Aran McCormick is a multi disciplinary artist, with practices in painting as well as combine and assemblage art. Relying on skills attuned in design, construction, drafting and drawing, Aran conceptualizes the amalgamation of vintage and new, simultaneously nostalgic and surreal, to create art that is unusual yet aesthetically interesting. Introducing accents of paint or other coloured items along with hardware, industrial objects, or the otherwise mundane, highlights the assemblage of objects enhancing the overall composition. His art plays with tension, weight, physics, composition and colour, ascribing new context and meaning to the subjects and their relationship with each other.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) University of Calgary (2014)
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) with Distinction, Alberta College of Art & Design (ACAD) (2012)
Awards
ACAD Board of Governors Award (2012)
HAIGHT GALLERY New York Trip Scholarship (2012/2013)
ACAD Painting Second and Third Year Awards (2010, 2011)
Jason Lang Scholarship (2010, 2011, 2012)
Solo Exhibits
Object More. A More Object Show by Aran McCormick. Contemporary Art Gallery of Calgary, ACAD, Calgary, AB (2012)
Group and Professionally Curated Exhibits
Soul Summits, featuring Betty Schnell, Karin Richter, Aran McCormick, Valerie Speer and Tina Lindegaard. The Marjarie Wood Gallery, Kerrywood Nature Centre, Red Deer, AB (2015)
Real Time Art, Forms of Sound Festival, University of Alberta, AB (2015)
Soul Summits, featuring Betty Schnell, Karin Richter, Aran McCormick, Valerie Speer and Tina Lindegaard. Akokiniskway Gallery, Rosebud, AB (2015)
IN DUST: REAL, featuring Aran McCormick and Joanne MacDonald. Curated by Colleen Sharpe. PASSAGE at the Dominion Bridge Building owned by New Urban Development. Calgary, AB (2013)
Homecoming: Reflecting on Rosebud, Akokiniskiway Gallery, Rosebud, AB (2013)
Draw till you drop figurative drawing show. The Gorilla House, Calgary, AB (2013)
Billistophobe, The Closet Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, AB (2012)
Forests: Art Exhibit, Wide Open Spce, Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre, Revelstoke, BC (2012)
Outside the Box, The Inside Gallery, Calgary, AB (2012)
Wide Open Spaces, Prairies & Badlands of Alberta, Akokiniskiway Gallery, Rosebud, AB (2011)
One Night Stand, Eau Claire Market, Calgary, AB (2011)
A Youth Wasted: The Artwork of Barrett Long (2011)
Studio 21: Fine Arts Gallery, stART Exhibition, Halifax, NS (2011)
Total Kunst, The Velvet at the Grand, Calgary, AB (2011)
The Gaggle of Artists, The Marquee Room, The Uptown Stage and Screen, Calgary, AB (2010)
The God Show II, The Sugar Shack, Calgary, AB (2010)
Featured artist at The Royal Sproule Gallery, Rosebud, AB (2010)
Menagerie, One Minute Happiness Gallery, curated by Clement Yeh, Calgary, AB (2005)
Daniel Sponagle Centre for Contemporary Art & Mischief, Calgary, AB (2002)
The Glass Raven Gallery, Chemainus, BC (1994-1996)
Artisans Gallery, Calgary, AB (1995)
Artist Assistant
Assisted Laura Vickerson, “Luxe”, The Art Gallery of Alberta, The Alberta Biennial. Designing, Upholstery, Installation. Edmonton, AB (2013)
Teaching
The Rosebud School of the Arts, Rosebud, AB. Two day course teaching practice of found object sculptures, assemblage and combine art (2013)
Radio/Television
Terri Trembath. New Exhibit is Destiny for Artist. Interviewed by Teri Trembath, CBC [TV and Radio Braodcast] Calgary, AB (February 15, 2014)
Print/Media
FFWD (Fast Forward Newspaper, Calgary, AB) “The places you’ll go” (2014)
Innovative arts spaces are all about community, by Cadence Mandybura (July 10, 2014)
Freq. magazine words and photos by Jamie Booth Cundy (2014)
http://www.freqmagazine.com/2014/06/freq-hi-five-22/
Ramsay: Calgary’s FFQ Industrial District by Richard White (February 16, 2014)
http://everydaytourist.ca/blog/2014/2/15/ramsay-is-rad
Alberta College of Art & Design Catalyst, 2011 / Issue no. 2, Awarding Excellence
The Chronicle Herald, Arts & Life, Friday April 1, 2011. Studio 21 exhibits art from students across Canada. Written by Elissa Barnard
http://thechronicleherald.ca/ArtsLife/1236151.html
Strathmore Standard, March 17, 2010. New Gallery in Rosebud. Written by Royal Sproule. Canoe National News Stand, Publication: http://www.strathmorestandard.com/ - Page 23. Publisher: Strathmore Standard [E-editions | Community | 2010-03-17
Alberta College of Art & Design Catalyst, Spring 2010 / Issue No. 3, Awarding Excellence, Calgary, AB
The Northern Pen, Section A, page 10, August 13, 1996. Young Albertan choosing to live life without a schedule. Written by Terry Roberts, Saint Anthony, NL.