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ARON HILL
Artist · Curator · Arts Administrator
Calgary, Alberta
EDUCATION
2006
MFA, Master of Fine Arts
Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, UK
2000
BFA, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies
Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB
CURATORIAL & ARTS ADMINISTRATION
2026–Present
Harm’s Reach Projects — Founder and Curator
Calgary, AB
Artist-led curatorial project focused on contemporary art, collaborative exhibition-making, research, and community engagement.
2024–Present
O2 Arts Bursary — Artist Advisor and Mentor
O2 Planning + Design, Calgary, AB
Collaborative artist-development initiative connecting artists with O2’s work in landscape architecture, planning, and urban design. Provide mentorship, creative guidance, studio visits, and ongoing dialogue supporting artists in the development of independent research-based projects.
2006–Present
Private Arts Advisory, Collections Management & Consulting
Curatorial, collections management, and technical services.
2012–2014
Community Workshop — Founder and Director
Calgary, AB
Arts administration and community-based arts education.
2006–2009
Red Deer College — Curator, Permanent Art Collection / Faculty
Red Deer, AB
Managed the permanent art collection and visiting artist program. Responsibilities included collection research and educational programming, accessioning and deaccessioning, acquisitions, Canadian Cultural Property applications, grant writing and research, and archival development.
2006–2009
Bilton Centre for Contemporary Art — Curator and Programming
Red Deer, AB
2002–2005
attn: design group — Art Director
1998–1999
Science Alberta Foundation — Art Direction and Project Management
Committees and special projects.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & RESIDENCIES
2025
The Masculine Lived Experience, The Esplanade, Medicine Hat, AB
2024
Mule with Transparent Rocks and Other Works, Oeno Gallery, ON
2023
The Northern Minister Devoured and Other Works, Herringer Kiss Gallery, AB
2022
Arquetopia Foundation and International Residency, Oaxaca, Mexico
CULT URIC ACID, Herringer Kiss Gallery, AB
2020
Golden Finger of Dawn, Herringer Kiss Gallery, AB
2019
Full Spectrum: Shayne Dark and Aron Hill, Oeno Gallery, ON
2018
Arquetopia Foundation and International Residency, Puebla, Mexico
BLACK AND WHITE (AND RED ALL OVER): PART 3, Kritische Kunst, Berlin, Germany
Press Play, Oeno Gallery, Prince Edward County, ON
2017
D.Talks Architecture, Alberta
Artist Ranch Project, Alberta
New Drawings and Paintings, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, AB
2016
Echo, Oeno Gallery, Prince Edward County, ON
Chroma, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, AB
2013
A Reading Room, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, AB
2009
Taste the World & Digest It, Newzones, Calgary, AB
2008
Foreground.Background, Elementa Modern Art, Dubai, UAE
2007
Colony, The Weiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
Unnatural Response, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB
2006
Birds in Opposition: A Natural History, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2005
New Work, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
2004
Combustible, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
2002
Out Reach, Van Alen Institute, New York, NY
LOVELAND, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2001
Zippity Zip, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2000
Inheritance, AV Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1998
Exchange, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
New Work, Marion Nickel Gallery, Calgary, AB
1997
Reproduction, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB
New Work, Studio 114, Calgary, AB
CURRENT RESEARCH
2023–Present
Carecraft: Meditations on the Creative Practice of Care
Ongoing artistic and theoretical research examining care as a creative and relational practice, with particular attention to labour, craft, material practice, reciprocity, and the relationships from which artistic and cultural forms emerge.
PUBLICATIONS & EDITORIAL PROJECTS
2023
Care and Separation: Thinking About Care as a Relational Aesthetic Art Practice Within a Colonial Structure
2021
Rios Dorados, Relational, Antirelational, Exploitive Aesthetics, with Jesus Cruz and Aron Hill
2018
From the Archives, Living Documents. Non-fiction; editor.
Living Documents, Edition #1. Editor and Art Director.
2016
Love With the Enemy. Short stories.
2013
The Watercolors. Fiction; novella.
2007
Mapping Modernism: Art from the RDC Permanent Art Collection. Exhibition and catalogue.
COMMITTEES
2006–2008
Western Canadian Institute of Arts and Culture, Red Deer, AB
2006–2008
RDC Acquisitions Committee, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
2007–2008
BFA Degree Development and Planning Group, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB