Bio — Aaron Chapman

Group Exhibitions

HOTA Gallery Opening, Gold Coast, 2021 (forthcoming)
Somewhere Along the Line, Level Up Studio + Gallery, Gold Coast 2020 (forthcoming)
SWELL Smalls Gallery, Dust Temple, Gold Coast, 2020
SWELL Sculpture Festival, Gold Coast, 2020
CLIP Award, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth, 2020
Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery, 2020
‘THE FEEL’ — Part of ‘Airspace’, Metro Arts, Brisbane, 2020
Ilford Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, 2019
12 Days, Level Up Studio + Gallery, Gold Coast, 2019
Gold Coast Open House Art Comp Exhibition, Gold Coast, 2019
Borderlands, M-Arts Precinct, Murwillumbah, 2019
Façade: Art Deco of Murwillumbah, M-Arts Precinct, Murwillumbah, 2019
50 Squared Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, 2019
Ilford Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, 2018
Keep The Fire Burning, Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne, 2018
Surface Architecture (Super Souvenir), Edge — AIA Conference, Gold Coast, 2018
June Exhibition, Left Bank Gallery, Gold Coast, 2018
LANDSCAPE / LANDSCOPE, The Walls Art Space, Gold Coast, 2018
Parallel City (Super Souvenir), Bleach Festival + Festival 2018, Gold Coast, 2018
OPEN NIGHT, Maverick Hair & Art Space, Gold Coast, 2017

Solo Exhibitions

The Rest Is West, The Walls Art Space with HOTA, Gold Coast, 2018
Concrete Poetry, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, 2018

Grants, Residencies + Commissions

HOTA Gallery – Artist Open Call, 2020-2021
ACTIVATE Regional Arts Development Fund, 2020
HOTA Artist Fund, ‘Rage Against the (V)irus’, 2020
Artist in Residence, The Field ARI, Murwillumbah (forthcoming)
Creative Spaces in Residence (Curator, Mentor, Participant), Sunshine Coast Council 2020
RETREAT Residency, Selected Artist, The Walls Art Space, 2020
Generate GC Selected Artist, Situate in Arts Festival. Salamanca Arts Centre, 2019
LENSGC Team Leader Commission, Supported by City of Gold Coast Council, 2019
GERMINATE Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF), 2019
NAVIGATE Program, Supported by City of Gold Coast Council, 2019
LENSGC Participant Commission, Supported by City of Gold Coast Council, 2018
Super Souvenir for Edge AIA Conference Commission, 2018
Super Souvenir for Bleach Festival / Festival 2018 Commission, 2018
ABC / Griffith University Virtual Residency, 2016

Teaching

Creative Writing with Photography, Study Gold Coast x Gold Coast Student Hub, 2020
Phone Photography Workshop, Helensvale State High School, 2020
The Photowalk, Gold Coast Student Hub, 2020
Portraits & Landscapes, Gold Coast Student Hub, 2020
Photowalk at Cooly with Aaron Chapman, Level Up Studio + Gallery, 2019
The Moving Image: Introduction to Videography, Gold Coast Student Hub, 2019
Between Words & Images with Aaron Chapman, APWT Macau 2019
Introduction to Editing, Gold Coast Student Hub, 2019
Photography Basics II, Gold Coast Student Hub, 2019
Photography Basics I, Gold Coast Student Hub, 2019
Phone Photography & Digital Storytelling Experience, Gold Coast Student Hub, June 2019
Visual Literacy: Between Photographs & Words with Aaron Chapman, HOTA, 2019
Phone Photography & Digital Storytelling Experience, Gold Coast Student Hub, May 2019
Phone Photography & Digital Storytelling Experience, Gold Coast Student Hub, April 2019
Head Shots with Aaron Chapman, Gold Coast Film Festival, HOTA ArtLab, 2019
Phone Photography Workshop, HOTA, 2019
Aaron Chapman x Shibui Film Workshop, Helensvale State High School, 2019
Vintage Film Photography with Aaron Chapman, HOTA ArtLab, 2018
The Digital Souvenir, Gold Coast Student Hub, 2018

Appearances

Panellist, Open House Gold Coast x SWELL Sculpture Festival in Conversation, Dust Temple, Gold Coast (forthcoming)
Artist talk, Level Up Studio + Gallery (online), Gold Coast, 2020
Panellist, Word, Image, Screen, APWT Macau 2019
Artist talk, Level Up Studio + Gallery, Gold Coast, 2019
Artist talk, The Rest is West, The Walls Art Space with HOTA, Gold Coast, 2018
Guest judge, Snap Your Southport Photography Competition hosted by Australia Fair, 2018

Collections

HOTA (Home of the Arts), Gold Coast
Private collections in Australia, Germany & United States

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Creative Writing & Literature, Griffith University

Awards

CLIP Award, Perth Centre for Photography, Highly Commended ‘Interior Landscape’, 2020
Queensland Regional Art Awards, Finalist, 2020
Australian Life Photography Competition, Art & About Sydney, Finalist, 2019
Alec Soth’s ‘Making a Photobook That Matters’ Workshop, Selected Participant, 2019
Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize. Semi-Finalist, 2019
Gold Coast Open House Art Competition, Shortlisted, 2019
Chromatic Awards International Color Photography Contest, Honourable Mention, 2017
Australia's Top Emerging Photographer 2017, Highly Commended, 2017
The Independent Photographer Color Photography Award, Editor's Pick, 2017
Lomography Breaking Boundaries Award, Winner, 2016
Gold Coast Open House Photography Competition, Finalist, 2016
Griffith University School of Humanities Writing Prize, 2015

Selected Press

Aaron Chapman’s Latest Photos Show How Homes Shape Our Lives. Urth Magazine.
Interview with artist, Aaron Chapman. Inside Gold Coast.
Artists announced for major new commission. HOTA (Home of the Arts).
Local artists mean the world to us. HOTA (Home of the Arts).
The 2020 Self-Quarantining Exhibition, Lenscratch
The Importance of Self-Assigning Projects by Dominic Gould. Gobe Magazine.
Talent Implied 2019. Cover image.
Discover the winners of the 2019 Australian Life photography competition. City of Sydney.
New Exhibition Explores Our Borders. Blank Gold Coast.
Richard & Elifasa [2018]. Melbourne Milieu.
Ben & Jessie [2018]. Cover image. Melbourne Milieu.
Talent Implied 2018. Cover image.
The Rest is West. Self-published.
CreativPaper Magazine. Issue 10.
The First Palette of a Found Paradise. Self-published.
The Photographic Alphabet: C is for Aaron Chapman. Museé Magazine.
Aaron Chapman. Staff Choice. Art Upon.
Chromatic Awards International Color Photography Contest
Talent Implied 2017. Cover image.
En Route. Paradise Magazine. Issue 2.
Geometry —The Passporte Gallery.
What We’ve Found: Color. Aint-Bad.
Editors’ Picks - Colour Photography Award. The Independent Photographer.
145 Minimal Photos Find Magic In the Mundane. Feature Shoot.
That Solitude is Not. Nouvelle Vague.
Talent Implied 2016. Cover image.
Into the mind of: Aaron Chapman. Nouvelle Vague.
Talent Implied 2015. Cover image.

Publications

POETRY, FICTION, ESSAYS, FEATURES