Aaron Tinder's work relies on and reinforces the notion that drawing is the most direct form of expression we have, even when it simultaneously asserts and denies the idea of illusionistic space. Deliberately speaking in a language of marks that seem both familiar and foreign, Tinder's work manipulates our notions of readability in two-dimensional work. While many of the forms are derived from mechanical or scientific objects, they remain elusive in their relationship to our perceptual experience. The result is a body of work that attempts to exist in the ambiguous middle ground between physicality and detachment; we are able to both appreciate the artist's marks and be challenged by the truth (or lack thereof) spoken by those marks.

 

born: 1972, Des Moines, Iowa

education

Northern Illinois University, MFA
Simpson College, Iowa, BA

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Assertion and Denial: Aaron Tinder and Roy Cacek, Quad City Arts, Moline, IL, 2006
Read at Your Own Risk: Drawings by Aaron Tinder, Indianola Schools Gallery, Indianola, IA, 2004

selected group shows

Biennial 23, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN, 2005
Quad-State Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL, 2005
War Stories, A Shenere Velt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2004
Marks: Contemporary Drawing, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2004