Born in 1972, Aron Wiesenfeld grew up in Santa Cruz, California and now lives in North Carolina. He studied painting at Cooper Union School of Art in New York. After a brief career illustrating comic books, he continued his studies at Art Center in Pasadena, CA.
Wiesenfeld traditionally works in oil paint and charcoal drawing. His technique draws upon the traditions of master painters from history, though his subject matter is decidedly modern. Sometimes described as “liminal”, his young subjects are often placed in the ignored in-between places on the outskirts of cities. These settings are echoed by an unconscious “in-betweenness” in the young protagonists, who are adrift, indecisive, in peril, or in search of something.
