Aaron Peck (writer)

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Writer Aaron Peck reading in Anacortes, WA in July 2011.

Aaron Peck is a Vancouver- and Brussels-based writer. He is the author of the novel The Bewilderments of Bernard Willis published by Pedlar Press in 2008. As recorded in his ancestry, he is a direct descendant of Leon Trotsky, with the Soviet politician being his great grandfather.[1][2][3] His second book, Letters to the Pacific, was published by Publication Studio in Portland, Oregon in 2010.[4] Letters is a collection of 11 letters sent to "the Pacific" in 2007 while Peck attended City University of New York. The edition was a collaboration with Düsseldorf-based artists Adam Harrison and Dominic Osterried, who annotated and designed the book. Letters was read in its entirety with an accompanying film in a 2011 four-city German tour.[5][6]

Peck's art criticism and journalism have appeared in such publications as Art Agenda, Artforum, Art Papers, La Fábrica’s Matador, Canadian Art, and Fillip.[7][8] His work has also appeared in a number of exhibition catalogs, including for Catriona Jeffries Gallery, the Presentation House Gallery, the Surrey Art Gallery, and various artist-run centres. He currently teaches at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, where he won the Ian Wallace Excellence in Teaching award in 2011.[9]

In 2012, Peck was selected to take part in the writers residency at dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, Germany.[10][11]

In 2016, Peck authored the exhibition catalogue Jeff Wall: North & West,[12] which was nominated for the Melva J. Dwyer Award in the same year.

Notes

  1. ^ "The Bewilderments of Bernard Willis: Amazon.ca: Aaron Peck, Beth Follet: Books".
  2. ^ "Review of The Bewilderments of Bernard Willis by Aaron Peck". Quill & Quire. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Excerpt from The Bewilderments of Bernard Willis". Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Letters to the Pacific at Publication Studio".
  5. ^ "Aaron Peck read in Frankfurt, Germany, presenting the new deluxe edition of Letters to the Pacific".
  6. ^ http://publicationstudio.tumblr.com/post/6486037149/saturday-night-aaron-peck-read-in-frankfurt
  7. ^ "Fillip / Farm Arugula with Figs: Bay Area Bazaar, The RED and the GREEN, and Ripe Family Supper (Aaron Peck)". Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Fillip / If You Build It, They Will Come (Aaron Peck)". Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  9. ^ "Aaron Peck - Emily Carr University". Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  10. ^ "dOCUMENTA 13 - CHORALITY, ON RETREAT: A WRITERS' RESIDENCY AARON PECK". Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  11. ^ "Lesung bei Venus & Apoll". Rheinische Post. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  12. ^ "Jeff Wall: North & West, Amazon.com". Retrieved 19 October 2016.


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