Aron Hill
Aron Hill currently lives and works in Calgary, Alberta. He graduated from Alberta College of Art and Design in 2000 with a BFA in Interdisciplinary studies. He then completed his MFA at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His work there evolved into installation based projects using traditional drawing and painting methods alongside formal sculptural elements, large format photography and text based work. He has recently been focused on formalist paintings that recall aspects of minimalism and color field paintings though with references to the figure throughout. He finds conceptual company in the late Modernist paintings produced particularly in Canada. The choice of a restricted medium, acrylic ink washes on prepared raw canvas, forces restraint. The work's graphic nature relies on the sheer flatness this medium produces. Aron has exhibited internationally, occasionally lectures, and writes.
Aron Hill
Aron Hill currently lives and works in Calgary, Alberta. He graduated from Alberta College of Art and Design in 2000 with a BFA in Interdisciplinary studies. He then completed his MFA at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His work there evolved into installation based projects using traditional drawing and painting methods alongside formal sculptural elements, large format photography and text based work. He has recently been focused on formalist paintings that recall aspects of minimalism and color field paintings though with references to the figure throughout. He finds conceptual company in the late Modernist paintings produced particularly in Canada. The choice of a restricted medium, acrylic ink washes on prepared raw canvas, forces restraint. The work's graphic nature relies on the sheer flatness this medium produces. Aron has exhibited internationally, occasionally lectures, and writes.
Mohammad Abbasi
Biography
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts
University of Alberta | 2021 – 2023
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Master of Art in Painting
Tehran Azad University | 2011 – 2013
Tehran, Iran
Bachelor of Science in Surveying Engineering
Zanjan University | 2006 – 2011
Zanjan, Iran
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 The Home | FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
2019 The Boat | Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2018 Where is in the Moment? | Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Midsummer Reception | Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
2023 Lumen | O Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2022 Land as Muse: Contemporary Art Concepts from Edmonton / 34th Annual Members’ Show
Harcourt House Artist Run Centre, Edmonton, Canada
2022 The Thin Wall | FAB Gallery, Department of Art and Design, Edmonton, Canada
2020 Rally | Soo Contemporary, Tehran, Iran
2020 Spiting Plato Re Architecture | Inja-gallery, Tehran, Iran
2018 Summer Collection | Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2018 Selection of New Generation Painters | Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2013 Mat | Amol Private Art School, Amol, Iran
2012 Mental Spaces | Maan Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
AWARDS & HONOURS
Edmonton Art Council Individuals Grant, 2024
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Scholarship (Second Grant), 2024
Alberta Foundation for the Arts Graduate Scholarship, 2022
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Scholarship, 2021
Harriet Snowball Winspear Graduate Scholarship, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, 2021
University of Alberta Graduate Recruitment Scholarship, 2021
Selected Painter of the New Generation, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2018
PUBLISHED BOOKLETS & CATALOGS
Shabgir, Biweekly Publication of 17 Paintings, No. 2, 2021
Solo Painting Exhibition Booklet and Catalog, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2018
Works of New Generation of Iranian Painters, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2017