About Me
Bio:
Aaron's illustrations combine a childlike fixation on funny creatures and odd hybrids with a peculiar, nightmarish monumentalism. Bold colors and watercolored, colorblock backgrounds frame the pieces, while fairytale-ish spotlights illuminate key players. But the key is the absolute believability of McKinney’s completely fantastical, fabricated reality. Whatever the assignment, his work is always highly original and strikingly recognizable. His drawings force a sweeping pocket of strangely comforting completion, an aesthetic brace that lets us refocus our attention, however temporarily.
Partial Client List:
Rolling Stone, LA Weekly, Resonance Magazine, Government Executive Magazine, Throckmorton Press, The Stranger, Little Brown and Company, AOL Productions, Test Drive Magazine, Pine Magazine, Seattle Sound Magazine, Santa Fe Reporter, The Source, Cool'eh Magazine, Brick Weekly, Network World Magazine, Canoe & Kayak Magazine, Fusion Magazine, Redmond Developer News, In New York Magazine.
Exhibition Experience:
2007 The Alcove ~ Atlanta, Georgia
2007 Radial ~ Atlanta, Georgia
2007 Distinction Gallery ~ Escondido, California
2005 Andenken Gallery ~ Denver, Colorado
2005 The Lab 101 Gallery ~ Los Angeles, California
2005 Receiver Gallery ~ San Francisco, California
2005 The Reed Space Gallery ~ New York, New York
2004 Community Centre for Media Arts ~ Ontario, Canada
2003 Star Dust Café ~ Orlando, Florida
2003 Oval Gallery ~ Orlando, Florida
Awards Recieved:
2005 Illustration Mundo’s Editors Pick
2003 C.M.Y.K. Magazine ~ Juried Competition
2003 1st Place at the Fringe Art Festival ~ Juried Competition
2002 Best of Ringling ~ Juried Show, Ringling College of Art and Design
2000 Best of Ringling ~ Juried Show, Ringling College of Art and Design
My Flickr Page
Visit this great group of artists:
Sketch Motel
Visit my personal website for more artwork:
www.aaronmckinney.com
BlueFlip’s mission is to get great prints into the hands of the public at low prices and help some charities in the process. Their prints are high quality using an eight color archival ink process on heavy fine art paper. You will also sleep soundly, knowing that 10% of the purchase price gets donated to the Peace Alliance.
