Aaron Fink
Aaron Fink (born March 10, 1955) is an artist working in a variety of mediums including oil, prints, sculpture and works on paper.
Aaron Fink
- Born
- 1955 · Boston.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker
- Education
- Yale University · Maryland Institute College of Art
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Aaron Fink (born March 10, 1955) is an artist working in a variety of mediums including oil, prints, sculpture and works on paper.
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Aaron Fink (born 1955) is a painter and printmaker, of American nationality. The painter was born in Boston. Aaron Fink was educated at Maryland Institute College of Art and Yale University. Works are held at Art Institute of Chicago, Liemers Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others.
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Early life and education
Aaron Fink studied at Yale University and Maryland Institute College of Art. Work by Aaron Fink is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Liemers Museum.
Fink was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the son of artist Barbara Swan. He received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore in 1977 and an MFA from Yale University in 1979.
Career in art
Career in art
Fink was an artist-in-residence at Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado, in 1996 and 1998. Fink received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1982 and 1987. In 1984 he was awarded an Artist Fellowship from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, and in 1979 he was an Alternate in Painting for the Prix de Rome. Fink in the early 1980s was part of a group of artists associated with a new wave of Boston Expressionism. His first solo exhibition was held at the Hayden Corridor Gallery at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His paintings often depict real-life objects embued with enhanced color and contrast for a super-lifelike effect.
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1955
Aaron Fink was born on 1 January 1955.
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• *Art Institute of Chicago *Boston Public Library *Brooklyn Museum of Art *Danforth Museum of Art *Danish House of Parliament *Davis Museum, Wellesley College *DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum *Farnsworth Museum *Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University *Hara Museum *Samuel P. Harn Museum, University of Florida, Gainesville *Arthur J. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin *Indianapolis Museum of Art *Library of Congress *Massachusetts Institute of Technology *Metropolitan Museum of Art — | *Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago *Museum of Fine Arts, Boston *Museum of Modern Art, New York *National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC *New York Public Library *Norton Gallery of Art *Philadelphia Museum of Art *Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine * Roxbury Community College * Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art *Tufts University Art Gallery *United States Department of State *University of Massachusetts, Amherst *Walker Art Center *Worcester Art Museum *Zimmerli Art Museum
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- 1."Barbara Swan exhibit is well worth a reflection". By Cate McQuaid Boston Globe December 24, 2013
- 2.Les Krantz. American art galleries: the illustrated guide to their art and artists. Facts on File. 117. 14 November 1985. 978-0-8160-0089-0.
- 3.Print Collector's Newsletter, Incorporated. The Print Collector's Newsletter. 138. 1995.
- 4.Barry Walker. Public and private: American prints today : 24th National Print Exhibition. Brooklyn Museum. 1986. 9780872731042.
- 5."Barbara Swan exhibit is well worth a reflection". By Cate McQuaid Boston Globe December 24, 2013
- 6.SPIN Media LLC. SPIN. 32, 226. May 1996. 0886-3032.
- 7."The edge of implosion ". Boston.com Cate McQuaid, June 1, 2011
- 8.Art & Antiques Associates. Art & Antiques. 32. 1998.
- 9."Collections: Contemporary Art: Man with Hand over Face". Brooklyn Museum of Art.
- 10."Boston Expressionists get their due". Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid December 27, 2011
- 11."The Collection Online". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- 12."Fink objectifies Aspen". Aspen Times, March 8, 2007. Stewart Oksenhorn
- 13.Salmon Publishing. Salmon. 441–. 1996.
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