Aaron Chapman is an Australian artist, writer and photographer.
His art has appeared at Centre for Contemporary Photography, HOTA Gallery and Tweed Regional Gallery. He has been a finalist in the Olive Cotton Award, Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize and Wollumbin Art Award. A number of his artworks have been acquired for the HOTA Gallery collection, as well as private collections in Australia, Germany and the USA.
His written and photographic work have featured in publications including The Local Project, Habitus Living, Dwell, Wallpaper, Houses and Urth Magazine. You can see an entire list of publications here.
He also runs a multidisciplinary creative agency called AC_Office.
For any commissions, print or editorial enquiries, please get in touch.
Selected Group Exhibitions
Olive Cotton Award Exhibition, Tweed Regional Gallery, 2023
Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, HOTA Gallery, 2022
Wollumbin Art Award, Tweed Regional Gallery, 2022
CLIP Award, Perth Centre for Photography, 2022
HOTA Collects: Australia's Playground – Art on the Gold Coast, HOTA Gallery, 2022
BAM Finalist Art Prize 2021, NRCG Ballina, 2021
Solid Gold, HOTA Gallery, Gold Coast, 2021
SWELL Sculpture Festival, Gold Coast, 2021
SWELL Sculpture Festival, Gold Coast, 2020
CLIP Award, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth, 2020
Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, 2020
‘THE FEEL’ — ‘Airspace’, Metro Arts, Brisbane, 2020
Ilford Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, 2019
Borderlands, M-Arts Precinct, Murwillumbah, 2019
Ilford Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, 2018
Super Souvenir, Bleach Festival + Festival 2018, Gold Coast, 2018
Solo Exhibitions
Purple is Black Blooming, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, 2021
The Rest is West, The Walls Art Space with HOTA, Gold Coast, 2018
Concrete Poetry, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, 2018
Selected Awards
Olive Cotton Award, Tweed Regional Gallery, 2023
Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, HOTA Gallery, 2022
Wollumbin Art Award, Tweed Regional Gallery, 2022
CLIP Award, Perth Centre for Photography, 2022
Byron Arts Magazine BAM Art Prize 2021, Finalist, 2021
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
Griffith University School of Humanities Writing Prize, 2015
Grants, Residencies + Commissions
Metro Arts Artist in Residence, 2021
HOTA Gallery – Artist Open Call, 2020-2021
Queensland Arts Showcase Program (QASP) Arts Queensland, 2020
ACTIVATE Regional Arts Development Fund, 2020
HOTA Artist Fund, ‘Rage Against the (V)irus’, 2020
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
Appearances
Panellist, Hybrid Writing: Writing Beyond Type, APWT India 2022
Artist talk, ART TALKS | Aaron Chapman and Lyle Duncan in Conversation, HOTA Gallery 2022
Artist talk, Blurr Photography Club, QCA Gallery
Artist talk, Asia Pacific Architecture Festival x Pechakucha Gold Coast, 2022
Artist talk, Solid Gold Artist Talks: The Built Environment, HOTA (Home of the Arts), 2021
Panellist, Open House Gold Coast x SWELL Sculpture Festival, Dust Temple, Gold Coast, 2020
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
Selected Press
Olive Cotton award 2023: finalists of photographic portrait prize – in pictures. The Guardian.
Future Talks by RTF: In conversation with Aaron Chapman.
Modern lens: the best of Australian contemporary photography – in pictures. The Guardian.
‘Purple is Black Blooming’ by Aaron Chapman. Velvet Eyes Magazine.
Meet the artists behind Solid Gold: The Built Environment. HOTA (Home of the Arts).
“Purple is Black Blooming” by Photographer Aaron Chapman. Booooooom.
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).
Discover the winners of the 2019 Australian Life photography competition. City of Sydney.