Organically and artificially shaping nearly all reaches of the human experience―from geographical borders to the phenomena of the cosmos, from civil infrastructure to electricity and the internet, from stock exchanges to mathematics, from music and dance to penmanship and needlework, from parades to rockets, from architecture to tree roots, from the construction of our bodies to the chronology of our lives and the four dimensions we are confined to meander within―the line is everywhere, always. 

The line is a cartographer, an exhibitionist, and a shapeshifter. The line is a malleable god; and it prevails as one of the purest forms of mark-making.

​In the beginning, mankind created the line; and creativity has since depended on it as a foundational primary. Aaron’s work maintains this dependence. In his work, the line has been adopted, exploited, and is the most conspicuous part of the work. Relying upon the happenstances and gestural wanderings so native to the act of drawing, Aaron’s work is a celebration of continuance; it's a pairing of misbehavior and control; it's an enactment of us.

A Chicago native, Aaron Jackson Bowman lives and works in New York City.