Aaron Wrinkle
Born June 28th, 1978


EDUCATION

MFA, California Institute of the Arts, 2008
BFA Painting, Kansas City Art Institute, 2004



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Delving, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, February 2008

Restoration in Progress-Sculpture and Plaster Paintings, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, November 2006

Map and Model with the added theme of Nirvana, Opie Gallery- Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri, April 2004


COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS

City Fields for Now, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, April 2006

Portside Residency Exhibition, Yellow Freight Warehouse, Corpus Christi, Texas, September 2005

Urban Culture Project Residency Exhibition, The Bank, Kansas City, Missouri, July 2005

Never Eat Soggy Waffles/Piratical Allegories, with Burak Duvenci, Lynn Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri, March 2005

A Hairy Tale, with Anthony Baab and Naoko Wowsugi, Fahrenheit Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, February 2004


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

No Right Beast, By Jonah Olsen, The Women's Building, Los Angeles, Ca, 2009

Darketh Cometh, Liz Glynn, 6th Street, Winter Solstice Performance in the Garden, 2008

Group Show Without Andre Butzer, Jonah Olsen, The Women's Building, Los Angeles, Ca 2008

Mr. Reverse Psychology, Norma Desmond Productions, 2008

Eveningside Drive, Val Verde, Santa Clarita, California, Fall 2007

Western Exhibitions, by Paul Nudd, Chicago, Illinois, June 2007

National Geographies, Norma Desmond Productions, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, May 2007

Whoop Dee Doo, Getsumin Gallery, Osaka, Japan, May 2007

The Juice is Loose, 507Rose, Venice, Los Angeles, California, February 2007

Eveningside Drive, International Group Show, Val Verde, Santa Clarita, California, February 2007

Whoop Dee Doo- Beating Dead Horses, Boots Art Space, St. Louis, Missouri, February 2007

Harrell Fletcher, The American War, with Daniel Pineda, LAX Art, by Ali Subotnik, Los Angeles, California, January 2007

Charlotte Street Foundation Grant- Awards Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace, Curated by Maria Elena Buszek, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, September 2006

Whoop Dee Doo, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri, September 2006

Whoop Dee Doo, Rocket Projects, Miami, Florida, by Jaimie Warren and Jon Peck, August 2006

What the Fuck 2, Fahrenheit Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, by Alex Schubert and Lisa Kettlewell, June 2006

Kansas City Annual Flatfiles, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, October 2005

Conditions of Sound, Boley Building Artspace, by Oz McGuire and Heather Lustfeldt, Kansas City, Missouri, September 2005

Election Night Group Show, Dolphin Gallery, by John O'brien, Kansas City, Missouri, November 2004

What the Fuck , Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, by Alex Schubert and Lisa Kettlewell, Kansas City, Missouri, March 2005

Ungood, Shaw-Hofstra, By James Brinsfield, Kansas City, Missouri, June 2004

Kansas City Art Institute, BFA Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, April 2004

BFA Thesis- Open Studios, Kansas City Art Institute, Painting Department, Kansas City, Missouri, April 2004

Stray Show Art Fair, Chicago Illinois, with Fahrenheit Gallery, by Peregrine Honig, March 2004

The Gun and Knife Show, Fahrenheit Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, by Marcus Cain and Peregrine Honig, Kansas City, Missouri, February 2004

Sculpture Department Invitational, Kansas City Art Institute, November 2003

Photo-New Media Invitational Films, Kansas City Art Institute, November 2003

Kansas University and Kansas City Art Institute Joint Exhibition, Student Center, Lawrence, Kansas, March 2002

The Drawing Show, Destination Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, October 2001

Sculpture Department Invitational, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, November 2001


INSTALLATIONS AND PERFORMANCES ON SITE

Nivea the Musician w/ Daniel Pineda on Drums, Music Performance, Chinatown, Los Angeles, Ca, 2008

Institutional Restoration Object Number 2/Proposal for Restoration as Minimalism #1, Utility Fencing Around Water Main, California Institute of the Arts, 2008

Nivea Dedrum the Art Historian Addresses the California Institute of the Arts Student Body and Space and Grants Noise Band to Play Set After Security Has Said No, 2008

Nivea Dedrum the Lecturer, Lecture on Aaron Wrinkle MFA Thesis, California Institute of the Arts, 2008

Nivea the Musician w/ Daniel Pineda on Drums, Music Performance, California Institute of the Arts, 2008

Institutional Restoration Object Number 1/Proposal for Fixing Something Broken, California Institute of the Arts, 2006-2008

Quietly FIxing Broken Commodities Found Outside Boutique, Chinatown- Los Angeles, Ca, California Institute of the Arts, 2008

Getting Advice to Give Advice, California Institute of the Arts, 2007

White House as Performance Object, With California Institute of the Arts as Borrowed Institutional Space and Architectural Object for an Artwork, With Fabricated Rock, 2007

Wrinkle's Painting (417-827-3767) Advertisement Sign Outside of Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, May 2007

Cat Stevens Was Here Period, Usuf-Islam-Google Me, Dolphin Gallery Billboard, Kansas City, Missouri, November 2005

Danka/Thank You, Dolphin Gallery Billboard, Kansas City, Missouri, October 2005

Dont' Even Bother, Dolphin Gallery Billboard, Kansas City, Missouri, September 2005

Darth Vader with Mop and Bucket, Dolphin Gallery Billboard, Kansas City, Missouri, August 2005

Teddy Bears, Dolphin Gallery Billboard, Kansas City, Missouri, May 2005

Nuthin' Left? Yeah Right, Dolphin Gallery Window Front, Kansas City, Missouri, September 2004

The Nirvana Basement Drawings, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center Basement, Kansas City, Missouri, May 2004

The Painter's Reception, Historic Vanderslice Mansion, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri April 2004

Hammer's and Drywall Structures, Destroyed Painting Building, Kansas City Art Institute, October 2003

Rebuilding the Studio, Campus Lawn, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, October 2003

Public Storage Recordings and Sculpture, Unit #816, Kansas City, Missouri, December 2003


AWARDS

Charlotte Street Foundation Grant Recipient 2006

Portside Residency 2005

Urban Culture Project Studio Residency 2004

Thomas Hart Benton Painting Scholarship 2002


BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS AND ESSAYS

Younger Than Jesus Artist's Directory, New Museum, Phaidon Press, April 2009

Charlotte Street Foundation 10th Year Anniverary Book, Essay by Stacy Switzer, Grand Arts, Kansas City, Missouri 2007

Charlotte Street Awards Exhibition Catalog, Essay by Dr. Maria Elena Buszek, Kansas City Art Institute, 2006

Whoop Dee Doo Exhibition Catalog, Rocket Projects, Miami, Florida, Essay by Jaimie Warren and John Peck 2006

Duh, by Alex Schubert, The Kansas City Star 2006

Ritual Rewards, by Alice Thorson, The Kansas City Star 2006


PERSONAL WRITING COLLECTIONS

Songs for Nivea the Band, 1-5, 2008

Journaling the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Appropriated Frieze Magazine Review, June 2007