biraaron

Aaron Bir

Brooklyn NY aaronbir.com

I am an artist living in Brooklyn, NY. I have been a professional illustrator, cartoonist, and painter
since 2009. I was primarily self-taught through a handful of years of failed training at the School of
Fine Art at Ohio University in Athens, OH.

A memory or hope, grief, or a simple gesture of intimacy, trinkets and tchotchkes serve us by calling elemental and spiritual forces into physical being. I want to elevate these objects of personal affection (my own trinkets and those of others and objectification in the abstract) to the magical standing of idolatry, or a place to speak from where the imprint speaks for the object.

ART SHOWS

• MUSEUM OF COMIC AND CARTOONING ART FESTIVAL, New York, NY, 2011
• EAST AUSTIN STUDIO TOUR, Austin, T X 2011 - 2013
• THE PHOENIX, Austin, T X 2011 to 2013
• AUSTIN NERD CAVE SHOWCASE, Austin, T X 2012
• MONSTER BASH, Austin T X 2012
• ART HOP, Georgetown T X 2013
• HAPPY TRAILS, Austin T X 2014
• GROUP SHOW, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn NY 2018

MURALS

• “HISTORY OF NAVIGATION” Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Fairborn, OH, 2017
• “EPIC TALES OF ANCIENT INDIA” The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin T X, 2017

RESIDENCIES

• ECHOWOOD, 2007-2008. Delhi, TX
• GLASS CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNIT Y, 2009, Tyler ,T X

PROFESIONAL

• ART DIRECTOR - Grayhaven Comics, 2010 - 2011
• CURATOR - The Phoenix Trades Depot, Austin T X, 2011 - 2013
• LEAD DESIGNER - Good Horse Records, Austin T X, 2014
• PRODUCTION ARTIST – Strong Events, Austin T X, 2016