July 23 – August 27, 2016
Opening reception: Saturday, July 23, 6–8
Steve Turner is pleased to present Two Curtains, Two Weavings, a solo exhibition by New York-based Aaron Aujla which features two artworks that relate to Khadi, the homespun textile movement initiated by Mahatma Gandhi.
Dhoti and Pagg Curtains consists of two rectangular pieces of cotton fabric, one of which is white and the other which is saffron. The artist purchased them from the Indian Ministry of Textiles which subsidizes their production to preserve the Khadi tradition that predates Indian independence. Amherst is comprised of a mass-produced piece of carpet that was manufactured in India combined with a smaller piece that was made by hand.
Aaron Aujla (born 1986, Victoria, British Columbia) earned a BA from the University of Western Ontario in 2007. He has had solo exhibitions at Magenta Plains, New York (2016); Raising Cattle, Toronto (2016); Cooper Cole, Toronto (2015); Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2013); Clearing, Brussels (2013) and Clearing, Brooklyn (2012).
Born 1986, Victoria, Canada
Lives and works in New York
Education
2007
Fine Art Concentration, University of Toronto
2006
BFA, University of Western Ontario
Solo/Two-Person Exhibitions
2016
Library Desk At Punjab University, Magenta Plains, New York
Lotus Temple, Raising Cattle, Montreal
Khadi w/ Keith Sonnier, The National Exemplar Gallery, New York
Rongwrong, Elaine de Kooning House, East Hampton, New York
2015
Interiors, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto
2013
Aluminum Entrance Conscious of Itself, 55 Gansevoort Gallery, New York
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1565555, C L E A R I N G Gallery, Brussels
Marriage Material, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
2012
Dept. Within, C L E A R I N G Gallery, Brooklyn
Summer, Karma, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
Vivid Bra (organized by Helena Anrather), New York
2015
Guilt Is A Sauce You Wear On Your Jacket, Green River Project, Hillsdale, New York
Skin Part I, The National Exemplar Gallery, New York
Freak Scene, United Artists Ltd., Marfa
Fictions, Derek Eller Gallery (organized by Adam Marnie), New York
2014
A Sky Grown Pale From Too Much Sun (organized by Hannah Buonaguro), Brighton Beach, New York
But That Joke Ain’t Funny Anymore, Tilton Gallery, New York
‘aintings, Robert Blumenthal Gallery (curated by Ryan Steadman), New York
Memory Palaces, Carlier Gebauer Gallery, Berlin
Stalactica, Quincaillerie Vander Eycken, Brussels
Majestic Fire (curated by Darren Flook), Paradise Row, London
Home Again, Again II, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn
2013
Table Dive, Side Effects Gallery, Brooklyn
Rock Art & the X-Ray Style (curated by Ryan Foerster), Brighton Beach, New York
ABTJ, Casa GS, Tijuana
Induction Procedure (curated by Giles Renaud), Art: Concept, Paris
Art Brussels, Brussels
Moon and a Half, C L E A R I N G Gallery, Brussels
Beyond the Object, Brand New Gallery, Milan
Aaron Aujla, Charles Harlan, John Pittman, Martos Gallery, New York
2011
160KM, Kidd Yellin Gallery, Brooklyn
