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Artist Message
Aaron's artwork combines a childlike fixation on funny creatures and odd hybrids with a peculiar, nightmarish monumentalism. Bold colors and watercolored, colorblock backgrounds frame the pieces, while fairytale-ish spotlights illuminate key players. But the key is the absolute believability of McKinney’s completely fantastical, fabricated reality. Whatever the assignment, his work is always highly original and strikingly recognizable. His drawings force a sweeping pocket of strangely comforting completion, an aesthetic brace that lets us refocus our attention, however temporarily. Illustration Experience- EDITORIAL: Rolling Stone Magazine, LA Weekly, Resonance Magazine, Government Executive Magazine, The Stranger, Test Drive Magazine, Pine Magazine, Seattle Sound Magazine, Santa Fe Reporter, The Source, Cool'eh Magazine, Brick Weekly, Network World Magazine, Canoe & Kayak Magazine, Fusion Magazine, Redmond Developer News, In New York Magazine, The L Magazine, Las Vegas CityLife, Washington City Paper, The Glen Beck Program, Scholastic, Creative Loafing, Chicago Reader & OC Weekly. AD AGENCY’S, CORPORATIONS & PUBLISHING COMPANIES: AOL Productions, Blue Sky Agency (Redesigned website for Moe’s Southwest Grill), TBWA\CHIAT\DAY (Spec’s for JBL), Little Brown and Company, Tribal DDB (Spec’s for PepsiCo Incorporated) & Throckmorton Press (”Canceled Flight” Published Book). Exhibition Experience: 2008 FoundationOne Gallery ~ Atlanta, Georgia 2008 1988 Gallery ~ Los Angeles, California 2008 The Alcove ~ Atlanta, Georgia 2007 BLVD Gallery ~ Seattle, Washington 2007 WindUp Gallery ~ Mesa, Arizona 2007 The Jem Gallery ~ Vancouver, British Columbia 2007 Distinction Gallery ~ Escondido, California 2005 Andenken Gallery ~ Denver, Colorado 2005 The Lab 101 Gallery ~ Los Angeles, California 2005 Receiver Gallery ~ San Francisco, California 2005 The Reed Space Gallery ~ New York, New York 2004 Community Centre for Media Arts ~ Hamilton, Ontario 2003 Star Dust Café ~ Orlando, Florida 2003 Oval Gallery ~ Orlando, Florida |
