Aaron Richmond is an interdisciplinary artist and PhD candidate in the History and Theory of Architecture program at McGill University. His doctoral project addresses the medicalization of Modern art and architecture within the French periodical L’Esprit nouveau (1920 to 1925). In 2021-2022, he is working with Mass Culture and Montreal, arts interculturels, as one of five national researchers looking at the role of the arts in civic society.
Prior to studying at McGill, Aaron received a BA from the University of King’s College, an MPHIL from the University of Cambridge, and an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He was the recipient of the 2015 Milton and Sally Avery Fellowship, the 2016 Robert Motherwell Fellowship (both awarded through the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA) and was the 2017-2018 P. Lantz Artist in Residence at McGill University. His art critical writing has appeared in the Brooklyn Rail and e-flux.
Learn more about Aaron’s work at: aarichmond.com
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