Aaron Wexler is an artist based in New York

New York

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Wexler was born in Philadelphia. He makes layered acrylic

Acrylic paint

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 and paper

Paper

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 collage

Collage

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s on surfaces of panel and paper. His work features a mixture of figurative

Figurative art

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 and abstract

Abstract art

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 imagery, and real and imagined spaces.

He received his MFA

Master of Fine Arts

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 in painting

Painting

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 and drawing

Drawing

Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...

 from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago in 1999.

Selected exhibitions

1999

• Post MFA, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago

2000

• Minimal Provocations, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago,
• Flat Files, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn

2001

• FFWD Miami, Contemporary Art Fair, Miami
• The Willow House, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago

2002

• Gecenkondu, Apexart, New York

2003

• Team Work, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia

2004

• Aaron Wexler & Colin Keefe, PS122 Gallery, New York

2005

• No Apology For Breathing, Jack The Pelican Presents, Brooklyn

2006

• The New Collage, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
• 181st Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, The National Academy Museum, New York

2008

• One In The Other Gallery, London
• Josee Bienveunu Gallery, New York

External links

• Aaron Wexler’s blog
• Aaron Wexler on ArtFacts.net
• Artist’s official site
• Aaron Wexler on Re-Title.com
• Further information from the Saatchi Gallery