Aaron Kramer
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b. b. 1963, Chicago, Illinois
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Neiman Marcus Corporation, Dallas, TX
Corus Bank, Chicago, IL
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 Beyond The Basket, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Aaron Kramer, Featured Artist, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Lakefront Arts Festival, Milwaukee, WI
Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO
Venice Art Walk, Open Studio, Venice, CA
Sausalito Fine Arts Festival, Sausalito, CA
Sculpture to Wear Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
The Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA
2004-05 Aaron Kramer, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
2004 Zedd, San Francisco, CA
2003 Sausalito Fine Arts Festival, Sausalito, CA
Venice Art Walk, Open Studio, Venice, CA
Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003-05 Mixture, San Diego, CA
2003-04 Cirque du Soleil, Montreal, Canada
2002 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
2001-02 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
2001 Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999-02 American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
1994-04 New Morning Gallery, Asheville, NC
1994-05 Show of Hands Gallery, Denver, CO
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2003 Arizona Republic, March
2002 Metalsmith Magazine, September
2001 The New York Times, February
1998 Chicago Sun Times, September
1997 Chicago Tribune, June
1995 The Reader, May
1994 Ornament, January
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Motto: Trash is the failure of imagination.
My sculptural work is of a woven or constructed nature. By exploring the intersection between the found and fabricated I seek a deeper understanding of the transcendent nature of ordinary objects. I work primarily in recycled materials. Street sweeper bristles are acquired as scrap from a company that re-bristles used brooms for municipalities. These are woven over armatures of thin wire that I have welded into unique forms. I also take found objects and improve upon them to create new and intriguing inventions. Reclaimed hardwoods, coffee stirrers, bottle caps, buttons or tin can lids are ripe for re-invention. Objects that I create have an organic soul trapped within a venerated facade.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Neiman Marcus Corporation, Dallas, TX
Corus Bank, Chicago, IL
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 Beyond The Basket, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Aaron Kramer, Featured Artist, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Lakefront Arts Festival, Milwaukee, WI
Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO
Venice Art Walk, Open Studio, Venice, CA
Sausalito Fine Arts Festival, Sausalito, CA
Sculpture to Wear Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
The Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA
2004-05 Aaron Kramer, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
2004 Zedd, San Francisco, CA
2003 Sausalito Fine Arts Festival, Sausalito, CA
Venice Art Walk, Open Studio, Venice, CA
Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003-05 Mixture, San Diego, CA
2003-04 Cirque du Soleil, Montreal, Canada
2002 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
2001-02 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
2001 Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999-02 American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
1994-04 New Morning Gallery, Asheville, NC
1994-05 Show of Hands Gallery, Denver, CO
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2003 Arizona Republic, March
2002 Metalsmith Magazine, September
2001 The New York Times, February
1998 Chicago Sun Times, September
1997 Chicago Tribune, June
1995 The Reader, May
1994 Ornament, January
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Motto: Trash is the failure of imagination.
My sculptural work is of a woven or constructed nature. By exploring the intersection between the found and fabricated I seek a deeper understanding of the transcendent nature of ordinary objects. I work primarily in recycled materials. Street sweeper bristles are acquired as scrap from a company that re-bristles used brooms for municipalities. These are woven over armatures of thin wire that I have welded into unique forms. I also take found objects and improve upon them to create new and intriguing inventions. Reclaimed hardwoods, coffee stirrers, bottle caps, buttons or tin can lids are ripe for re-invention. Objects that I create have an organic soul trapped within a venerated facade.