Aaron Wilcox is a ceramist working in Wilmington, NC. The work on this site consists of the ongoing Bundles Project in the studio. The series has expanded to include the Masses, Wraps, Drapes, and SoundObjects. In addition to the ceramics component, Wilcox also draws and photographs the work for a deeper understanding of the objects and to slow down the act of making.
The Bundled series addresses questions of fit and the composition of individuals in units, in groups, in systems. The intent is to reduce the number of variables, so that subtle shifts in shape, scale and edges are evident, showing both individuality and patterns; demonstrate the intricate nature of relationships through interactions, connections, and gaps between each element; and clarify the complexity and interconnectedness of the system.
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EDUCATION
1998 Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics: Cranbrook Academy of Art
1992 Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, Concentration, Women's Studies: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1988 Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and Art: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2014 North Carolina Arts Council Visual Artist Fellowship
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Local: Art + Ideas. Aaron Wilcox: New Sculptures. Online exhibition.
2014 Guilford College Art Gallery. Bundled. Greensboro, North Carolina.
2013 Wilma W. Daniels Gallery. Bundles. Wilmington, NC.
2005 WHQR Gallery. Solo Show. Wilmington, North Carolina.
2000 Claude Howell Gallery, University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Clamps. Wilmington, North Carolina.
1999 St. John's Museum of Art. Tension. Wilmington, North Carolina.
EXHIBITIONS
2015 Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA). Point & Counterpoint. Winston-Salem, NC.
2015 Ackland Art Museum. Testing Testing: Painting and Sculpture since 1960 from the Permanent Collection. Chapel Hill, NC.
2014 Contemporary Art Gallery at STLCC Florissant Valley. Pictorial/Sculptural. Ferguson, MO.
2014 Triode Design Gallery. Paris, France
2014 Mona Bismarck American Center for Art & Culture. American Design in Paris. Curator Jacques Barret. Paris, France.
2014 Red Bird Studio and Gallery. 1st Annual Scotchie Crown Classic. Columbia, SC. Juror, Victoria Cooke, Curator of European Art. Columbia Museum of Art.
2013 Baltimore Clayworks. The Potent Object. Baltimore, Maryland. Juror, Richard Cleaver.
2013 Gatewood Gallery. Art Madness. University of North Carolina Greensboro. Greensboro, NC.
2013 Maria V. Howard Arts Center. 2013 Handcrafted. Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Juror, Marc Maiorana.
2011 Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art. Gallery Nomads: Down East. Greensboro, North Carolina. Curator, Edie Carpenter.
2010 Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art. Winter Show 2010. Greensboro, North Carolina. Juror, Edie Carpenter.
2010 North Carolina Pottery Center. Pottery from the Coastal Carolina Clay Guild. Seagrove, North Carolina.
2010 Pancoe Art Center. New Hanover County Art Educators. Cameron Art Museum. Wilmington, North Carolina.
2008 Target Gallery. 5x5x(5). Torpedo Factory Art Center. Alexandria, Virginia. Juror, Elaine Levin.
2007 m.t. burton gallery. Jersey Shore Clay National. Surf City, New Jersey.
2007 Downtown Gallery. 7th Annual National Juried Cup Show. Kent State University, School of Art. Kent, Ohio. Juror, Bill Jones, Editor of Pottery Making Illustrated.
2007 Gloria Kennedy Gallery. Clay: Applied Art vs. Fine Art. Brooklyn, New York.
2006 Target Gallery. Mixed Messages. Torpedo Factory. Alexandria, Virginia. Juror, Venna Singh.
2006 Downtown Gallery. 6th Annual National Juried Cup Show. Kent State University, School of Art. Kent, Ohio. Juror, Jason Hess.
2006 Wellington B. Gray Gallery. North Carolina Sculptors Consortium Exhibition. School of Art, East Carolina University. Greenville, North Carolina.
2005 International Festival of Postmodern Ceramics 2005. Kerameikon, Croatian Ceramic Association. Varad’dzin.
2005 SUNY Geneseo Art Department. In Our Cups. Geneseo, New York. Juror: Ron Meyers.
2005 Gallery 138. 5th Annual National Juried Cup Show. Kent State University, School of Art. Kent, Ohio. Juror, Renee Fairchild.
2005 Claude Howell Gallery, University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Faculty Exhibition. Wilmington, North Carolina.
