, Wishard Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
Composition, Music City Center, Nashville, TN
2012 Illuminations, WG Mallett Elementary School, Farmington ME
Becoming, Hampden Academy, Hampden ME
2011 Paths Open, Jefferson Village School, Jefferson, ME
Spun, The City of Cambridge, MA
2010 Return, Westbrook Middle School, Westbrook ME
2009 Intersect, U.S. Jackman Border Crossing Facility, Jackman ME
2007 Sphere, SeDoMoCha Elementary School, Dover-Foxcroft ME
Situate, Farwell Elementary School, Lewiston, ME
2006 Globe, Carrabec Community School, Anson ME
Dig, Biddeford Middle School, Biddeford ME
2005 Lift, University of Southern Maine Community Education Center, Portland ME
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Solo Exhibitions
2021 Untitled Monuments, Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, ME
2019 Intermediate Submittal, Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, ME
2017 Cement Houses and How to Build Them, Locust Projects, Miami FL
Flat World & 30 Columns, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
2016 Book/House, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla CA
2014 To Borrow, Cut, Copy and Steal, Portland Museum of Art, Portland ME
Aaron T Stephan, McIninch Art Gallery, Manchester, NH
2013 Second-Hand Utopias, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln MA
Art Handling, Samsøn, Boston MA
Paths, Coleman Burke Gallery, Brunswick ME
2012 Aggressive Uninterest, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland ME
2011 Corporeal, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland ME
2009 Taken Out of Context, Whitney Artworks, Portland ME
Vessels Absent, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor ME
2008 Building Houses/Hiding Under Rocks, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla CA
2007 The Problem with Ladders, Whitney Artworks, Portland ME
2006 Response, Gallery at Solomon Falls, Sol. Falls NH
2005 Full of Theses, Whitney Artworks, Portland ME
2004 Obvious in Repair, Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Hartford CN
2003 Weighing My Options, Space, Portland ME
Group Exhibitions
2022 The View from Here, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
7 Artists, 7 Stations, FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA
2021 Rock Row: Inside and Outside the Box, Rock Row, Westbrook, ME
Simple Twist, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
2020 Cyanotypes, Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME
Tokens of Appreciation, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan WI
2019 10,000 Hours +, Speedwell Projects, Portland, ME
2018 Land-Sc(r)aping, Living Arts, Tulsa, OK
2017 NADA Miami, w/ Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Materiality, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
Construct, Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, ME
The Apartment, Space, Portland ME
2015 Pulse NY Art Fair, with Sienna Gallery, New York, NY
Me, Mona and Mao, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
2014 Untitled Art Fair, with Samsøn, Miami, FL
Self, Engine, Biddeford ME
2012 CMCA Biennial Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport ME
Covet, Sienna Gallery, Lennox, MA
Portes, Mytilene Public Gallery, Mytilene, Greece
Strangers and Others, Pace Galleries at Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, ME
2011 Seeing Is Knowing, Weitz Center at Carlton College, Northfield, MN
Meredyth and Meg Go 3d, Gallery Naga, Boston MA
Above and Below The Line, Pace Galleries at Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, ME
2010 4 In Maine, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland ME
The Imaged Word, Albany Airport Gallery, Albany, NY
The Arch. of Environmental Landscapes, University of New England, Westbrook ME
2009 Three Decades of Contemporary Art, California Center for the Arts, Escondido CA
Collage: Piecing It Together, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Aggregate, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland ME
Just Look at Yourself, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport ME
2008 The Moment at Hand, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan WI
Aggregate, Troy Arts Center, Troy NY
2007 Tiny, Whitney Artworks, Portland ME
The Marriage of True Minds, University of New England, Westbrook ME
Reverence and Reference, Gallery at Solomon Falls, Sol. Falls NH
2006 Time, Filament Gallery, Portland ME
CMCA Biennial Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport ME
2004 Home, DUMBO Art Center, Brooklyn NY
The Persistence of Becoming, Nave Gallery, Somerville MA
3DX4, Icon Gallery, Brunswick ME
2003 Meca Alumni Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland ME
Alter, Filament Gallery, Portland ME
Portland Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland ME
Remains, Lamont Gallery, Exeter NH
Curiosity, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport ME
2002 Plow, Space, Portland ME
2001 The Sacred and Profane, Battery Steele, Peaks Is., Portland ME
In My Back Yard, Yarmouth ME
S. A. D., Deep Listening Space, Kingston NY
Performances/Events
2019 Point of Failure, Portland, ME
2018 Oyster/Block, Athens, GA
2016 I. Make. Stuff., State Theater, Portland, ME
2015 Inside, Outside, Above, Below, Thompson’s Point, Portland, ME
2014 Substance, a series of culinary events at the artist’s home, Portland ME
2011 Another Evening of BS With Aaron T Stephan, Space, Portland ME
2009 Closer, Coleman Burke Gallery, Brunswick ME
2006 Aaron T Stephan Is a Hack, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland ME
2004 Problems and Complexities in Conceptual Art, Space, Portland ME
What Words Become (coll. w/ Chris Holt), Space, Portland ME
& Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport ME
2003 Revisiting Artist Lecture, Stillhouse Theatre Portland, ME
Education
MFA, Maine College of Art, Portland ME 2002
BFA in sculpture, (SUNY) Purchase College, Purchase NY 1996
Post Baccalaureate studies, State University of New York at New Paltz NY 1999
Undergraduate study, Hogeschool Voor Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1994 – 1995
Residencies
Hewnoaks, Lovell, ME 2021
Edenfred Arts Residency, Madison, WI 2012
Kohler Artist-in-Residence, Sheboygan WI 2008
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs NY 2005
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan ME 2002