Aaron Pexa American, b. 1976
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Aaron PexaI Wander the Forest in Search of Mystery, 2020video with soundtrack by Maralie22 minutesedition of 3
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Aaron PexaI Wander the Forest in Search of Mystery Mural: Pink, 2020inkjet print on vinyl6 x 10 feet
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Aaron PexaNeon Poppy, 2020neon38 inches in diameter
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Aaron PexaPoppies Wallpaper, Poppies Neon and Poppies collagraph print (framed), 2020installationdimensions variable
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Aaron PexaBird of Rhiannon, 2017LED light sculpture36 x 36 inches
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Aaron PexaGarden Party Wallpaper, 2017inkjet print on vinyl25.5 x 23 inch repeat
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Aaron PexaHawk of Annwn, 2017LED sculpture36 x 36 inches
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Aaron PexaHound of Annwn, 2017neon sculpture36 x 33 inches
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Aaron PexaThe Lucent Parlor: Chapter I, 2015video with commissioned sound by Maralie; flash drive with prescut tumbler in box40 minutesedition of 3
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Aaron PexaThe Lucent Parlor: Chapter II, 2015video with commissioned sound by Maralie; flash drive with sand cast glass and aluminum box5 minutes, 53 secondsedition of 3
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Aaron PexaThe Lucent Parlor: Console Table, 2015sand cast glass with aluminum and mahogany with hot glass burnt finish30.5 x 31.5 x 10.75 inches
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Aaron PexaThe Lucent Parlor: Damask Wallpaper, 2015ink jet print on vinyl87.5 x 47 inch repeat
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Aaron PexaThe Lucent Parlor: Damask Wallpaper Print, 2015inkjet print, plexi20 x 20 inches; 45 x 45 inches; 50 x 50 inchesedition of 5
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Aaron PexaThe Lucent Parlor: Medallions, 201562 sand cast glass sculptures with aluminumvariables sizes
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Aaron PexaThe Lucent Parlor: Platters, 2015steel mold cast glassvariable sizes
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Aaron PexaThe Lucent Parlor: Sconces, 201550 sand cast glass sconces with aluminum and steel mold cast glass21 x 10 x 3 inches each
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Aaron PexaThe Lucent Parlor: Tumblers, 2015prescut glassvariable sizes
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Aaron PexaBack Door @ the Pendleton: Shadows, 2014video3 minutes, 41 seconds
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Aaron PexaJourney to the Center of the Earth, 2014video4 minutes, 11 seconds
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Aaron PexaParlor Trick, 2014video2 minutes, 49 seconds
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Aaron PexaHands to Touch Molten Glass, 2013video2 minutes, 56 seconds
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Aaron PexaLand of Ruby, 2013video2 minutes, 36 seconds
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Aaron PexaOptic Stamp, 2013video1 minute, 51 seconds
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Aaron PexaRibbon, 2013video4 minutes, 1 second
Aaron Pexa is an American artist and architect whose work manifests curiosity and a sense of bewilderment through projection, optics, and appropriated antique objects. His multimedia works and video fracture and reframe everyday environments through the creation of artifacts, sleight of hand actions, and experimental operations. The video work, in particular, captures and manipulates a series of fleeting moments, framing a fantastical narrative while documenting the process by which artifacts are produced.
While many glass artists focus on the finished product, the polished and perfect object, Pexa focuses on the process and the moment of creation. The incandescent quality of light and the reflective effect of glass are captured in the fleeting moments when glass transforms from liquid to solid. Ideas of beauty placed on objects of perceived cultural worth are abandoned as the object is intentionally destroyed, and in exchange, a new fantastical narrative is created. Also, use of mass production molds from the 19th century mixed with manual techniques produce one-of-a-kind glass objects that create a sense of a time gone by, an object that once was pristine but now fades with a fictional romantic history.
Pexa received his MFA in Glass from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2014. He also holds a dual Masters in Architecture and Urban Design from Washington University in Saint Louis, and Bachelors in Studio Art from Carleton College. Prior to studying glass at RISD, Aaron worked as an architect and urban designer in London and New Orleans. In the fall of 2018, Pexa held a prestigious artist residency at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. In the summer of 2014 he received a travel grant to research glassmaking techniques along Finland's Glass Trail as well as a Chinese Government Scholarship at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou to study Mandarin and promote cross-cultural exchange. He was a 2015 and 2019 Fellow at the Creative Glass Center of America at Wheaton Arts in Millville, New Jersey. The Lucent Parlor videos are in the permanent collections of the Ringling Museum of Art and the Museum of American Glass.
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Aaron Pexa: Garden Party
March 5 - June 30, 2020Cade Tompkins Projects is delighted to announce the presentation of new work by artist Aaron Pexa presented by ZAZ10TS AT 10 Times Square, New York, New York.Read more -
Aaron Pexa: The Lucent Parlor
September 1 - October 31, 2015Cade Tompkins is pleased to announce Aaron Pexa, The Lucent Parlor. A multi-disciplinary artist, Pexa’s new work uses video to document the creation and deterioration of his magnificent glass works...Read more
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OMG Art Faire
Arcadia: Real and Remembered September 30 - October 3, 2021Cade Tompkins Projects is pleased to participate in the debut of OMG Art Faire located in Kingston, New York. Opening Thursday, September 30 and running...Read more -
Art in an Airstream
A satellite presentation at the 2016 International Fine Print Dealers Association Print Fair November 3 - 6, 2016NOVEMBER 3-6, 2016; Thurs-Sat, 12-8pm; Sun 12-5pm; Park Avenue and 67th Street, New York City Cade Tompkins Projects will exhibit works by represented artists with...Read more -
SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2016
Aaron Pexa: The Lucent Parlor March 1 - 7, 2016Cade Tompkins is pleased to announce Aaron Pexa, The Lucent Parlor, a multi-media installation at the cutting-edge and curator-driven SPRING/BREAK Art Show, with the theme...Read more
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Aaron Pexa and Beth Lipman in Craft Front and Center
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY June 7, 2021We are pleased to announce Aaron Pexa and Beth Lipman's inclusion of the video What Can You Do with Glass? created by collections curator Samantha...Read more -
Aaron Pexa, one of 100 Contemporary Glass Artists Selected for NEW GLASS NOW
Corning Museum of Glass June 3, 2019We are pleased to announce that Aaron Pexa 's work, The Lucent Parlor: Chapter I, a video and sound piece was selected for New Glass...Read more -
Aaron Pexa, Artist-in-Residence
Corning Museum of Glass November 29, 2018Aaron Pexa Corning Museum of GlassRead more -
Aaron Pexa: Werifesteria
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA June 21, 2018Aaron Pexa presented a performance at the Chrysler Museum of Art entitled Werifesteria, an Old English term that means to wander longingly through the forest...Read more -
Aaron Pexa: The Spoils of Annwn
Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY May 24, 2017We are pleased to announce a solo exhibition and installation by Aaron Pexa at Urban Glass in Brooklyn, NY. Inspired by a Middle Welsh epic...Read more
Aaron Pexa: Garden Party from ZAZ10TS on Vimeo.
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Cade Tompkins Projects celebrates the opening of the David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care
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Spellbinding Pieces at the 2016 SPRING/BREAK Art Show
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Top Booths at SPRING/BREAK Art Fair
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Sitings
Sitings: RISD Museum, February 20, 2014