Artist Talk: Aaron Jones

Aaron Jones (b. 1993, Toronto, Canada) creates objects and images to explore the inherent possibilities in world-building and abstraction. Employing found images, video and lens-based media, he works with different forms of collage to build characters and spaces that reflect upon the nuances of his own upbringing and current life, as a way of finding peace. Recent exhibitions include As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic, works from the Wedge Art Collection at The Polygon, Vancouver (2023), We Are Story: The Canada Now Photography Acquisition at the Art Gallery of Ontario (2023), Timecode Butterfly for Nuit Blanche, Toronto (2022), GTA21, a triennial survey presented by MOCA, Toronto (2021), Three Thirty at Doris McCarthy Gallery (2020) and Ragga NYC at Mercer Union (2018). His solo exhibition Open Fist, Closed Palm at Zalucky Contemporary was awarded The Gattuso Prize for “Best Featured Exhibition” during the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival (2020). He graduated with a BFA in Photography from OCADU in 2018. His work is included in the collections of The Art Gallery of Ontario, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Ryerson Image Centre, Wedge Curatorial Projects, Royal Bank of Canada and numerous private collections.