Aron Gent (Born 1985) is an artist, gallerist and professional print maker residing in Chicago, IL. He received a degree from Columbia College Chicago and has been a lecturer and educator at the Art Institute of Chicago, Milwaukee institute of Art and Design, the Hyde Park Art Center and Columbia College Chicago. Gent is a co-founder of MDW Fair, Director/Founder of the printing/exhibition space DOCUMENT and a board member for the ACRE Residency. Gent’s work is in the collection of the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago and has been exhibited at the Hyde Park Art Center, Addison Gallery of American Art, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Chicago Cultural Center, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore and the Kohler Arts Center.
Education
Columbia College, Chicago, IL 2007
Selected Shows
2015
“Island Princes Drawings” Baby Grand, Detroit, MI (Solo)
2014
“Pure Pictures, Perfect Prints” Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL (Solo)
2013
“The Kids Are All Right” Addison Gallery of American Art / The Weatherspoon Art Museum
“SHIT IS REAL” Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
2012
“Sea Change” Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
“The Kids Are All Right” Kohler Arts Center, Kohler, WI
“Sic Transit Gloria Mundi: Industry of the Ordinary” Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
“Circa 1970” Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011
“Isaz: Ice is Barks of Rivers” The Hills Esthetic Center, Chicago, IL
“Write Now” Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
“Mutualisms” Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
“Not Quite as Good Because of You” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL(Solo)
“Try Harder” (curated by Jason Lazarus) Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
“New New Chicagoans” Version Festival 11, Chicago, IL
2010
“20th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial 2010″(Julie Rodrigues Widholm) Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
“Remembering the Future” The Hills Esthetic Center, Chicago,IL
“Banshee” Johalla Projects, Chicago, IL
“Closer” Visionaris’10, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
“Territories” Zhou B Center, Chicago,IL
“Aldermen Project: 50 Aldermen/50 Artists” Johalla Projects, Chicago, IL
“Trendbeheer Meets Proximity” Singer Sweatshop, Rotterdam, NL
2009
“39 Verbs” Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Super Bad Ass” Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
“Re-Collect” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
“Australia” Concertina Gallery, Chicago, IL
“ArtFutura” (James Rondeau) Chicago Apparel Center, Chicago, IL
“Immodest Proposals” Version Festival, Chicago, IL
“Welcome to My Walled Multi-Cultural Military City” Next Art Fair, Chicago, IL
”Trendbeheer Presents” Rotterdam Hofplein ‚ Rotterdam, Netherlands
2008
“I Know What You Did Last Summer” Harold Arts, Chicago, IL
“Are We There Yet” (Dawoud Bey) Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
“Are We There Yet” (Dawoud Bey) GASP Project Space, Boston, MA
2007
“Through the Looking Glass” Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburg, PA
“National Competition” (Mia Fineman) Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
“25th Anniversary Show” (Anne Wilkes Tucker) Houston Center For Photography, Houston, TX
“The 43rd Annual Versionfest Photographic Invitational” Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL
“Photocentric Biennial” (Lisa Hostetler) Minnesota Center For Photography, Minneapolis, MN
Books and Publications
New City Chicago
Proximity Magazine
Chicago Tribune
About Her, 6×6 Columbia college photography series
Lumpen Magazine, #106, #107
Flash Forward 2007, Magenta Publishing Foundation
Collections
Milwaukee Art Museum
Art Institute of Chicago