Aaron Hoffman
Aaron Hoffman is an artist living and working in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. His practice encompasses installation, site intervention, digital media, and sculpture. Hoffman’s art probes the intricacies of survival, absurdity, and the interconnection between identity and sexuality. Aaron’s work has been exhibited in solo and group shows in Australia and overseas. He holds a masters in visual art from the University of Melbourne and is currently pursuing a PhD at Deakin University.
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EDUCATION
2020 PHD, Deakin University, Geelong VIC (in progress)
2019 MFA Master of Fine Arts Victorian College of the Arts VIC
2016 BA Fine Arts (Visual Art) Honors Victorian College of the Arts VIC
2015 BA Fine Arts (Visual Art) Victorian College of the Arts VIC
2005 BA Design (Visual Communication), Monash University VIC
PROFESSIONAL
2020-24 Lecturer, Deakin University
2020 Co-curator: Presencing, The Project Space, Deakin University, Geelong
2020 Curator: Not Home, Sandbox Gallery VIC (with Anne S. Wilson)
2015-17 Committee member at KINGS Artist-Run Initiative, Melbourne
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 SLIP SET TRAP, Sorse Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2022 Case Sensitive, Sandbox Studios, Melbourne, Australia
2021 San Francisco Screaming, Sandbox Studios, Melbourne, Australia
2021 (1911-2010), Sandbox Studios, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Vent, Sutton Project Space, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Up right, Blacked out, Kings Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2015 Transfer, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne, Australia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Closet, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, Bundaberg Australia
2023 A Hand in the Water, The Wandering Room VIC
2023 Art School Confidential, Deakin University Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2022 Victoria Street VIC 2022, The Wandering Room, Melbourne VIC
2022 After Walter Hopps, Platform Arts, Geelong, Australia
2020 Presencing, The Project Space, Deakin University, Geelong VIC
2020 Not Home, Sandbox Gallery VIC
2019 New Agency, New Agency VIC
2018 VCA Masters Graduate Exhibition VICn College of the Arts VIC
2018 Window Shopping, Soft Infrastructure, Melbourne Fringe, Glenroy VIC
2016 VCA Honors Graduate Exhibition Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne VIC
2016 Push, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2016 Ocean/Oceano, Hilo Galería, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2016 Room/Body, Kings Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2016 Hatched, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth WA
2016 DEBUT XII, Blindside Gallery, Melbourne VIC (upcoming)
2015 VCA Graduate Exhibition VICn College of the Arts VIC
2015 Majlis Travelling Scholarship, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Southbank VIC
2014 Signal, Melbourne University, Parkville VIC
2014 Proud, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Southbank VIC
2013 Proud, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Southbank VIC
COMMISSIONS
2014 Untitled (Cell), Signal Festival, University of Melbourne VIC
AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS
2023 Creative Spaces Studio Program, River Studios
2021 Regional Arts Victoria Grant
2020 Sandbox Gallery Studio residency
2020 Deakin University PhD Scholarship
2018 ART 150 Fellowship
2016 Sutton Emerging Artist Award
2015 Majlis Encouragement Award
2015 Majlis Travelling Scholarship – Finalist
2014 Yvonne Cohen Sculpture Scholarship
2014 Judges award for best work, Proud
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 Art School Confidential, Exhibition Publication
2018 VCA School of Art Graduates, Graduate Catalogue
2016 Precinct 2016, Graduate Catalogue
2016 Hatched 2016, Exhibition Publication
2016 DEBUT XII, Exhibition Publication
2015 Precinct 2015, Graduate Catalogue
LECTURES, TALKS, CONFERENCES
2019 Body of Knowledge, Deakin University, Burwood VIC