BIO
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| Aric Mayer was born and raised in Kenya, East Africa. He earned an M.F.A. in Painting from Pratt Institute and a B.S. in Psychology from John Brown University. Mayer's clients and publications include Sony Entertainment, MTV Networks/Comedy Central, The Wall Street Journal, Columbia Journalism Review, McSweeney's, Harper's Bazaar, Seventeen Magazine, Volume, Public Culture, Hammacher Schlemmer, The Fashion Institute of Technology, The Studio Museum of Harlem, and Bomb Magazine where he has been a contributor since 2004. Mayer won the Time Inc. President's Award for in 2002 for his magazine production work at People Magazine on September 11 and 12, 2001. SELECT EXHIBITIONS/MUSEUM COMMISSIONS The Studio Museum In Harlem, New York City, NY, 2008 and 2006 - Commissioned twice to make bodies of photographs in Harlem for publication in Studio, the journal of The Studio Museum In Harlem. Gallery Bienvenu, New Orleans, LA, 2006 - "Balance + Disorder: A Response to Hurricane Katrina and the Photographic Landscape." Solo exhibition of photographs to commemorate the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA, 2006 - "The Shop Of Wild Dreams." Theatrical debut of a 58-minute film created in collaboration with The Tiptons and Danijel Zezelj. Presented with a live painting performance and live music. Supported by grants from the King County Arts Commission and the Seattle Arts Commission. Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, New York City, New York, 2005"Adieu: A Farewell Exhibition." Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, New York City, New York, 2003"SYLVA (‘silve) [L. silva a wood, forest, woodland.] A Tree Show." SELECT PUBLICATIONS/LECTURES “Representing the Unrepresentable: Locating the Political in the Viewer-Image Exchange,” at Aesthetics of Catastrophe symposium, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2009 “Aesthetics of Catastrophe,” a lecture on trauma and the media experience given at the Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Seattle, WA, 2009 “Aesthetics of Catastrophe,” a portfolio of images published in Volume, a joint publication of ARCHIS and the Columbia Laboratory for Architectural Broadcasting, 2009 “Advertising, Publishing and Death: The Aesthetics and Avoidances of For-Profit-Publishing,” as an invited grant recipient at the National Communication Association National Convention, San Diego, CA, 2008 “The Aesthetics of Catastrophe,” Public Culture 20:2, Duke University. 2008 "On the Strategies of Depicting Genocide, Famine, War and Disaster," Lecture on Visual Rhetorics, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, 2008 “Hurricane Katrina: A Photographer's Notes On Photojournalism, Aesthetics, and the Market for News,” as part of the Visual Democracy: Image Circulation and Political Culture Conference at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2007 "The Post-Documentary Landscape," APA/Apple Image Makers Series, SoHo Apple Store, New York City, NY, 2007 "Hurricane Katrina," Visiting Educator, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, 2006 Mayer is a member of the Board of Directors of the Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute as well as a contributing photographer for Conservation Northwest, working in support of legislation to protect Washington's environment. |
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