2004 The University of Tulsa, School of Art. Red Heat. Tulsa Oklahoma Juror, Patti Warshina.
2003 Saratoga Clay Company. Clay 2003. Saratoga Springs, New York. Juror, Regis Brodie.
2003 Rocky Mount Arts Center. Sculpture Samagundi VII. Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
2002 The Sybaris Gallery. Aaron Wilcox. Royal Oak, Michigan.
2002 Leyshon Gallery at Laguna Clay Company. Bowl O Rama. Byesville, Ohio. Juror, Kirk Mangus.
2002 Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation. Feats of Clay. Lincoln, California. Juror, Warren MacKenzie.
2000 The Sybaris Gallery. International Infusion. Royal Oak, Michigan.
1999 The Sybaris Gallery. The Summer Show. Royal Oak, Michigan.
1998 Cranbrook Art Museum. New Work by Cranbrook Academy of Art Artists. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Juror, Michelle Grabner.
1998 Cranbrook Art Museum. Cranbrook Academy of Art Graduate Degree Show. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
PUBLICATIONS
March 2013 Ceramics Monthly. The Project. Editor, Sherman Hall.
PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
February 2013 Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art. NC Art Outreach Project. Juried selection of abstract artists for public pecha kucha presentations.
2012 College of Arts and Sciences Romancing the Brain. Ruined in Love.
2011 Southeastern College Art Conference. Infinitely recyclable, but be careful. Savannah, Georgia.
2010 FATE conference. Not Horseshoe Crabs, but Crocodiles, White Sharks and Birds. UNC Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina.
2006 North Carolina Sculptors Consortium Conference. The Importance of Dinosaurs in Undergraduate Education. East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
2006 North Carolina Sculptors Consortium Conference. “New Directions” Panel Participant. East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
2005 Southeastern College Art Conference. Searching for Context. Little Rock, Arkansas.
2004 Claude Howell Gallery. Ceramics in Context. University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Wilmington, North Carolina.
2003 SECAC/Tri-State Sculptors Guild 2003 Conference. Art Is Not Therapy, It’s Work. Raleigh, North Carolina.
October 2003 SECAC/Tri-State Sculptors Guild 2003 Conference. “Triple Hot Shot Iron Pour.” Iron casting demonstration. Raleigh, North Carolina.
RELATED PROJECTS
Summer 2014
2014-Present. Designer. Leonie.
EDUCATION
1998 Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics: Cranbrook Academy of Art
1992 Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, Concentration, Women's Studies: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1988 Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and Art: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2014 North Carolina Arts Council Visual Artist Fellowship
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Local: Art + Ideas. Aaron Wilcox: New Sculptures. Online exhibition.
2014 Guilford College Art Gallery. Bundled. Greensboro, North Carolina.
2013 Wilma W. Daniels Gallery. Bundles. Wilmington, NC.
2005 WHQR Gallery. Solo Show. Wilmington, North Carolina.
2000 Claude Howell Gallery, University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Clamps. Wilmington, North Carolina.
1999 St. John's Museum of Art. Tension. Wilmington, North Carolina.
EXHIBITIONS
2015 Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA). Point & Counterpoint. Winston-Salem, NC.
2015 Ackland Art Museum. Testing Testing: Painting and Sculpture since 1960 from the Permanent Collection. Chapel Hill, NC.
2014 Contemporary Art Gallery at STLCC Florissant Valley. Pictorial/Sculptural. Ferguson, MO.
2014 Triode Design Gallery. Paris, France
2014 Mona Bismarck American Center for Art & Culture. American Design in Paris. Curator Jacques Barret. Paris, France.
2014 Red Bird Studio and Gallery. 1st Annual Scotchie Crown Classic. Columbia, SC. Juror, Victoria Cooke, Curator of European Art. Columbia Museum of Art.
2013 Baltimore Clayworks. The Potent Object. Baltimore, Maryland. Juror, Richard Cleaver.
2013 Gatewood Gallery. Art Madness. University of North Carolina Greensboro. Greensboro, NC.
2013 Maria V. Howard Arts Center. 2013 Handcrafted. Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Juror, Marc Maiorana.
2011 Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art. Gallery Nomads: Down East. Greensboro, North Carolina. Curator, Edie Carpenter.
2010 Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art. Winter Show 2010. Greensboro, North Carolina. Juror, Edie Carpenter.
