Urban Studies: A series of photographs by Aubrey J. Kauffman
I grew up in the industrialized northeastern part of the country where I still live and work. This environment has had an impact on what I photograph. For more than 20 years the themes of urban architecture and man’s impact on the environment has long challenged me artistically and intellectually. I witness this in urban structures as simple as building façades in a strip mall to the deserted athletic fields of parks and playgrounds. The resulting work is an interaction of formal and organic elements.
Through my viewfinder I organize these banal yet complex images, first as flat two-dimensional objects and then as a multi-layered space of visual elements. The intent of portraying the desolation and lack of human interaction is intentional, marking a direct consequence of this isolation.
Professional Activities
Part Time Lecturer Photography: Mason Gross School of the Arts. Rutgers, The State University New Brunswick, NJ 2011-Present
Guest Lecturer: Raritan Photographic Society. East Brunswick, NJ 2012
Artist Talk: Enfoco Touring Gallery 2nd and 7th St. Gallery, New York, NY 2012
Juror: Educational Testing Service Art Selection Committee. Princeton, NJ 1990-2006
New Jersey Public Television: Photojournalist. Trenton, NJ. 1980-2011
Art Direction: CD cover -Ernie Edwards “One Good Turn A Tribute to the Musical Styles of Erroll Garner.” Produced by Vision Ventures. 2010
Juror, City Without Walls, Small Works Show, Newark, NJ 1990
Fellowship Grant Review Panel, Photography. New Jersey State Council on the Arts 1986
Juror, Princeton Art Association’s 7th Annual Photography Exhibit. Princeton, NJ. 1984
Adjunct Instructor Photography Community College of Philadelphia, PA 1982
Adjunct Instructor Photography Mercer County Community College. West Windsor, NJ 1979-1981
Selected Exhibitions
Biggs Shot. The Biggs Museum of American Art. Dover Delaware. Juried by Sarah Stolfa. 2012
Newark Art Council’s Open Doors. Bushberg Project: Submissions & Transmissions.
Newark, New Jersey. 2012. Curated by Rupert Ravens.
Members’ Show. Philadelphia Photo Arts. Philadelphia PA. 2012
Shore Points and Urbanscapes. Solo Exhibit. Enfoco at 7th and Second Gallery. New York, NY. 2012
Trenton Makes. Trenton City Museum. Trenton, NJ. 2012
Trenton Makes. Juried Exhibit Prince St. Gallery. NewYork, NY. 2012
Capital City College and University Student Art Show. Artworks Trenton, NJ. 2012
Color Power. Heaven and Art Antiques. Asbury Park, NJ. 2012
Iconic Asbury. Heaven Art and Antiques. Asbury Park, NJ. 2011
Art and Soul: Art Moved by the Spirit. Group Exhibit. Chosen as Featured Artist. 2010 Retropective: Urban Landcapes and Recent Work.” Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie. Trenton, NJ 2010
Gallery 14 Juried Exhibit Hopewell, NJ. 2010
Current Exposure. Juried Exhibit Gallery 125 Trenton, NJ. 2010
Earthline/Landscape. South Orange Gallery. Curated by Mel Leipzig. 2001
Mercer County Photography. Juried Exhibit. College of New Jersey. Hillwood Lakes, NJ. Honorable Mention. 2001
Commonplace: Photographs by Aubrey J. Kauffman. New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ. Solo Exhibit. 1998
Entropic Zones: Buildings and Structures of the Contemporary. Invitational Exhibit City. Rider University Gallery. Lawrenceville, NJ 1998
President, Trenton Artists’ Workshop Association, (TAWA). 1989-199
Selections: TAWA at Schering-Plough. Juried Exhibit. Madison, NJ. 1995
TAWA in New York. Juried Exhibit. Prince Street Gallery, NY, NY 1995
Recent Perspectives in Landscapes. Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie. Trenton, NJ. Group exhibit curated by Mel Leipzig 1993
Diverse Representations II. Invitational Exhibit. The Morris Museum. Morristown, NJ 1993
Southern Light Gallery. Amarillo Texas. Solo Exhibit. 1993
Sculpture and Photography Juried Exhibit. Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ 1992
Mercer County Community College’s 25th Anniversary Alumni Invitational Exhibit. 1992
New Jersey Artist Series. Johnson & Johnson’s Corp. Headquarters. New Brunswick, NJ Solo Exhibit. 1991
Collaborations: The Capital City Meets the Renaissance City. Juried Exhbit. Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ. Group Exhibit 1991
Photographs by Lou Draper and Aubrey J. Kauffman. Rider College Gallery Lawrenceville, NJ. 1990
Southern Visions III Photography in Southern New Jersey. The Noyes Museum Oceanville, NJ Invitational Exhibit. 1990
Invitational Show Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ. 1990
Vice President/Treasurer Trenton Artists’ Workshop Association 1986
Photography and Sculpture. Queenstown Gallery. Juried Exhibit. Pennington, NJ. 1986
New Jersey Artists’5th Biennial. Juried Exhibit. The Newark Museum. Newark, NJ. 1985
AT&T Corporate Gallery. Hopewell, NJ. Invitational Exhibit. 1985
New Jersey Artists’4th Biennial. Juried Exhibit New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ. 1983
Annual Juried Exhibit. Artist’s League of Central NJ. Juried Exhibit New Brunswick, NJ. 1983
Pennsylvania Photographers II. Juried Exhibit. Allentown Art Museum. Allentown, PA.1981
New Jersey Artists’ 3rd Biennial. Juried Exhibit. The Newark Museum. Newark, NJ. 1981
Eyes on Trenton. NJ State Museum. Juried Exhibit. Trenton, NJ. 1981
TAWA at Ellarslie Trenton City Museum. Trenton, NJ. Solo Exhibit 1980
Urban Landscapes Mercer County Community College Gallery. West Windsor, NJ.
Solo Exhibit 1980
Mercer County Photography. Juried Exhibit. Trenton State College. Hillwood Lakes, NJ. 1979
Selected Exhibitions continued
New Jersey Artists’ 2nd Biennial. Juried Exhibit. NJ State Museum. Trenton, NJ. 1979
University of Delaware Gallery. Juried Exhibit. Wilmington, DE. 1979
Juried Exhibit . Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA. 1979
Annual Faculty Show. Mercer County Community College. West Windsor, NJ 1979
Permanent Collections
Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
Johnson & Johnson’s Corporate Headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ
Bibliography
Trenton Makes Art-And Art Makes Trenton, U.S. 1 August 15, 2012 pgs 22 & 23.
Reviving Ellarslie, The Times of Trenton, June 22, 2012 pgs 3G & 8.
College Students Display Their Work at Artworks, The Times of Trenton, April 20, 2012
Duality at Ellarslie, The Times of Trenton, July 9, 2010
The Strangness of Familiarity, Time Off, November 14, 1997
Relentless March of Industrial Decay, The New York Times, March 5, 1995
‘Southern Visions’ unclear but still a high-quality exhibit, The Newark Star Ledger, September 16, 1990
“Small Works, High Standard” The New York Times NY. Vivien Raynor. January 13, 1991 pg. 16
“TAWA artists take over Ellarslie” The Times. Trenton, NJ May 12, 1985. CC8
South Trenton Review Impacto Press, Trenton, NJ Summer, 1990 pgs 10-18
Photographs © Aubrey Kauffman
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