Aaron Lowry - Fine artist

Aaron Lowry received a Certificate in Art and Design at Coláiste íde College of Further Education in 2006. In 2010, he graduated with a BA (Honours) Degree in Visual Arts Practice at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT). As an emerging artist, Aaron has exhibited in a selection of Group Exhibitions including Kaleidoscope (2009) at IADT; Exit, Pursued by a Bear (2009)at Broadstone Studios; What Hiver (2009) at Studio 8 in Temple Bar Gallery and Studios; and This is Not Therapy (2007) at IADT.

Aaron's t work is based on a language where thoughts, facts and theories are organised accurately and neutrally. I typically engage with traditional modes of drawing such as pencil and often work in a collective series of multiple images. I also utilise digital photography as means of recording drawings of an ephemeral nature. This method of production lends to the predominately analytical and documentary quality of my work.

My most recent work is influenced by an interest in the idea of political power and how it is exorcised over the masses. This has led me to investigate how fear is often used to exploit and control people. The drawings forming my latest body of work are derived from the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List. The compositional structure of each drawing directly references the impact of Physiognomy, the defunct study of judging a character from facial features, on the way that composite drawings and images are constructed for use by government agencies in the USA such as the FBI.

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