Aaron Pexa

Biography

Aaron Pexa b.1976 Providence, Rhode Island, USA Aaron Pexa is an American artist and architect whose work manifests curiosity and a sense of bewilderment through projection, optics, and immersive installations. His multimedia works and video fracture and reframe everyday environments through the creation of artifacts, sleight of hand actions, and experimental operations. The video work, in particular, captures and manipulates a series of ephemeral moments, framing a fantastical narrative.

Pexa received his MFA in Glass from the Rhode Island School of Design. He also holds a dual Masters in Architecture and Urban Design from Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, and a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Prior to studying glass at RISD, Aaron worked as an architect and urban designer in London and New Orleans. In the summer of 2014, he received a travel grant from the Rhode Island School of Design to research glassmaking techniques along Finland’s Glass Trail, and most recently was a Fellow at the Creative Glass Center of America at Wheaton Arts in Millville, New Jersey, and Artist-in- Residence at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York.

ARTWORKs and projects

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