Kevin Van Aelst
Other media: Sculpture, Mixed media, Installation
93 Olive
111 Dessa Drive
Hamden, CT 06511
Phone: 860 805-1294
Neighborhood : New Haven: Downtown
Email: kevinvanaelst (at) gmail (dot) com
Website: http://www.kevinvanaelst.com
Artist Statement
Please join me at the Alternative Space, Oct. 9-10!
My color photographs consist of common artifacts and scenes from everyday life, which have been rearranged, assembled, and constructed into various forms, patterns, and illustrations. The images aim to examine the distance between the ‘big picture' and the ‘little things' in life—the banalities of our daily lives, and the sublime notions of identity and existance. While the depictions of information--such as an EKG, fingerprint, map or anatomical model--are unconventional, the truth and accuracy to the illustrations are just as valid as their traditional depictions. This work is about creating order where we expect to find randomness, and also hints that the minutiae all around us is capable of communicating much larger ideas.
Selected Works
|  Memento Mori (all of my good ideas) - 2010 - digital c-print - 36 x 24"  The Ocean - 2010 - digital c-print - 24 x 36"  Hercules - 2010 - digital c-print - 36 x 24"  Artist Talk - Thurs. Aug. 5 Real Art Ways 6pm - 2010 - 56 Arbor St. Hartford, CT - 6pm  Elsewhere - Real Art Ways June 17 - August 15 - 2010 - Hartford, CT - 56 Arbor St.  Tesseract - 2009 - tape measure - 12x12x12x12  Elsewhere - 2009 - digital c-print - 36 x 24"  Driving At Night - 2009 - digital c-print - 20 x 30"  The Heart - 2009 - digital c-print - 40 x 30"  Digestive System - 2009 - Digital c-print - 36 x 24"  Sounds of the Jungle - 2009 - As bamboo grows, "Sounds of the Jungle" cassette is played - 20 x 12 x 8  Space Time - 2009 - tape measures - variable  Catalogue Show 4.25.09 - 2009 - art show and tag sale of left over props - catalogue gallery  A moment - 2009 - Carpet, mono-filament - variabe  Serotonin (happiness) - 2008 - digital c-print - 40 x 30"  circles and squares - 2009 - digital c-print - 30 x 30  Cardboard Box - 2008 - digital c-print - 20 x 30  One Heart Beat - 2008 - digital c-print - 24 x 36  Common Clouds - 2007 - digital c-prints - 9 prints, 16 x 20 each  Right Index Finger - 2007 - digital c-print - 40 x 30" |
Artist Bio
EDUCATION
2005 M.F.A. Photography. University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
2002 B.A. Psychology. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2010 Elsewhere, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Kevin Van Aelst, Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, CT
2009 Catalogue 4.25.09, Catalogue Gallery, Hartford, CT
2008 Minutia, Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT
2007 Phases of the Moon and Other Lessons in Science, Khaki Gallery, Wellesley, MA
2005 Step Up, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT.
M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Silpe Gallery, Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Flash Forward 2010, Magenta Foundation Festival of Emerging Photographers, Traveling
Artist as Curator, Kehler Liddel Gallery, New Haven, CT
Artplace XVI, Yale Physician's Building, New Haven, CT
Conspectus I, Artspace, New Haven, CT
New Visions, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Matters of Pattern, Grant Recipient Exhibition, CCT, Hartford, CT
New Britain Museum of American Art Spring Gala, New Britain, CT
2009 Refurbished Means, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Favorite Things, Ken Jones Jr. Gallery, Easton, PA
PRC Benefit Auction, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
Disperson, and Index II, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Exposure 2009, Photographic Resource Center of Boston University, Boston, MA
A Parade of Happy Dreams, Gallery at 70 Audubon, New Haven, CT
Status Update, Haskins Laboratory Gallery, New Haven, CT
New Britain Museum of American Art Spring Gala, New Britain, CT
Beyond a Boundary, Jorgensen Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2008 Where is your Beauty Marked? Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
The Little Apple, Ken Jones Jr. Gallery, Easton, PA
PRC Benefit Auction '08, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
Art and Math, Axiom Gallery, Boston, MA
Vintage Reserve: ACES/ECA Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 70, New Haven, CT
2008 Artspace Gala Benefit Auction, Artspace, New Haven, CT
COLLECTIONS
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
Artspace Flatfile, New Haven, CT
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Flash Forward Winner, the Magenta Foundation, 2010
Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism Artist Fellowship Grant, 2008
Northeast Exposure Online, Featured Artist: August, 2008
Visiting Artist Honoraria: Southern Connecticut State University, 2008, Hartford Art School, 2010
Milford Fine Arts Council Artist in Residence: 2006-2007, Milford, CT
EDITORIAL WORK
Clients Include: Boston Globe, Business Week, GQ, Courier International, Men's Health, Fast
Company, Atlanta, Proto, Cookie, Women's Health, Money, Time, Scientific American
Covers: New York Times Magazine, Business Week, Time Magazine
BIBLIOGRAPHY
American Photography 21, Amilus Publishers, New York, 2005.
Data Flow2: Visualizing Information in Graphic Design, Die Gestalten Verlag Publisher, 2010
Glueck, Grace, “Art in Review,” New York Times, New York, NY, July 29, 2005 (Show
Review)
McNally, Owen, “Artistry You Can Chew On,” Hartford Courant, Hartford, Ct, July 29,
2005 (Show Review and Essay)
NcNally, Owen, “Kevin Van Aelst,” Real Art Ways Exhibition Catalogue and Essay
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor, Quinnipiac University, Spring 2006 - present
ART 158 Photography I: History, Theory, and Practice
ART 250/255 Introduction to Black and White Photography
ART 300 Digital Photography
Photography Instructor, Educational Center for the Arts Magnet High School, 2007 - present
Digital and Darkroom Photography
Adjunct Professor, Middlesex Community College, Spring 2007
Art 141 Photography 1
Adjunct Professor, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Fall 2005
Photography 220: Introduction to Black and White Photography
Photography Instructor, Willard Straight Hall Community Darkroom, Cornell University,
September 2000 – May 2002.
Teaching Assistant, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Fall 2005