Canadian visual artist and muralist based in Brooklyn
Aaron Li-Hill (born 1986) is a Canadian visual artist and muralist based in Brooklyn. Li-Hill is known for his large-scale murals, kinetic installations and movement-based visual work.
Career
Li-Hill possesses a BFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design University.[1]
Li-Hill’s work has been showcased in cities such as Melbourne,[2] New York,[3] San Francisco,[4] LA[5][6] Berlin,[7] Hong Kong.[8] and Grenoble [9] He has also had works displayed in major institutions such as the National Gallery of Victoria,[10][11] The Art Gallery of Ontario,[12][13] the Portsmouth Museum of Art in New Hampshire[14] and the Honolulu Museum of Art[15][16]
In 2018 Li-Hill was invited to Delhi by the Canadian Embassy and St+Art India to be a representative Canadian artist for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s last diplomatic visit to India.[17]
Li-Hill held a solo show in Brooklyn, New York entitled "Perils of a New World", which focused on the theme of humanity’s relation to the natural world and the global climate crisis.[18]
Exhibitions
2020
- Winter Group Show, Vertical Gallery, Chicago, USA
2019
- ‘Perils of a New World’, The Hall Brooklyn, NYC, USA
- ‘UN-derstand The Power of Art as a Social Architect’, Urban Nation Museum, Berlin, Germany
- The Molskine Project V2, Spoke Art, San Francisco, USA
- ‘Ataraxia’, Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, USA
- 'Meet Me at Delancey' & Essex, Spoke Gallery, NYC, USA
- 'East Meets West', Corey Helford Gallery, LA, USA
2017
- 'Heist', Juddy Roller Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- Urban Nation Museum Opening, Urban Nation Museum, Berlin, Germany
- 'From The Streets', Arts Westchester, White Plains, USA
2016
- 'The New Vangaurd', Thinkspace Gallery, Lancaster Museum of Art, USA[19]
- 'Out of Line', Subliminal Projects, LA, USA
- 'Exploring the New Contemporary Movement', Thinkspace Gallery, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, USA[20][21][22]
- 'Entry Point', Thinkspace Gallery, Fullerton Museum Center, USA
2015
2014
- Scope Art Fair, C.A.V.E. Gallery, Miami, USA
2013
- AWOL CREW Presents: FABRIC, Melbourne, Australia
Public Projects
2020
- Gillett Square, London, England
2019
- ‘Perilous Journey in a Changing World’ large scale installation on Governor’s Island for Portal Art Fair, NYC, USA
- ‘Process of Acceleration’ large scale mural Grenoble, France
2018
- ‘Ilmatar’, Large-scale mural with Helsinki Urban Art, Helsinki, Finland
- ‘Nature’s Arch and Altered Landscapes’, Large-scale mural with the Canadian Embassy and St+Art India, New Delhi, India
- 'Apparition of the Past', Large-scale mural with St.Art, NYC, USA
2017
- Raw Project: Denver, Large-scale mural with Fairview Elementary School, Denver, USA
- ‘In Pursuit of Peace’, Large-scale mural with Vapnaagard Tunnel Project, Helsingør, Denmark
- ‘Monuments’, Large-scale installation with MURAL festival, Montreal, Canada[23]
- ‘On the Brink’, Large-scale mural with Pangeaseed/ Seawalls, Churchill, Canada
- Awareness: Mural For The People of Tibet, Collaborative mural with Adnate for Bushwick collective, Brooklyn, USA
2016
- ‘Protective Pack’, Large-scale mural with Weart, Aalborg, Denmark
- ‘Guns, Germs and Steel’, Large-scale installation for 2nd annual Street Art Biennale, Moscow, Russia
- ‘Impact of Discovery’, Large-scale mural with Mural Social Club, Kiev, Ukraine
- ‘Sword Dance’, Mural with Vaford Gates project, Hong Kong, China
- ‘Hunter and Hunted’, Mural with Artesano Project, Nagua, Dominican Republic
- ‘Radioactive Cascade’, Collaborative Mural with James Bullough, with Urban Nation and Pangeaseed, Miami, USA
- COP21 AD Take Over, Participant in citywide ad takeover with Brandalism project, Paris, France
2015
- ‘Deacon of Dark River’, Large-scale Mural for Wall Poetry festival, Reykjavik, Iceland
- ‘Rise and Fall’, Large-scale mural with Urban Nation Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- ‘Together We Fall’, Large Scale Mural at Wall Therapy Mural Festival, Rochester, USA
- ‘In Pursuit of Prosperity’, Installation at 88 East Broadway, NYC, USA
References
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