Aaron Amar Bhamra - Artist

Jester welcomes Austrian artist Aaron Amar Bhamra for his first exhibition in Belgium. Over the past six months, he has been in dialogue with our resident Céline Mathieu in preparation for their duo exhibition Fugue. His new artworks and the results of this exchange will be on display from February 15 to May 15 and will be bundled in a future publication.

Aaron Amar Bhamra (°1992, AT) often procures exhibition spaces that subtly expose their systematics and physical experience by incorporating imprints reminiscent of other spaces or past exhibitions. He occasionally uses recurring forms and materials, weaving a site of shifting personal and social archives.

Bio:

Aaron Amar Bhamra had recent exhibitions ar Deichtorhallen, Sammlung Falckenberg, (Hamburg, DE); Belmazc, (London, UK); Kevin Space, (Vienna, AT); Fotogalerie Wien, (Vienna, AT); MAUVE, (Vienna, AT); SYSTEMA, (Marseille, FR); Krinzinger Schottenfeld, (Vienna, AT); Galerie Le Carceri, (Bolzano, IT); Tiny Mutual Admiration Societies, (Vienna, AT); Wien Museum MUSA; and PHILEAS Project Space, (Vienna, AT). He lives and works in Vienna. Since 2020, Aaron Amar Bhamra and Monika Georgieva, have been running LAURENZ, an independent space in Vienna. Since 2021 Bhamra has worked at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Expanded Museum Studies and currently is a lecturer at the Vienna University of Technology, Raumgestaltung und Entwerfen.

Images:‍

fig1; Aaron Amar Bhamra, installation view (left to right), a choir of four voices, 2024, various dimensions, print on paper, pencil (1st soprano, 2nd soprano, 1st alto, 2nd alto), four chairs, glasses, water, untitled (packaging), 2024, 74 x 85 cm, cardboard, Handshake at Kunstverein Kevin Space, Vienna, AUT

fig2; Aaron Amar Bhamra, installation view (left to right), absence, 2017/2023, 24:24 min, placeholder, 2023, 200 x 201 x 33 cm, aluminum, stainless steel, paper, occasions, 2020, various dimensions, walnut shells, space, envelope, Vienna, AUT

fig2.2; Aaron Amar Bhamra, installation view (left to right), lamp cover (1/2), 2020 - 2021, 125 x 23,5 x 14, aluminum, steel, acrylic paint, (former - untitled, 2022, 248 x 18 x 6 cm, two ceiling lights from another space), occasions, 2022, various dimensions, walnut shells, space, absence (stills), 2017/2023, 13,5 x 24 cm, print on paper, absence, 2017/2023, 24:24 min, envelope, Vienna, AUT

fig3; Aaron Amar Bhamra, shelter, 2023/24, 42 x 29,7 cm, print on paper, paper, pencil, clear film, tape, (table and chairs borrowed from the institution), PASSAGE at Deichtorhallen, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, DEU

fig3.2; Aaron Amar Bhamra, shelter, 2023/24, 42 x 29,7 cm, print on paper, paper, pencil, clear film, tape, (table and chairs borrowed from the institution), PASSAGE at Deichtorhallen, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, DEU

fig4; Aaron Amar Bhamra, incense, 2024, each approx. (23 x 8 x 2,5 cm) / 51,4 m², incense box, tape, staple / scent, Ve.Sch, Kunstverein, Vienna, AUT

fig4.2; Aaron Amar Bhamra, incense, 2024, each approx. (23 x 8 x 2,5 cm) / 51,4 m², incense box, tape, staple / scent, Ve.Sch, Kunstverein, Vienna, AUT

fig5; Aaron Amar Bhamra, stranger 2-7, 2023, various dimensions, leather soles (prototypes), pencil, various newspapers dated 3. May, 2023, Pinacoteca in collaboration with Belsunce Projects at SYSTEMA, Marseille, FRA

‍fig6; Aaron Amar Bhamra, untitled, 2023, 289,4m2, print on paper, aluminum frame, (publicly accessible areas of Galerie Krinzinger, Schottenfeldgasse, Vienna), Galerie Krinzinger, Schottenfeldgasse, Vienna, AUT