2010 North Carolina Pottery Center. Pottery from the Coastal Carolina Clay Guild. Seagrove, North Carolina.
2010 Pancoe Art Center. New Hanover County Art Educators. Cameron Art Museum. Wilmington, North Carolina.
2008 Target Gallery. 5x5x(5). Torpedo Factory Art Center. Alexandria, Virginia. Juror, Elaine Levin.
2007 m.t. burton gallery. Jersey Shore Clay National. Surf City, New Jersey.
2007 Downtown Gallery. 7th Annual National Juried Cup Show. Kent State University, School of Art. Kent, Ohio. Juror, Bill Jones, Editor of Pottery Making Illustrated.
2007 Gloria Kennedy Gallery. Clay: Applied Art vs. Fine Art. Brooklyn, New York.
2006 Target Gallery. Mixed Messages. Torpedo Factory. Alexandria, Virginia. Juror, Venna Singh.
2006 Downtown Gallery. 6th Annual National Juried Cup Show. Kent State University, School of Art. Kent, Ohio. Juror, Jason Hess.
2006 Wellington B. Gray Gallery. North Carolina Sculptors Consortium Exhibition. School of Art, East Carolina University. Greenville, North Carolina.
2005 International Festival of Postmodern Ceramics 2005. Kerameikon, Croatian Ceramic Association. Varad’dzin.
2005 SUNY Geneseo Art Department. In Our Cups. Geneseo, New York. Juror: Ron Meyers.
2005 Gallery 138. 5th Annual National Juried Cup Show. Kent State University, School of Art. Kent, Ohio. Juror, Renee Fairchild.
2005 Claude Howell Gallery, University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Faculty Exhibition. Wilmington, North Carolina.
2004 The University of Tulsa, School of Art. Red Heat. Tulsa Oklahoma Juror, Patti Warshina.
2003 Saratoga Clay Company. Clay 2003. Saratoga Springs, New York. Juror, Regis Brodie.
2003 Rocky Mount Arts Center. Sculpture Samagundi VII. Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
2002 The Sybaris Gallery. Aaron Wilcox. Royal Oak, Michigan.
2002 Leyshon Gallery at Laguna Clay Company. Bowl O Rama. Byesville, Ohio. Juror, Kirk Mangus.
2002 Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation. Feats of Clay. Lincoln, California. Juror, Warren MacKenzie.
2000 The Sybaris Gallery. International Infusion. Royal Oak, Michigan.
1999 The Sybaris Gallery. The Summer Show. Royal Oak, Michigan.
1998 Cranbrook Art Museum. New Work by Cranbrook Academy of Art Artists. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Juror, Michelle Grabner.
1998 Cranbrook Art Museum. Cranbrook Academy of Art Graduate Degree Show. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
PUBLICATIONS
March 2013 Ceramics Monthly. The Project. Editor, Sherman Hall.
PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
February 2013 Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art. NC Art Outreach Project. Juried selection of abstract artists for public pecha kucha presentations.
2012 College of Arts and Sciences Romancing the Brain. Ruined in Love.
2011 Southeastern College Art Conference. Infinitely recyclable, but be careful. Savannah, Georgia.
2010 FATE conference. Not Horseshoe Crabs, but Crocodiles, White Sharks and Birds. UNC Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina.
2006 North Carolina Sculptors Consortium Conference. The Importance of Dinosaurs in Undergraduate Education. East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
2006 North Carolina Sculptors Consortium Conference. “New Directions” Panel Participant. East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
2005 Southeastern College Art Conference. Searching for Context. Little Rock, Arkansas.
2004 Claude Howell Gallery. Ceramics in Context. University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Wilmington, North Carolina.
2003 SECAC/Tri-State Sculptors Guild 2003 Conference. Art Is Not Therapy, It’s Work. Raleigh, North Carolina.
October 2003 SECAC/Tri-State Sculptors Guild 2003 Conference. “Triple Hot Shot Iron Pour.” Iron casting demonstration. Raleigh, North Carolina.
RELATED PROJECTS
Summer 2014
- Under the Dome. Creation of 140 pieces of pottery to be used in character’s backyard studio. Season 2, Episode 10. CBS.
- Sleepy Hollow. Creation of 30 reproduction 1776 tavern mugs. Used on recurring/permanent set. Fox/Searchlight.
- Sleepy Hollow. Design and creation of canopic style jar to be centerpiece of mausoleum set. Fox/Searchlight.
2014-Present. Designer. Leonie.
