JEFF AELING: "Land and Sky"

J E F F A E L I N G Land

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Sky

SHERRY LEEDY CONTEMPORARY ART

SHERRY LEEDY CONTEMPORARY ART 2004 Baltimore Ave. Kansas City, MO 64108 816.221.2626 sherryleedy.com Catalog design Allison King Photo credit Todd Thomas Cover image South From Mt. Mitchell, KS 1.

JEFF AELING Land

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Sky

September 6th - October 19th, 2019

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“I love the spare, the austere, those places where you have a strong sense of the hugeness of nature and a feeling for what is beyond what is immediately visible.�

-Jeff Aeling

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JEFF AELING Land and Sky

The paintings of Jeff Aeling tell the experience of being on the land, the power of nature and the beauty of light. They reveal to us a deep connection to the vastness of the landscape of our country. Informed by the history of art and science, Aeling looks at the mutual embrace of land and sky as a twenty-first century observer. He shows us the specific qualities of a particular day and season, the temperature cool and the atmosphere clear, or, warm and humid, winds blustery or still, as he searches for the essence of what is universal.

Wide-open spaces have always been an essential part of our national identity and Jeff Aeling’s landscape paintings serve as a contemporary metaphor for the expansiveness and openness of America itself. Aeling’s paintings anticipate memory and capture the transitory and eternal as one.

The paintings of Jeff Aeling are held in numerous museum and corporate collections including The Beach Museum, Manhattan, Kansas; The Denver Art Museum, Colorado; The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri; The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art and Sprint World Headquarters, Overland Park, Kansas; The Museum of the West, Tucson, AZ; Tucson Museum of Art, AZ; Exeter Oil Corporation, Denver, Colorado; and DST Systems, Kansas City. Missouri.

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South From Mt. Mitchell, KS Oil on panel 24” x 36”

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Penumbra Near Alton, KS Oil on panel 24” x 36”

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Afternoon, Sycamores Oil on panel 36” x 24”

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Thunderstorm, South of Wamego, KS Oil on panel 8” x 10”

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Late Afternoon, North of Alma, KS Oil on panel 8” x 10”

Kansas River Valley Oil on panel 48” x 72”

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Evening Cumulus Near Alma, KS Oil on panel 48” x 72”

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Near Alton Missouri, Facing East Oil on panel 48” x 72”

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Thunderstorm Near Junction City, KS Oil on panel 10” x 14”

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Last Light, North of Alma, KS Oil on panel 8” x 10”

Afternoon Cumulus Near Alma, KS Oil on panel 34” x 48”

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Last Light, Creek and Trees Oil on panel 48” x 34”

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Sunset, South of Wamego, KS Oil on panel 34” x 48”

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Afternoon, South of Wamego, KS Oil on panel 10” x 14”

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Evening, North of Alma, KS Oil on panel 10” x 14”

Twilight Clouds, North of Alma, KS Oil on panel 34” x 48”

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Early Spring Oil on panel 34” x 24”

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Bend in Creek Oil on panel 14” x 10”

Sycamores Oil on panel 48” x 34”

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JEFF AELING Solo Exhibitions 2018 2018 2016 2016 2015 2015 2014 2014 2013 2013 2012 2012 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2005 2005 2005 2005 2004 2004 2003 2003 2003 2002 2002 2002 2001 2001 2001 2000 2000 2000 1999 1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1998 1996 1994 1993 1991

William Havu Gallery – Denver, CO J Mark Sublette Gallery – Tucson, AZ Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Richard Demato Fine Arts Gallery - Sag Harbor, NY William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO Tory Folliard Gallery - Milwaukee, WI William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO Lisa Kurts Gallery - Memphis, TN Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ Lisa Kurts Gallery - Memphis, TN Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Perimeter Gallery - New York, NY J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO Charlene Cody Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO Charlene Cody Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Elliot Smith Contemporary Art - St. Louis, MO Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO Charlene Cody Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Elliot Smith Contemporary Art - St. Louis, MO Leedy-Voulkos Art Center Gallery - Kansas City, MO Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Grand Arts - Kansas City, MO Gallery V - Kansas City, MO Sean Kelly Gallery - Kansas City, MO Tribal Textile Gallery - Kansas City, MO 35.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2004 2004 2004 2003 2003 2002 2002 2002 2002 2001 2001 2001 2001 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 1999 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1994

Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Perimeter - Chicago, IL and New York, NY FADA - Los Angeles, CA “5 Views of the Midwest” Traveling Museum Show Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Perimeter - Chicago, IL and New York, NY FADA - Los Angeles, CA Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Perimeter - Chicago, IL and New York, NY “Exhibition of Works from Permanent Collection,” Daum Museum - Sedalia, MO FADA - Los Angeles, CA “Winter in Tucson,” Medicine Man Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Los Angeles Art and Antique Show Medicine Man Gallery - Santa Fe, NM FADA - Los Angeles, CA Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Perimeter - Chicago, IL and New York, NY Art San Francisco - San Francisco, CA Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Perimeter - Chicago, IL and New York, NY FADA - Los Angeles, CA “Landscape,” Des Lee Gallery, Washington University - St. Louis, MO “Landscape,” Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Perimeter - Chicago, IL and New York, NY “Going Places,” Elliot Smith Contemporary Art - St. Louis, MO “Summer,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - St. Louis, MO Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Perimeter - Chicago, IL and New York, NY “Air, Land and Sea,” Elliot Smith Contemporary Art - St. Louis, MO Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Perimeter - Chicago, IL and New York, NY “Summer Show,” Elliot Smith Contemporary Art - St. Louis, MO Summer Invitational, Sean Kelly Gallery - Kansas City, MO

Collections 4 Point Energy American Century Investments Art Embassies Program - Zimbabwe Biltmore Hotel - Phoenix, AZ Capri Capital - Chicago, IL Charles Schwab - Denver, CO D.S.T. Systems Daniel Taylor and Associates Exeter Oil Corporation Federal Reserve Bank - Denver, CO Federal Reserve Bank - St. Louis, MO Federal Reserve Bank -Kansas City, MO First Western Trust Bank Gates Rubber Company Grand Hyatt Denver Convention Center H&R Block Hall-Marshall Collection, Hallmark Hall-Silva Collection, Hallmark Johnson County Community College Johnson National Bank - Racine, WI Kansas City Art Institute Kansas State University Madison Dearborn Partners National Association of College Business Offices Renaissance Grand Hotel - St. Louis, MO Sprint St. Regis Hotel - Los Angeles, CA Wilmington Trust Company

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Museum Collections Beach Museum - Manhattan, KS Daum Museum - Sedalia, MO Denver Art Museum - Denver, CO Museum of the West - Tucson, AZ Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art - Overland Park, KS Tucson Museum of Art - Tucson, AZ Selected Bibliography 2015 Jul Westword - Denver, CO 2015 Oct Crossroads Art District 2014 Dec Western Art Collector 2014 Sep Riverfront Times - St. Louis, MO 2014 Sep St. Louis Magazine 2013 Jan Southwest Art 2013 Sep Huffington Post 2012 Sep Dan’s Papers - Southampton, NY 2011 Riverfront Times - St. Louis, MO 2010 Sep American Art Collector Cover 2008 Jul Western Art Collector 2008 Sep New City Art - Chicago, IL 2006 Oct American Art Collector 2005 Sep Chicago Tribune 2003 Jul-Aug Frontier Magazine 2003 Review Magazine 2002 Aug Southwest Art 2002 Sep Artsope 2002 Chicago Tribune 2001 Feb Southwest Art 2000 Jan St. Louis Post Dispatch 1999 Jan Kansas City Star 1999 Jul Santa Fe New Mexican 1999 Sep Southwest Art “People to Watch” 1998 Aug New American Paintings 1998 Feb Dialogue Magazine 1998 Jan Focus Santa Fe, “Searching for Essentials” 1998 Jan Southwest Art, “What’s New in Santa Fe Galleries” 1998 Jul Kansas City Star 1998 Jul Santa Fe New Mexican, “Jeff Aeling: The Essentials of Landscape” 1998 Mar St. Louis Post Dispatch 1997 Mar St. Louis Post Dispatch 1997 Sep NYU Press, Peter Von Ziegasars Essay “Apocalyptic Art Since 1970” in The Year 2000: Essays on the End 1996 Nov Kansas City Star 1993 May Kansas City Star

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