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.
Blake Senini
Blake Senini is one of Alberta’s most highly regarded sculptors. Blake was born in 1954 on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Victoria in Sculpture in 1975 and his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Calgary in 1981. Blake is the recipient of numerous awards and has exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally, for over 40 years. Blake lives and works in Calgary, Alberta and is a Professor Emeritus of the Sculpture Department at the Alberta College of Art and Design.
For Gods Only...
I am, at this point, just following somewhere that the work seems to direct me, and it is a place, in terms of Sculpture or Art, that I desire to be...I just let work go
where it wants to...and the more I get into these things, the more they take me into
ideas and areas unknown previously...all I have to do is follow, and believe that where
they are going is interesting ...funny thing is, they always surprise me...and the more I
let them have their way... the more they talk back to me, and eventually show me the path...I just have to remember to get out of the way.
There you have
it ...that is my art.
Jan. 01 / 2021
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Artist Statement
A stream of smoke from the tip of a cigarette
a stain left on a countertop from a cup of coffee in the morning
a fountain of spirits pouring from a bottle in the evening
a shadow faithfully following someone or something through a field
a fleeting sound that passes by undecipherable to all ears
a mysterious light flickering over the water
a lost forgotten object hiding under a table somewhere
a past memory that struggles to be reborn
a nervous bird on the branch of a tree in the wind
a photograph from the past that remains unknown
a loved one that can still remember the words to that song
a longing to believe in something larger than this
a last breath of life from a long time friend
these are some of the things that interest me …at this moment
Jan. 30 / 2021
