Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Characterized by their improvisational essence, these transcripts defy easy categorization, existing as a captivating amalgamation of dance, lecture, comedy, and, ultimately, painting. Maikovska’s creative process is fueled by an intense and indiscriminate focus, positioning the artist’s body at the crossroads of efficacy and vulnerability.
Functioning as a conduit to explore novel forms and ways of existence, the artist’s body also serves as a mirror reflecting the subjective and tangible boundaries of corporeal reality. Within this artistic exploration, moments of grace, elegance, and finesse seamlessly intermingle with bursts of unruliness, clumsiness, and illegibility. Devoid of a specific inclination towards creating effects that might dominate the viewer’s experience, Maikovska’s work avoids any predetermined urge to either convey a clear message or obstruct comprehension. Instead, the essence of Maikovska’s art lies in the deliberate suspension of conventional readings, inviting audiences to engage with language and communication in a ‘state of emergence’.
Aaron Garber-Maikovska was born in1978 in Washington DC, USA. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, USA. Recent solo shows include: Blum & Poe, Tokyo, Japan; C L E A R I N G, Brussels, Belgium; Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy; Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA; C L E A R I N G, New York, USA; Standard, Oslo, Norway. Group shows include: VSF, Seoul, Korea; Blum and Poe and Mendes Wood, Connecticut, USA; C L E A R I N G, Knokke, Belgium; Deitch/Gagosian, Miami, USA; Max Hetzler, Paris, France; Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France; Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, USA; Bureau, New York, USA.
Works
Exhibitions
Press
Curriculum Vitæ
Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA
SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Valley Step, Massimo de Carlo, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Lost Corner Lot Play, Massimo de Carlo, Milano, Italy
2022
Channel Light Touch Board, C L E A R I N G, New York, USA
Cushion of Air, Blum & Poe, Tokyo, Japan
2021
Wilson’s Corner, C L E A R I N G, Brussels, Belgium
Rancho, High Art, Arles, France
Yucaipa, Massimo de Carlo Gallery, Milan, Italy
2020
4 from 3 dancers, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA
2019
daughter, Massimo de Carlo, London, England
2018
postpartum, C L E A R I N G, New York, USA
homebirth, High Art, Paris, France
2017
2017, C L E A R I N G, New York, USA
2016
Jizzle, High Art, Paris, France
Aaron Garber-Maikovska, C L E A R I N G, New York, USA
2015
Being Near Comedy, Standard, Oslo, Norway
Sidesteps and Outlets, Greene Exhibitions, Los Angeles, USA
2014
Being One And Then Sum, Standard, Oslo, Norway
Solo Presentation, Moving Image Art Fair with Greene Exhibitions, New York, USA
2013
Fast Red Lobster, Greene Exhibitions, Los Angeles, USA
2012
Counter Moves, Greene Exhibitions, Los Angele s, USA
BIGZONE-everything #1, JB Jurve, Los Angeles, USA
2011
IMOM-M (improvisational man of mid midwest), Green Gallery, Milwaukee, USA
2010
Solo Presentation, NADA Art Fair with ltd los angeles, Miami Beach, USA
capezio, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, USA
2009
Timeshares, Parker Jones Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2008
The Balmoral, Los Angeles, USA
Sales Calls, Blanket Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2004
German Fratboy and his Golden Trout, Dangerous Curve Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Maiden Voyage, C L E A R I N G, New York, United States
Signposts of the World – Dangerous Modern Art, Nariwa Museum, Takahashi
2021
High Art x VSF : 환상속의 그대, Various Small Fires, Seoul, South Korea
Often Vary Never Change, C L E A R I N G, New York, USA
Grand Ménage, C L E A R I N G, Paris, France
Bodywork: Discomfort and Existence, Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy
2020
5,471 miles, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA
At The Noyes House Blum & Poe, Mendes Wood DM and Object & Thing, The Eliot Noyes House, New Canaan, USA
Life Still, C L E A R I N G, Brooklyn, USA
The Secret Life of Lobsters, C L E A R I N G, Knokke, Belgium
2019
Some Trees, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
L’âge de raison, C L E A R I N G, Brussels, Belgium
2018
L.A. Dreams, C.F. Hill, Stockholm, Sweden
2017
Abstract / Not Abstract, Deitch/Gagosian, Miami, USA
Summerfest, Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
Peindre comme je bouge, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
I’m Nobody!, High Art, Paris, France
2016
Home Depot, Dxix Projects, Venice, CA
Bodacioussss, MCA Denver, USA
A Scratching Not a Bitting, Bureau Inc., New York, USA
2015
The Daily Show, Bureau, New York, USA
1,000 Islands, Simon Lee, Hong Kong
The Subjects of the Artist, Michael Thibault, Los Angeles, USA
Coleccion Jumex, In Girum Imus Nocte et Consumimur Igni, Museo Jumex,
Mexico City, MEX
Picture the Cricket’s Legs Apart, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, USA
Two person presentation, Art Cologne with Greene Exhibitions, Cologne, Germany
Marlborough Lights, Marlborough Broome Street, New York, USA
2014
Special Madness, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, USA
Marcus Garber Wu, Parkhaus im Malkastenpark, Dusseldorf, Germany
Group Presentation, EXPO Chicago with Greene Exhibitions, Chicago, USA
The Space Between Us, Fahrenheit (FLAX Foundation), Los Angeles, USA
A Topography of Chance, Fused Space, San Francisco, USA
Unfinished Season, Nagel Draxler, Cologne, Germany
Your Shell is Made of Air, Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange, USA
Group Presentation, Art Los Angeles Contemporary Fair with Greene Exhibitions, Los Angeles, USA
Group Presentation, Art Los Angeles Contemporary Fair with Standard (Oslo), Los Angeles, USA
2013
Folding Time Rhymes, Greene Exhibitions, Los Angeles, USA
Standard Escape Routes, Standard, Oslo, Norway
2012
Unblinking Eye, Kavi Gupta, Berlin, Germany
2011
Adult Contemporary/Family Romance, Kavi Gupta, Berlin, Germany
Group Show, Los Cienegas Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Sympathetic Magic, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, USA
2010
A Knot for Ariadne, Kavi Gupta, Berlin, Germany
FAST-FORWARD: A Screening of Contemporary American Video Art, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, USA
Chained to a Creature of a Different Kingdom, David Castillo Gallery, Miami Beach, USA
2009
Video Garden, The Company, Sagamora Hotel, Miami, USA
1999, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, USA
2007
Glass House, SCI-ARC, Los Angeles, USA
No Jerks, Rental Gallery, New York, USA
Kairos, Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2006
Ice Cream Shoppe, Hollywood Hills House Residency, Los Angeles, USA
Screening, Karma International, Zurich, Switzerland