JEFF AELING
Land and Sky
JEFF AELING Land
and Sky
September 6th - October 19th, 2019
“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
JEFF AELING LandandSky
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.
South From Mt. Mitchell, KS Oil on panel
24” x 36”
Penumbra Near Alton, KS Oil on panel
24” x 36”
Afternoon, Sycamores Oil on panel 36” x 24”
Thunderstorm, South of Wamego, KS
Oil on panel
8” x 10”
Late Afternoon, North of Alma, KS Oil on panel 8” x 10” 12.
Kansas River Valley Oil on panel
48” x 72”
Evening Cumulus Near Alma, KS Oil on panel
48” x 72”
Near Alton Missouri, Facing East Oil on panel
48” x 72”
Thunderstorm Near Junction City, KS
Oil on panel
10” x 14”
Last Light, North of Alma, KS Oil on panel 8” x 10”
Afternoon Cumulus Near Alma, KS Oil on panel
34” x 48”
Last Light, Creek and Trees Oil on panel
48” x 34”
Sunset, South of Wamego, KS Oil on panel
34” x 48”
Afternoon, South of Wamego, KS
Oil on panel
10” x 14”
Evening, North of Alma, KS Oil on panel 10” x 14”
Twilight Clouds, North of Alma, KS Oil on panel
34” x 48”
Early Spring Oil on panel 34” x 24”
Bend in Creek Oil on panel 14” x 10”
Sycamores Oil on panel
48” x 34”
Solo Exhibitions
2018 William Havu Gallery – Denver, CO
2018 J Mark Sublette Gallery – Tucson, AZ
2016 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO
2016 William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO
2015 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL
2015 Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO
2014 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ
2014 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO
2013 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL
2013 Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO
2012 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO
2012 William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO
2011 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO
2011 Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO
2010 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL
2010 Richard Demato Fine Arts Gallery - Sag Harbor, NY
2010 William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO
2009 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ
2009 Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO
2008 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL
2008 William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO
2007 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM
2007 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO
2007 Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO
2006 Tory Folliard Gallery - Milwaukee, WI
2006 William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO
2005 Lisa Kurts Gallery - Memphis, TN
2005 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL
2005 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO
2005 Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO
2004 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM
2004 William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO
2003 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ
2003 Lisa Kurts Gallery - Memphis, TN
2003 Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO
2002 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM
2002 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL
2002 Perimeter Gallery - New York, NY
2001 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ
2001 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM
2001 Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO
2000 Charlene Cody Gallery - Santa Fe, NM
2000 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL
2000 Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO
1999 Charlene Cody Gallery - Santa Fe, NM
1999 Elliot Smith Contemporary Art - St. Louis, MO
1999 Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO
1998 Charlene Cody Gallery - Santa Fe, NM
1998 Elliot Smith Contemporary Art - St. Louis, MO
1998 Leedy-Voulkos Art Center Gallery - Kansas City, MO
1998 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL
1996 Grand Arts - Kansas City, MO
1994 Gallery V - Kansas City, MO
1993 Sean Kelly Gallery - Kansas City, MO
1991 Tribal Textile Gallery - Kansas City, MO
Selected Group Exhibitions
2004
Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Perimeter - Chicago, IL and New York, NY
2004 FADA - Los Angeles, CA
2004 “5 Views of the Midwest” Traveling Museum Show
2003 Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Perimeter - Chicago, IL and New York, NY
2003 FADA - Los Angeles, CA
2002
Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Perimeter - Chicago, IL and New York, NY
2002 “Exhibition of Works from Permanent Collection,” Daum Museum - Sedalia, MO
2002 FADA - Los Angeles, CA
2002 “Winter in Tucson,” Medicine Man Gallery - Santa Fe, NM
2001 Los Angeles Art and Antique Show
2001 Medicine Man Gallery - Santa Fe, NM
2001 FADA - Los Angeles, CA
2001 Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Perimeter - Chicago, IL and New York, NY
2000 Art San Francisco - San Francisco, CA
2000 Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Perimeter - Chicago, IL and New York, NY
2000 FADA - Los Angeles, CA
2000 “Landscape,” Des Lee Gallery, Washington University - St. Louis, MO
2000 “Landscape,” Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1999 Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Perimeter - Chicago, IL and New York, NY
1998 “Going Places,” Elliot Smith Contemporary Art - St. Louis, MO
1998 “Summer,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - St. Louis, MO
1998 Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Perimeter - Chicago, IL and New York, NY
1998 “Air, Land and Sea,” Elliot Smith Contemporary Art - St. Louis, MO
1997 Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Perimeter - Chicago, IL and New York, NY
1997 “Summer Show,” Elliot Smith Contemporary Art - St. Louis, MO
1994 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
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
