Jeffrey Aaronson
Jeffrey Aaronson was born in Hollywood and raised in southern California. He attended the University of California Santa Barbara and upon graduating moved to Aspen, Colorado where he purchased his first camera. Soon after he began photographing, Jeffrey met mentors, Ernst Haas and Franz Berko, both pioneers in the art of color photography, who supported and encouraged his passion.
Jeffrey’s photographic career began in world of magazines where he worked on assignment for numerous publications from Vanity Fair and TIME to Rolling Stone and The New York Times Magazine. In 2001 he chose a new direction, departing from the tradition of documentary work and moving to a more narrative and conceptually based approach. Since that transition, he has devoted all his energy to long-term personal art projects, which allow him to express a more private vision.
Aaronson’s work has been exhibited in the US, Europe and the Middle East and is represented in numerous private and public collections. In January 2011, Aaronson was recognized by the Forward Thinking Museum as Artist of the Year for his series, Borderland. In addition, Borderland was nominated for the Santa Fe Prize in 2008 as well as selected for Critical Mass’s Top 50. This same work was also included in a group exhibition, HomeLessHome, at the Museum on the Seam in Jerusalem. In 2011 his series Driving Desire was nominated for the Santa Fe Prize and in 2012, work from Driving Desire was exhibited at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and purchased for their permanent collection.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
• 2010 Fabrik Projects, Los Angeles
• 2008 Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich
• 2008 Leonard Ruethmueller, Basel
• 2008 SUNY, Ammerman Campus, New York
• 2007 Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, New York
• 2006 Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, New York
• 2005 Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, New York
• 2004 Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Geneva
• 2004 Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich
• 2003 Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Geneva
• 2003 Gallery Kashya Hildebrand, New York
• 2002 David Floria Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
Selected Group Exhibitions
• 2015 Museum of the City of New York; The Great Race
• 2012 Santa Barbara Museum of Art
• 2010 Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
• 2008 Art Miami
• 2005 Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Gstaad
• 2004 Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Geneva
• 2004 Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich
• 2002 Grand Central Station
• 1998 Berkeley Art Museum
• 1991 International Center of Photography
Awards and Honors
• Nominee Santa Fe Prize, 2011, 2008
• Forward Thinking Museum Artist of the Year, 2010
• Finalist Critical Mass, 2008
• American Photography, 2002, 1997
• Communication Arts, 2000, 1996, 1993
• Graphis, 2002, 1997
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