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.
Upcoming Exhibition
Rhys Douglas Farrell
LUMINANCE
November 22 |2025 to January 10 |2026
Rhys Douglas Farrell received his Bachelor of Fine Arts (major in Painting) from the Alberta University of the Arts in 2016. Farrell was the recipient of a painting scholarship from the University where he was also the Representative for the Painting Department and the Director of the Student Gallery. He was signed on with the Herringer Kiss Gallery when still a student and his first solo show was named by Canadian Art Magazine as a “Must See”. He was then featured in a 7 page spread in Branded Magazine in the summer 2016 and in 2019, Farrell was the recipient of the Alumni Horizon Award from AUArts. Farrell has completed a number of public art projects including Telus Spark Science Center, Beltline Urban Mural Project, the City of Calgary and a number of private commissions. His work has been aggressively collected by private and corporate collections alike and he has completed five international residencies with Pinea & Linea De Costa A.I.R program in Spain, Graniti Murales in Sicily, TARP Program in Kuala Lumpur with Taksu Gallery and Jupiter Fab Artist Residency in Guadalajara, Mexico. His works can be seen at Hello Sunshine Restaurant in Banff, Lonely Mouth Restaurant in Calgary and he recently placed a diptych at the Ford Motor Company’s Visitor Centre outside Detroit, Michigan.
In Luminance, Rhys Douglas Farrell invites viewers into a radiant world where light becomes rhythm, color becomes experience, and perception itself begins to shimmer and shift. Drawing from the legacies of 1960s Op Art and the chromatic sophistication of color theory, Farrell transforms visual space into a pulsating field of optical sensation - part painting, part vibration, part dream.
Inspired by the crystalline structures of light and the glossy nostalgia of Japanese City Pop, Luminance hums with a musical energy. Each work fractures color into prismatic harmonies, like refracted sound. The compositions pulse with layered moiré patterns, oscillating frequencies, and radiant hues that seem to breathe within the gallery.
Luminance is both analytical and emotional, rooted in the psychology of painting. Farrell's recent tarot card reading added a layer of intuition and symbolism, shaping the emotional and spiritual rhythm that runs through this series. Farrell focuses on his research and knowledge while making educated explorations and decisions resulting in new discoveries.
Luminance is not simply a viewing experience, it is a perceptual performance. Farrell offers a contemporary meditation on beauty, sensory overload, and the transcendence found in color’s infinite spectrum.
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