Aaron Garber-Maikovska

Aaron Garber-Maikovska was born in Washington D.C., in 1978). He lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.


Aaron Garber-Maikovska's work pushes the boundaries of traditional painting as his somatic experience heavily informs his creative process. His artistic practice is a reflection of the interdependence between his physical body and the work he produces. The Los Angeles-based artist employs various techniques to produce richly textured and vibrantly coloured abstract compositions. In his paintings, he creates fields of colour that blend and interact with each other, juxtaposed with a single continuous line. He describes this line as a character that he improvises with, bringing the bi-dimensional surface to life in a way that echoes his somatic approach to creating art. Garber-Maikovska's approach to painting is deeply intuitive, with the artist surrendering himself to the flow of his intuition and allowing his impulses to guide his hand. His fluted poly works become a physical manifestation of his innermost thoughts and feelings, with each brush stroke representing a gesture imbued with a personal yet universal meaning.


Garber-Maikovska's work is in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis;Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; Long Museum, Shanghai.

Biography

Solo exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2023
PRC, Valley Step, MASSIMODECARLO, Hong Kong
I, Lost Corner Lot Play, MASSIMODECARLO
2022
J, Cushion of Air, Blum & Poe, Tokyo
2021
B, Wilson’s Corner (Open Range), CLEARING Gallery, Brussels
I, Yucaipa, MASSIMODECARLO, Milano
2020
USA, 4 from 3 dancers, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
2019
UK, Daughter, Massimo De Carlo, London
2018
F, Homebirth, High Art, Paris
USA, Postpartum, CLEARING, New York
2017
USA, 2017, CLEARING, New York
2016
USA, Aaron Garber-Maikovska, CLEARING, New York
F, Jizzle, High Art, Paris
2015
USA, Sidesteps and Outlets, Greene Exhibitions, Los Angeles
N, Being Near Comedy, Standard, Oslo
2014
N, Being One and then Sum, Standard, Oslo
2013
USA, Fast Red Lobster, Greene Exhibitions, Los Angeles
2012
USA, Counter Moves, Greene Exhibitions, Los Angeles
USA, BIGZONE - everything #1, JB Jurve, Los Angeles
2011
USA, IMOM-M (improvisational man of mid midwest), Green Gallery, Milwaukee
2010
USA, capezio, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles
2009
USA, Timeshares, Parker Jones Gallery, Los Angeles
2008
USA, The Balmoral, Los Angeles
CDN, Sales Calls, Blanket Gallery, Vancouver
2004
USA, German Fratboy and His Golden Trout, Dangerous Curve Gallery, Los Angeles
Group exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2023
USA, Maiden Voyage, C L E A R I N G, New York
J, Signposts of the World - Dangerous Modern Art. Taguchi Art Collection, Nariwa Museum, Takahashi
2021
I, Bodywork: Discomfort and Existence, MASSIMODECARLO, Milano
F, Grand Ménage, C L E A R I N G, Paris
USA, OFTEN VARY NEVER CHANGE, C L E A R I N G, New York
ROK, High Art x VSF, Various Small Fires, Seoul
2020
USA, Life Still, CLEARING, New York
B, The Secret Life of Lobsters, Clearing, Knokke-Heist
USA, 5,471 mile, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
USA, At The Noyes House Blum & Poe, Mendes Wood DM and Object & Thing, The Eliot Noyes House, New Canaan
2019
B, L’âge de Raison, CLEARING, Bruxelles
USA, Dog Days, Clearing, New York
USA, Feel the Sun in Your Mouth: Recent Acquisitions, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
USA, Some Trees, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles
2018
S, L.A. Dreams, CFHILL, Stockholm
2017
D, Summerfest 2017, Max Hetzler Gallery, Berlin
USA, 43 E 78th St, CLEARING, New York
USA, Marching to the beat, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
F, I’m Nobody!, High Art, Paris
F, Peindre comme je bouge, les Abattoirs, Toulouse
USA, Abstract / Not Abstract, Moore Building, Miami
2016
USA, Bodacioussss, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
USA, Home Depot, Dxix Projects, Venice
USA, A scratching not a biting, Bureau, New York
2015
USA, The Daily Show, Bureau, New York
MX, Coleccion Jumex, In Girum Imus Nocte et Consumimur Igni, Museo Jumex, Mexico City
USA, Marlborough Lights, Marlborough Broome Street, New York
HK, 1,000 Islands, Simon Lee, Hong Kong
USA, Picture the Cricket's Legs Apart, Kavi Gupta, Chicago
USA, The subjects of the artists, Michael Tibault, Los Angeles
2014
USA, The Space Between Us, Fahrenheit, Flax Foundation, Los Angeles
USA, Special Madness, David Shelton Gallery, Houston

Bibliography

Year
Author, Publication Title, Date
2021
Santidrian Mas, Helena, Artnet, May
Ambrose, James, émergent magazine, May
Pergolizzi, Tommaso, Lifestar, April
Tenaglia, Francesco, il Foglio, April
2020
Hyperallergic.com, October, 5
Villa, Angelica, ArtMarketMonitor.com, September, 11
Dambrot, Shana, LAWeekly.com, August, 20
Dambrot, Shana, LAWeekly.com, September, 9
EmergentMag.com, September
ArteFuse.com,, September
2019
Sanson, Anna, The Art Newspaper, April
2018
Time Out New York, November
Artland, May
Vogel, Maria, Art of Choice, December
2017
Schachter, Kenny, Artnet News, July
Schachter, Kenny, Artnet News, July
Reyburn, Scott, The New York Times, April
Heinrich, Will, New York Times, February
2016
Goldstein, Andrew, Artspace, October
Mahoney, Alice Marie, ArtList, May
Whittaker, Iona, Art Review, March
Howard, Ellie, Elephant, October
Maneker, Marion, Art Market Monitor, 8 February
2015
Gabrielsen, Stian, Kunstkritikk, 9 September
Lesmoir-Gordon, Laura, Artnet News, 23 July
Mahoney, Alice, Art Market Monitor, 8 July
Griffin, Jonathan, Contemporary Art Review LA (CARLA), 28 May
2014
Garber-Maikovska, Aaron, Aaron Garber-Maikovska: Being One And Then Sum
Zevitas, Steven, Huffington Post Arts and Culture, 16 December
Tumlir, Jan, Being One and Then Sum
Bloch, Sam, ALAC Journal. Art Los Angeles Contemporary, 2 February
Tang, Ed, Christie's: The Art People, 17 November

Public collections

Country
Location
China
Long Museum, Shanghai
France
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris
Japan
Taguchi Art Collection
United States of America
Espacio 1414, The Berezdivin Collection, Puerto Rico
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Pérez Art Museum, Miami
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

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